Cupit - Mirror publishes letters
Jason...@virgin.net
(Incidently I know I covered this case quite extensively during the
trial etc, but the Jason referred to in the script is not me!, even
though my wife is having a baby :-), LOL)
I CLOSE MY EYES AND SEE
KATHY LYING THERE
DYING. ALL I CAN HEAR IS
HER BABY SCREAMING
Sex-crazed killer Jennifer Cupit is haunted by memories
of the moment she murdered her lover's wife in a jealous
fury.
But there is no pity for Kathryn Linaker, the defenceless
young mother she bludgeoned and stabbed to death in
front of her four-month-old baby.
Instead of remorse Cupit feels only self-pity.
Today The Mirror publishes intimate letters from the
cold-hearted killer which reveal her true feelings about
the day she murdered the much-loved teacher.
In one letter from behind bars Cupit admits she cannot
escape the sight of Kathryn lying dead on the living
room floor.
"When I close my eyes all I can see is Kathy lay there
dying and all I can hear is her four-month-old baby
screaming,'' she writes.
But she maintains she never meant to kill Kathryn, who
she claims was her friend.
Astonishingly, she writes: "I have watched a very close
friend of mine die, and to some extent I must take the
blame.
"I may not have intentionally killed her, but I played a
part."
Cupit originally denied murder, admitting manslaughter
on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
At the last minute she changed her plea to guilty, but
that could not save her from a life sentence.
The trial judge warned her he will be recommending that
she should stay behind bars for many years. Cupit, 24,
is still waiting to discover the exact length of her
sentence.
At her trial the jury heard how she had enjoyed
three-in-a-bed sex romps with Chris Linaker and other
men, including her own husband Nick, who is now
seeking a divorce.
Cupit and Chris, who met at an amateur dramatics club
in Warrington, Cheshire, videotaped their sex sessions
and made love outdoors, including a seaside car park.
Even now, as she faces years behind bars, Cupit still
fantasises about kinky sex.
In explicit letters to Jason Tarr, a man she met while
being held in a bail hostel before her trial, Cupit
imagines a sado-masochistic sex session involving
chains.
Tarr, 24, was one of three men Cupit bedded during her
time at the hostel, each one seduced by her elfin good
looks and huge appetite for sex. All her lovers believed
her story that she stabbed her victim in self-defence
after Kathryn flew into a fury over Cupit's sordid affair
with her husband.
Jason Tarr fell in love with Cupit at the hostel and
believed he had met the woman of his dreams. He even
had her name tattooed on his arm.
"Jenny's dad told me she would not have survived if it
was not for me. I thought we would be together forever,"
he said.
But now Jason has found a new love after discovering
the full extent of Cupit's crime and says he wants
nothing more to do with her - even though she phones
him from behind bars.
He has decided to hand over her intimate letters in a bid
to draw a line under their relationship.
Jason, speaking to The Mirror from a secret address
last night, said: "I was madly in love with her, but now I
want nothing more to do with her.
"She is a lying, cruel killer who cannot be trusted. Jenny
told me she was in love with me, but at the same time
she was having sex with others."
But in her letters to "Jay" - her nickname for Jason -
Cupit says his love helped her cope with the aftermath
of her crime.
"You give me the strength I need to get me through this
nightmare, and believe me, Jay, it is a nightmare," she
writes.
Cupit heaps blame for the killing on Chris Linaker, with
whom she had an 18-month affair and her letters reveals
her hatred for him.
"What annoys me more than anything is the fact that, in
my eyes, Chris is just as guilty as I am, yet he has got
his freedom. He can see his kids every day," writes
Cupit, who knows that one day she will have to tell her
own children, Laura, five, and Ben, two, what she has
done.
Attacking Chris, she wrote: "He was such a bastard to
me."
Cupit claims she was forced to take part in his kinky
sex games which included a threesome with Chris
Linaker's brother-in-law, Neil Alcock.
"Nick (her husband) wasn't interested in me, so
because Chris was and showed me what I needed, I fell
for him.
"It was OK for a couple of months, then when he knew I
was hooked, he turned horrible.The things he used to
make me do were horrible, Jay.
"I'm not going to go into it all now, but when the time is
right I will tell you."
Cupit has told Jason he is the only man for her, even
though she saw two other men behind his back. "I love
you so much it's killing me, thinking about being parted
from you," she wrote.
"I have never had this feeling about anyone, ever. I would
do anything for you and that includes risking never
seeing my family again."
Cupit's letters are full of self- pity.
"What the f**k am I going to do, Jay? I am finding it
really hard to cope right now."
Talking about her life sentence, Cupit bleats: "It scares
the s*** out of me.
"Jesus, I'm lay here crying. I know I'm being silly but the
thought of being away from you and my beautiful
children does my head in."
Cupit also describes her continuing battle with bulimia
and reveals she is still vomiting back her food after
meals. "Please don't shout at me. Bulimia is an illness
which is not cured overnight. It takes time and a lot of
support. Please don't be angry with me."
But her notes to Jason are also full of sexually explicit
language as she tells of her own kinky fantasies, most
of which are unsuitable for publication.
In one graphic account Cupit imagines walking up to
mechanic Jason at his garage, wearing nothing but a
raincoat and six-inch high heels.
"I walked over and kissed you. I wasn't bothered if I got
oil all over myself - I wanted you."
As she describes various sex acts, Cupit writes: "I was
in sheer delight and began moaning softly."
After finishing her pornographic story, Cupit signs off:
"Now I feel all horny - I'll have to do something about it."
In other letters Cupit describes her fears that Jason will
refuse to visit her in jail.
"I know I look like I am holding it together really well, but
inside is this scared little girl.
"Please help me get through this. I need you so much. I
am not strong enough now to do this on my own."
But Jason, who is now expecting a child with his new
girlfriend, can no longer bring himself to read Cupit's
letters and has refused to write to her.
Last week Cupit rang Jason's girlfriend to warn her off
him.
"Jenny is a very jealous person. It was all right for her to
be seeing different blokes behind my back, but not all
right for me to be with someone new,he said.
"I admit I fell for her completely. I was in love. But now I
wish I had never met her."