‘My son is no killer’: Mother of Polish butcher arrested over disappearance of student Libby Squire, 21, insists her son is innocent as she says he ‘gave a crying girl a lift home’
Police have held Pawel Relowicz left over the disappearance of Libby Squire
The mother of the Polish butcher arrested over the disappearance of Libby Squire sobbed as she told MailOnline today her son is ‘no killer’ – but revealed he had picked up a ‘crying girl’ in his car and offered her a lift home on the night the missing student vanished.
Detectives have sealed off Paweł Rełowicz’s rented house, took away his computers and towed away his silver Vauxhall Astra after they arrested him on Wednesday night on suspicion of abducting her a week ago in Hull.
His terraced home is half a mile from the bench where Miss Squire was last seen sitting in a drunken state shortly before midnight last Thursday.
The married father-of-two, 24, who works as a butcher in a Humberside bacon factory, remains in custody today after officers hunting for Libby were given 36 more hours to question him over her disappearance.
MailOnline visited Rełowicz’ mother Marzena in Poland today who said she understood her son was driving through the area where the philosophy student was last seen and had offered a lift to a girl he saw sobbing on the street.
She said: ‘My son is no killer. Paulina [Pawel’s sister] told me that he was driving home and saw a girl crying. Paulina told me he had given her a lift as she wanted to go home.
‘I know in my heart that Pawel did not do anything to this girl. My heart is breaking over this and I feel so sad for the girl’s parents and what they are going through. I can’t imagine their pain. If I could go to England I would and would kneel before them and pray that she is found.’
Search teams have also sealed off a car park in her local park today after zoning in on a pond, derelict boat house and the banks of the River Hull.
Humberside Detective Superintendent Matt Hutchinson said: ‘I can confirm that the court has granted a further 36 hours from 9:11am this morning to question a man on suspicion of abduction in connection with the Libby Squire investigation’.
Marzena Relowicz (left today), mother of arrested man Pawel Relowicz (right in a family photo), sobs as she spoke to MailOnline at her home in Warszewice, Poland today and said: ‘My son is no killer’
Police sealed off this car park at the playing fields close to Libby’s home today as the search for the missing student continues
The police search area has centred on the Oak Road Playing Fields in Hull, just around the corner from her student digs
