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LIBBY CCTV 'SIGHTING'
CCTV footage emerges of missing Libby Squire ‘getting in car with a man before he drives off’
THESE CCTV images are feared to be the last sighting of missing Libby Squire - showing her getting in a car with a man before he drives off.
Cops have been poring over an eight-minute video taken from a yard near a park bench where Libby, 21, was last seen.
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Police searching for missing student Libby Squire are examining CCTV of a hatchback taken just minutes after she disappeared
The footage, taken on Haworth Street in Hull, shows the male driver rolling a cigarette before helping a passenger -who police believe is second-year university student Libby - into a silver hatchback.
The man then walks around to the driver's side, gets in and drives off at 12.09am.
A second film, obtained by The Sun from a shopkeeper, shows a similar car being driven along Newland Avenue, half a mile away, 10 minutes later, at 12.19am.
It shows a police car patrolling the same road 60 seconds before.
Chilling sequence of events
00:03:08 A car appears to be unlocked as two flashes of light are seen on the secluded road outside
00:03:18 There are more flashes before a man is seen for the first time coming into view
00:03:29 He opens the door and sits facing out in the driver's side as he appears to roll a cigarette
00:03:37 A cyclist rides past who could be a vital witness
00:06:06 As the man smokes, another car drives past who again could hold key information
00:06:19 After sitting for two minutes and 52 seconds, the man walks away and car's lights flash again as though it is being locked
00:07:58 A person is then seen on the opposite side of the car who opens the front passenger door. Someone or something is then put inside the vehicle.
00:08:52 The man reappears and gets inside the driver's seat before driving off just before nine minutes past midnight.
SUSPECT QUIZZED
Cops yesterday quizzed Polish butcher Pawel Relowicz, 24, over the two pieces of footage after they were granted a 36-hour extension to quiz him on abduction claims.
Detectives will want to investigate whether the car in the footage is the Vauxhall Astra seized from suspect Relowicz.
They obtained the CCTV last Sunday but kept it under wraps as they frantically pieced together the car’s movements before and after Libby disappeared.
The Sun was aware of the crucial development before the arrest but agreed not to publish details.
Shop owner and dad-of-two Mohammed Burhan, 66, told how his cameras picked up a car driving along Newlands Avenue the night Libby vanished.
He told The Sun: “The police have been into all of the shops along here asking for CCTV footage over a particular timeframe.
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“They came into my shop and have taken the video from three of my cameras.
“I hope my CCTV can in some way help the police find Libby and discover what has happened.”
Libby was seen on the bench close to her home on Wellesley Avenue at 11.45pm last Thursday.
The Haworth Street footage was captured by cameras overlooking steel gates to an electrical firm.
Staff checked it after Libby was reported missing and alerted cops.
But workers there are fuming detectives took so long to reveal it.
One said: “We couldn’t understand why it wasn’t published straight away by the police.
“If it was my daughter I would have it everywhere.
“Surely they have had enough time to examine it, obtain the licence plate and do checks to find out where it went.
";Time is of the essence. They always talk about the golden hour in investigations. They’ve had nearly a week.”
THE SEARCH FOR LIBBY
Libby vanished after a night out with pals on Thursday January 31.
They were turned away from a club because she was too drunk.
Pals put her in a taxi to take her home and she was dropped off near her digs at around 11.30pm.
She was seen staggering in the street then sat on the bench a short time later. Police said the last time they can be sure she was in that area was 12.09am.
Cops swooped on the home that meat factory worker Relowicz shares with wife Jagoda and their two kids at 9pm on Wednesday.
Libby’s mum and dad, Lisa, 48, and Russ, 53, have travelled to Hull from their home in High Wycombe, Bucks.
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Senior cops insist they are still treating Libby's disappearance as a missing persons inquiry.
Friends of Libby are praying for her return. One, Rachel wrote: “Please just come home lib.”
Another said: “I just want my best friend back.”
Lisa has posted a heartfelt message on her Facebook, and changed her profile picture to one of Libby.
She wrote: “One week without her”, with crying emojis.
Lisa also thanked the public for their support. Pals have raised £3,000 in less than a day for the family’s hotels and bills in Hull.
Det Supt Matt Hutchinson yesterday confirmed police had been given extra time to quiz Relowicz.
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He said officers have viewed 100s of hours of CCTV footage.
One line of inquiry is the possibility Relowicz was moonlighting as an unlicensed taxi driver.
Lib Dem councillor Paul Drake-Davis said: “As long as police say there is hope we will keep that candle burning for Libby.”
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Chilling film by roadside
CCTV film captures a woman believed to be Libby Squire getting into a car — before being driven out of view.
Footage taken just after midnight last Friday shows the vehicle already parked on Haworth Street in Hull.
The driver returns at 12.02am, unlocks it and then sits facing out with the driver’s door open.
He appears to roll a cigarette or type into a phone.
A cyclist rides past and is followed seconds later by a car.
After sitting for nearly three minutes the man stands up and walks away, locking the car.
At 12.09am the passenger side door is opened and a person believed to be Libby gets in.
The man walks round the back of the car before getting into the driver’s seat and setting off.
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