Later that Sunday, he went into Plymouth, had a pizza, rehearsed with his indie rock band, Rakuda – he was the songwriter and guitarist – and drank into the early hours of Monday 22 November at a lock-in.īizarrely, friends reported he seemed “happier than usual”. On Sunday 21 November Ackland drove to a village outside Plymouth where he threw the hammer into a river and hid a carrier bag containing bloodstained clothing in allotments. Her mobile phone and AirPods were found near the bus stop and friends, family and police began to search for her. In May last year – six months before the attack – Ackland posted a picture of a roaring driftwood fire on the beach with the caption: “Capture them moments.” He stripped McLeod, removed most of her jewellery and dumped the body 5 metres (15ft) down a steep bank before driving home and going to bed. He burned her handbag, put McLeod’s body in his boot and drove 28 miles to a wooded lane leading to Bovisand beach in south Devon, a place he knew because he partied there. Police cannot be sure but they believe she died there.Īckland began to try to cover his tracks. There he carried out a frenzied hammer attack on McLeod, causing “catastrophic” injuries. He bundled McLeod into the footwell of his car and travelled 19 miles to a car park at a forest on Dartmoor. Their eyes, he has claimed, briefly met and the teenager fell to the ground. Photograph: Devon and Cornwall police/PAĪckland, 24, struck McLeod on the head with a claw hammer he had brought along just for this purpose.
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