Leah Croucher murder suspect Neil Maxwell once tried to strangle ex in fit of rage, former pal reveals
LEAH Croucher murder suspect Neil Maxwell once tried to strangle his ex in a fit of rage, a former pal has revealed.
The friend said: “Neil could be charming but evil.
“He tried to strangle his girlfriend in 2009. He lost it. No one knows why.”
That year Maxwell got 4½ years’ jail for raping a teen girl.
He then “conned” authorities that he was reformed and was let out, claimed the pal.
In 2018 Maxwell admitted a sex assault and got 200 hours’ unpaid work.
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He killed himself aged 49 in 2019 — two months after Leah, 19, vanished.
Human remains were found at a Milton Keynes home last week sparking a murder probe.
Police are accused of missing 18 chances to catch him.