Caught on CCTV: Chilling moment serial killer Dennehy FLIRTED with a female shop assistant before going out in search of more victims
Joanna Dennehy, 31, seen talking to cashier in Hereford after killing three men and while searching for more victims
Court also sees selfie taken during bloody rampage around the city
Witness says the killer 'just wanted blood' as she hunted for victims
Tells court he initially thought that 'butter wouldn't melt in her mouth'
Two alleged accomplices are currently on trial over the killings
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Hugo GyePUBLISHED: 17:51 GMT, 21 January 2014 | UPDATED: 17:51 GMT, 21 January 2014
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Triple killer Joanna Dennehy was caught on CCTV flirting with a female shop worker moments before she attempted to murder two more men, a court heard today.
Jurors saw video footage of the 31-year-old chatting to the assistant in April last year, as well as a 'selfie' photograph she took during her violent rampage.
A witness said he was terrified of Dennehy, telling the court that she 'just wanted blood' even though she looked like 'butter wouldn't melt' in her mouth.
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Killer: Joanna Dennehy pictured flirting with a female shop assistant shortly before trying to kill two men
Trial: CCTV of the incident was shown to jurors at Cambridge Crown Court in the trial of Dennehy's alleged accomplices
Selfie: Dennehy took this picture of herself while on a bloody rampage around Hereford last April
The killer murdered Lukasz Slaboszewski, Kevin Lee and John Chapman and left their bodies in fields outside Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, before fleeing to Hereford to look for more victims.
Dennehy stabbed two more men, Robin Bereza and John Rogers, whom she selected at random and who both survived the attack.
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In the CCTV video played to the jury today, Dennehy - who told friends she was a lesbian - could be seen telling the female shop assistant to turn around and complimenting her on her 'nice a***'.
Mark Lloyd said he feared she might kill the cashier as he told police of his terror at witnessing the two failed stab attacks.
Shop: Dennehy entering the convenience store with Mark Lloyd, who gave evidence today
Terror: Mr Lloyd said he was too scared of Dennehy to raise the alarm with police
Talking about the first attack, on Mr Bereza, he said: 'I thought she was going to mug him. Then it twigged on me - 'You just want blood.' She must have hit that geezer 15 or 20 times.'
He said that Dennehy was angry with Stretch after the attempted killing, telling him: 'Get out of here, get out of here, you chose me the wrong victim.'
After attacking Mr Rogers, she stole his dog and told the others that the animal was her 'only friend'.
When Mr Lloyd found out that Dennehy and Stretch were wanted by the police, he said he assumed that it was the man who had carried out the killings.
'I thought it was Gary who done the murders because he's 7ft 2in and looks like Herman off The Munsters,' he said. 'She looks like butter wouldn't melt until she opens her bloody mouth.'
Joanna Dennehy, 31, poses for a photo with a terrifying knife while she was on the run for stabbing three men in the heart
Joanna Dennehy poses in another shocking photo with her top lifted, exposing her underwear. The woman has admitted killing three and the attempted murder of two others
Jurors saw a 'selfie' taken by the killer in which she grins at the camera with her arms outstretched, a homemade star tattoo clearly visible on her cheek.
Mr Lloyd said that during the bloody rampage around Hereford, 'She was smiling like a kid who has walked in like she's got a brand new Playstation.'
He claimed he wanted to call 999, or ask the shop assistant to raise the alarm, but was scared of Dennehy and Stretch.
A statement was also read out in court from a teenage schoolgirl who was shown the body of Mr Slaboszewski by Dennehy after she had dumped it in a wheelie bin.
Joanna Dennehy's alleged co-conspirator Gary 'Stretch' Richards poses for a photo. He denies three counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body and two counts of attempted murder
Mark Lloyd (left) and Gary Richards poses for a photo. Moments later, Dennehy tried to stab another two men to death
The witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: 'I could see a dead man, I couldn't see any blood, I don't know how he died.
'I was scared and frightened. My adrenaline was rushing and I felt bad. I just wanted to get home.
'She kept smiling. I asked her why but I can't recall her answer. I wanted to forget what I saw in the green bin.'
She added: 'Jo was really clever, she helped me with my homework and we chatted. I got close and friendly with her and showed her my teddy bear. I put a bar of chocolate bar through her letter box.'
The girl's mother said in a statement: 'She told me that Jo lifted up a black bin liner and a body was underneath. She said it was cold and wet and it was still wearing a coat.'
Richards swears at the camera and sticks his tongue out. The man is currently on trial at Cambridge Crown Court
Victims Lukasz Slaboszewski (left) and Kevin Lee - who were stabbed in the heart by Dennehy
John Chapman was also stabbed to death by the 31-year-old
Yesterday shocking images shown to the court included one of Dennehy jovially sticking her tongue out as she brandishes a jagged knife with handcuffs attached to her trousers.
In another the killer is pictured revealing her underwear and standing in a provocative sexual position in the days after committing her crimes. It shows a series of horrendous scars caused by the mother’s relentless self-harming.
In the very next picture, Stretch is seen glaring at the camera while pulling his jumper up and standing in another sexual pose.
And in another two pictures the defendant and Mr Lloyd are seen sticking their middle fingers up.
A final image shows the pair casually leaning on a fence just minutes before Dennehy tried to stab another two men to death.
Dennehy, of Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, pleaded guilty to the three murders and two attempted murders at the Old Bailey in November. She also admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of all three victims and is in custody awaiting sentencing.
Stretch, whose real name is Gary Richards, denies three counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body and two counts of attempted murder.
Layton denies two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body and one count of perverting the course of justice.
A third man Robert Moore, 56, of Peterborough, has admitted assisting an offender and is awaiting sentence.
The trial continues.
Picutred is the knife used by Joanna Dennehy to attack her five victims. The later two men survived the attacks
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