Woman spoke about 'clingy' mate before alleged murder

A female confided successful family and friends really her British location impermanent had go "clingy" and she didn't want to prosecute a narration pinch him weeks earlier he allegedly murdered her and group her location alight.

Maree Vermont was recovered dormant successful her burnt-out location successful nan agrarian Victorian municipality of Goldie successful nan Macedon Ranges connected August 5, 2023.

Timothy Loosemore, who had been staying arsenic an Airbnb impermanent aft arriving from nan UK successful 2022, has pleaded not blameworthy to her execution and arson.

Vermont's mother Shirley Adams told a Supreme Court assemblage proceedings connected Wednesday really her girl had allowed Loosemore to enactment and do overseas jobs astir nan spot successful speech for free accommodation and meals.

They struck up a relationship and became friendly connected 1 instance.

"She was unsocial location ... [and] she was trying to support nan spot going connected her own," Adams said.

"She didn't want a narration pinch Tim."

Vermont's matrimony to her hubby Robert had surgery down astatine nan commencement of nan COVID-19 pandemic and he moved retired of nan Goldie location while she continued to unrecorded there.

She wanted to bargain her ex-husband's half but couldn't spend nan magnitude he was asking for, truthful she put up nan Airbnb advertisement.

Adams described nan British traveller arsenic nice, considerate and caring towards her daughter, but that Vermont didn't want him to enactment forever.

"She said to maine she was uncovering him a small spot clingy," Adams said.

"She was going to show him he had to move connected and leave."

Before her death, Adams said her girl had been looking guardant to a vacation successful Vietnam.

Vermont's younger relative Paul Adams said she told him she didn't person "any affection" for Loosemore.

"She was clear she wanted her ain life and wanted to get connected pinch her life," Paul told nan court.

Jacqueline Burns, who knew Vermont for much than 15 years and was her erstwhile sister-in-law, first saw Loosemore astatine Vermont's spot successful March 2023.

Loosemore had stayed astatine nan location for astir six weeks earlier travelling to Cairns for 2 weeks and returning.

The brace had activity erstwhile earlier he went to Cairns, but Vermont told her friend it was "unsuccessful" and that she "didn't for illustration it".

"She didn't person immoderate feelings towards him. It was conscionable sex," Burns told nan court.

After his return from Queensland, Vermont confided successful her friend astir really nan traveller was "always there" and that she "doesn't get a break".

Burns said Vermont had told Loosemore he was to time off by August but that he was ever polite and ne'er nasty.

Prosecutors allege Loosemore killed Vermont and past group occurrence to nan house, aliases assaulted her and tried to conceal nan battle by mounting nan location alight.

She was recovered pinch specified terrible burns that her legs and arms were reduced to fragments.