texted Trudi, “I feel things I haven’t felt
before. It’s incredibly empowering.”
On June 13th, 2016, Jemma and Trudi
lured Aaron to the Perth home they
called Elm Street. Aaron boarded with a
fellow-churchgoer who took a phone call
from Trudi as they ate breakfast. Trudi
invited Aaron over to swap some video
games with her son.
The housemate was pleased that
Aaron would have some social contact.
She dropped him off at the Rockingham
shopping centre mid-morning where he
met Trudi and Jemma. She watched as
they drove off together.
As they entered Jemma’s house, Aaron
was attacked from behind. Jemma went
to strangle him with a garrotte but it
snapped. Trudi joined in. She used her
weight to hold Aaron on the floor –
beneath the living-room window – whilst
Jemma stabbed him three times in the
chest and neck.
They shifted Aaron to a specially-
prepared utility room which had whitetiles for flooring – the walls covered in
blue drop-sheets. There was a gurney
for transport – but any plans they may
have had to dismember or dissolve
Aaron were abandoned.B
RITISH-BORN Jemma Victoria
Lilley, 26, reviewed her bucket list
of the things she planned to do
before she turned 25. There it was: take
someone’s life. Well, she had better get
on with it!
Jemma, who worked in a supermarket,
had arrived in Perth, Western Australia,
in 2010, after a troubled childhood
in Stamford, Lincolnshire. She was
obsessed with serial killers, horror
movies and Freddy Krueger, the
character from the Nightmare on Elm
Street movies.22 Murder Most Foul Jemma And Trudi Were Australia’s Bucket List KillersBy Donald Carne
the bill for her project – Aaron Pajich-
Sweetman, 18, a boy with Asperger’s
syndrome who shared an interest in
video games with Trudi’s 14-year-old
son. Trudi had met Aaron at her
vocational college.
It didn’t take long to bring Trudi
onside. Thirteen days before the murder,
they declared themselves ready for the
challenge. “I feel as though I cannot
rest until the blood or flesh of a fresh
pleading screaming victim is gushing
out and pooling on the floor,” Jemma
texted. “I cannot shift this belief that the
world has become not only ready for me
but it needs me to be ready.”
“It’s definitely time – I am ready, you
are ready,” Trudi replied.
They bought a range of products
they thought they might need in three
visits to a hardware store – a circular
saw, bleach, cement, drop-sheets, a large
plastic barrel, acetone, cleaning products
and 100 litres of hydrochloric acid.
The night before the murder, JemmaJemma wrote to Robert Englund, the
actor who played Freddy, to say she saw
Freddy as a father figure and guardian
angel – “Papa Freddy.” “My theory,
dumb as it sounds, is that everything
in the world is perfect if I get to hug
Freddy.”
In 2012, she had married a gay friend
in order to avoid visa problems in
Australia. The friend died but not before
his friend in turn had introduced Jemma
to Trudi Clare Lenon, 44.
Trudi, a mother of three, moved in
with Jemma. Trudi’s personal interests
leaned more towards bondage – she had
been a submissive in Perth’s BDSM
community where she was known as
Corvina.
Trudi became Jemma’s acolyte – she
responded instinctively to the more
dominant personality. “You have
amazing willpower,” she wrote. “Your
strength amazes me.” The ready flattery
of the submissive came naturally to her.
Jemma knew exactly who would fitAustralia’s Buck
JEMMA AND TR
Victim Aaron Pajich-Sweetman –
killers lured him to his death