TikToker, 37, boasted she is ‘a bad girl’ after stabbing Army veteran, 62, to death after letting her pet dog escape
AN EVIL TikToker bragged she is “a bad girl” after stabbing an Army veteran to death and leaving his body surrounded by notes.
Winter Swan-Miller, 37, claimed to have “no choice” but to murder Stuart Crocker, 62, at his home in Andover, Hampshire.
He had been stabbed 26 times in the early hours of June 23, but was not found by paramedics until five days after the heinous attack.
Stuart’s body had also been left surrounded by notes with confessions written by Swan-Miller, who left them as a “trail” for the “pigs” to follow.
Swan-Miller posted on TikTok after the murder, telling her followers: “I’m going to be taking a break from TikTok for a bit I think because I’ve been a bad girl.
“If you want to write to me, I’ll happily write back.”
The video added: “But I don’t feel like I’ve done a bad thing at all.”
She made the brags on TikTok in an attempt to achieve “fame and notoriety” online, but now faces life behind bars.
Swan-Miller was today found guilty of murder and two counts of fraud at Winchester Crown Court.
An 11-week trial heard Swan-Miller attacked Stuart because he let her therapy pet dog Oblivion escape and be stolen.
Notes left by his body said: “How does his death feel haha. You thought I would let you get away with taking me for a f***ing mug. Taking my dog, are you real.”
Another said: “Take my f***ing dog you w****. This is why I’ve done this haha.”
Oblivion was had been returned to Swan-Miller on June 21, according to a video on her TikTok account.
But she stabbed Stuart to death two days later.
His body was only found after emergency services received a phone call from a neighbour, who reported a foul smell.
When officers arrived, they noted “it was immediately obvious that he sustained a large number of stab wounds”.
Jurors were shown a number of TikToks, organised into parts, which were posted on June 23 – the same day as the murder.
In one video, titled “Part Two”, Swan-Miller can be heard saying: “Taking my dog from me, the only thing in the entire world that I’ve got.
“I did do what I did and I did it because I had no choice. They took away the only thing in my life that I have got, and that’s my dog Oblivion.”
She added: “You took away my dog, you all did this.”
The court was also shown a letter Swan-Miller sent to a friend in which she said “I killed Stewart”.
After the stabbing, she walked into Andover town centre and went to McDonald’s.
Nicola Shannon KC, prosecuting, told the court: “Throughout the morning, it would seem she was prepared for potential arrest.
“Firstly she was making careful preparations and sorted out her domestic affairs, and secondly she was hoping for some degree of fame and notoriety for what she had done.”
Witnesses who spoke to Swan-Miller that morning described her as “cheerful” and “laid back”.
But she then left her phone in a local pub and “went on the run” to Birmingham.
Swan-Miller will be sentenced at the same court on Tuesday.
