Builder ‘murdered girlfriend when he was being investigated for killing previous partner’

A ‘callous bully’ murdered his girlfriend after he was released on bail while under investigation for killing another partner 16 months before, a court heard. Naomi Hunte, 41, repeatedly told police she was terrified of Carl Cooper, 66, before she was stabbed to death at her home in southeast London on Valentine’s Day 2022. Cooper was arrested as an ‘obvious suspect’ but denied killing Ms Hunte and was released on bail. In June last year a second partner, Fiona Holm,…