‘How do you know the woman he is accused of murdering is actually dead?’

A handyman accused of murdering two girlfriends in 16 months claims the second alleged victim may still be alive, a court heard. Naomi Hunte, 41, warned police that Carl Cooper, 66, was a ‘psychopath’ before she was stabbed to death at her home in Plumstead, southeast London on Valentine’s Day 2022. Cooper was arrested by police four days later and identified as an ‘obvious suspect’. He was then released on bail and in June last year a second partner, Fiona…