Colleagues of woman murdered and decapitated by evil boyfriend were shocked by her death
The former boss of a woman who was brutally murdered by her boyfriend has told how her shocking death stunned her friends and colleagues.
Phoenix Spencer-Horn, 21, was savagely attacked in a flat she shared with Ewan Methven in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.
She was strangled and repeatedly stabbed before evil Methven severed her head and attempted to dismember her body.
He admitted murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice and was jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 23 years at the High Court in Glasgow.
Theo Giameos, who employed Phoenix at his Roasted cafe in her hometown of Strathaven, told of his horror at her murder and said there was no indication Methven would subject her to violence.
Theo, 52, said: "Letting girls know that if they are in a situation like that then they can seek help and in regard to Phoenix's situation, there was no evidence or writing on the wall that indicated that this would be the outcome or this would happen.
"It was a horrific, horrific incident and it has affected everyone differently and the current fundraiser for the Kiltwalk is sitting at just over £5,000.
"You can see that there's a lot of people who are prepared to get behind it and it is more just sending that message that you are not alone and if you need help reach out and there are people there who are prepared to help."
He added: "She worked on the Thursday and on the Friday. I was outside and little did I know that the last time she walked past me while she was drinking her iced latte, glanced over her shoulder and looked back at me, that was the last time that I'd see her.
"Phoenix was in the prime of her life, she had the rest of her life to look forward to and she has been taken far too soon.
"It's one of those things, if it was cancer you could live with it, if it was a car accident you could live with it but it is not what you expect and you don't want to ever hear that again or wish that upon anybody."
Theo is part of a group who are taking part in the Kiltwalk to raise money for Glasgow Women's Aid in memory of Phoenix.
Speaking to local station Avondale Radio, he added: "A lot of the time people do the Kiltwalk and raise awareness for various charities and this particular one is going towards Glasgow Women's Aid and it is in memory of our lost soldier Phoenix who was a friend, a colleague and a daughter and she was killed under horrific circumstances.
"This is just to raise awareness and hopefully let people know that there is hope out there and if they need to seek help and seek advice then there's avenues they can go down and lean on for support.
"It is quite personal to a lot of the girls to make sure that we do it. She was one of the hardest workers that I've ever met and at the same time she was very firm and strong and opinionated.
"She was hands down the hardest worker I've known."
The 20 mile Kiltwalk will take place in September and the group, dubbed Phe's Angel Fighters, have already raised more than £6,000.
Glasgow Women's Aid said: "We cannot express our gratitude enough for this.
"The money raised will help us to continue to help women and girls in abusive relationships and prevent the loss of other young women to male violence."
Methven, 27, choked Phoenix before severing her head and trying to remove her limbs and torso from her body in November last year.
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