My brother-in-law is behind bars for murdering my sister: Rebecca Aylwards sibling opens up about why their mother no longer talks to her
The sister of a murdered 15-year-old schoolgirl who was bludgeoned to death with a rock has fallen in love with her killers brother.
The sister of a murdered 15-year-old schoolgirl who was bludgeoned to death with a rock has fallen in love with her killers brother.
Jessica Aylward was aged 13 when her older sibling Rebecca was lured by Joshua Davies to a secluded spot in Bridgend, South Wales in 2010.
Now aged 27, she has confirmed she has been dating Davies brother Jordan, with the couple having two children together.
It is understood they have been dating for at least six years, although she has said they were each others first girlfriend and boyfriend at the age of 10.
The relationship has caused a rift with her mother, Sonia, who revealed last year how Davies had even threatened Jessica while serving time behind bars.
The cowardly monster, then aged 16, murdered Rebecca so he could win a bet over a free fried breakfast.
Jessica Aylward pictured with Jordan who is the brother of her sisters killer. The loved-up couple have been dating for at least six years and have two children together
Jessica was aged just 13 when her sibling Rebecca was lured by Joshua Davies (pictured) to a secluded spot in Bridgend, South Wales in 2010.
Rebecca was 15 when she was bludgeoned to death with a rock. Davies killed the teen so he could win a bet over a free fried breakfast
Davies was given a life sentence and told he would serve a minimum of 14 years behind bars.
Jessica often shares loved-up photos on her Instagram of her and Jordan together.
She told The Sun: I am with Jordan, who is Joshs brother and we have a family together.
I dont have any contact with my mother.
In one post, Jessica gushes about Jordan as she wishes him a happy birthday, writing: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Happy birthday to my Jordy who gave me two beautiful babies, thank you for everything you always do for us. We love you to the moon and back TWICE!!
In another celebrating Fathers Day, she says he has been the best Daddy my babies could have ever asked for! You do an amazing job every single day and we are so lucky to have you.
She tells how Jordan, 28, went from a boy to a man when they had their first child together and how he has been by her side through thick and thin.
Jessicas mother, Sonia Oatley, last August vowed to do everything in her power to block Davies release from prison and said: He will kill again.
Jordan pictured with the couples children. Jessica often shares pictures of the pair together and told how he went from a boy to a man when they had their first child together
The relationship has reportedly caused a rift with Jessicas mother Sonia (pictured) with the pair having no contact
Sonia pictured with Jessica and her son Jack at a remembrance bench for Rebecca in 2018
She told the Mirror at the time: Joshuas sentence is shorter than Rebeccas life – its an insult. That cowardly monster planned to kill my beautiful daughter in the most horrific way possible – he should never be released.
Ms Oatley added: Hes threatened my other daughter Jessica, and another of Beccas friends – we cannot risk. He is dangerous and knows how to manipulate people and the authorities and he should stay locked up for the publics safety.
In January 2010, Davies left Rebecca for another girl. She then found another partner - only for her ex-boyfriend to persuade her to end it and meet up with him.
In the court case the following year it emerged that in the time before the meet-up in October, the killer had been publishing hateful material against Rebecca online.
To friends he bragged he was going to poison her with plants like deadly nightshade, or else push her over a quarry or into a river.
Becca never told me that (it was abusive) but there must have been some controlling element looking back now, Ms Oatley said previously.
In January 2010 he left Becca for another girl. She was absolutely devastated and I hated seeing her so hurt.
But in time she started going out with another boy herself - only for Josh to convince her to end it and to meet up with him.
She did so, almost instantly, thrilled at the thought of their reconciliation.
As the day of the meet-up wore on, concern started to grow as Rebecca failed to return home. That evening the police were called.
Rebeccas body was found in a wooded area that was said to have been popular with teenagers
Sonia (pictured here with Rebecca) vowed last year to do everything in her power to block Davies release from prison and said: He will kill again
She moved away from her home in Maesteg, near Bridgend, after the murder and is bereft her daughters killer might be released
At this point Rebecca had last been seen at 12.30pm. Ms Oatley would later learn that after leaving the woods Davies went back to an aunts house.
He then attempted to create a fake alibi on Facebook about chilling out with friends while watching Strictly Come Dancing on the TV.
On the same night the teenager sent texts to Rebeccas phone, knowing she was dead, pleading with her to let people know where she was.
After a night of searching, Rebeccas body was found at around 9am the next day near Aberkenfig. The wooded area was said to have been popular with teenagers.
Two 15-year-old boys were taken in for questioning and an appeal for further witnesses was put out.
Speaking in court the following year, PC Gemma Tibbott described spotting Rebeccas body lying face down from a slightly raised embankment in the woods.
She described the teenager as being an ashen colour, wearing her new jacket with the hood over her head.
Ms Oatley said: I wasnt there when the news came. It was the Sunday morning and the police came to my sisters house where the family were.
We were out in Aberkenfig searching for her and my sister stayed back with Jack. She rung my brother to tell him to bring Sonia back.
As the weeks stretched into months after Rebeccas death, Ms Oatley was faced with the agony of waiting for Daviess trial to begin.
As an important witness, police and prosecutors were unable to divulge more than basic facts, leaving the mothers mind to fill in the blanks and prepare for the funeral.
Looking back, Ms Oatley said: Before the trial I knew nothing at all. They told me what had happened but they couldnt go into any detail. It was just waiting.
You were just left to it, to your own thoughts - there was no information. We had Beccas birthday in the February and we had Christmas which was a nightmare.
I didnt want to decorate anything, Jack was eight and Jessica was 13 but I couldnt face it. They decorated, I just helped them with it. I had to do it for them.
I couldnt handle people talking to me. My family liaison officer was really down to the point which suited me.
In June 2011, eight months after Bridgend High School pupil Rebeccas death, the trial opened at Swansea Crown Court.
Davies, who had since turned 16, was accused of Rebeccas murder after bludgeoning her to death with a large rock.
With Ms Oatley sitting in court alongside family and friends, the horrifying details of what happened that day began to emerge.
During evidence it was heard that Davies had told a friend he was going into the forest with Rebecca and smiled as he said the time has come.
The same friend later phoned Joshua to ask if he was with Rebecca. The defendant replied with two words - define with.
After summoning the fellow 16-year-old into the forest, the murderer then told his friend he had hit Rebecca from behind with a rock until she stopped screaming, before discarding the bloody weapon into the undergrowth.
His demeanour was described merely as cool. Together the boys went home, in full knowledge that Rebeccas body lay in the woods behind them.
There, they met a third friend and made a round of tea, discussing the days events. A pathologist said Rebecca died from brain injuries caused by blunt force injury.
Throughout the trial Davies denied any wrongdoing. Instead, he blamed Rebeccas murder on his friend and described seeing his friend hit her over the head six or seven times with the rock.
According to Ms Oatley, worse still were the witness statements detailing Daviess obsession with killing his former girlfriend.
As the trial progressed, the jury heard how the teenagers favourite point of conversation among his friends was the method by which he would kill Rebecca.
Rebecca, pictured as a child with her mother Sonia, was a popular and intelligent girl growing up
In the court case it emerged that in the time before the meet-up in October, Davies had been publishing hateful material against Rebecca online
It emerged that one friend even promised to buy Davies a cooked breakfast if he carried out his threat.
Two days before the murder, Davies texted his friend. The message read: Dont say anything, but you may just owe me a breakfast.
In court the boy who placed the bet told the jury he thought it was only a joke, and that the defendant was messing about.
On July 27, 2011 the jury returned to the court room after four days of deliberation. Davies was found guilty of murder on a 10-2 majority verdict.
Members of Rebeccas family, sitting in the public gallery, cheered briefly, before releasing a statement stating they would never forgive Davies for his crime.
During a later sentencing, the 16-year-old was given a life sentence at Swansea Crown Court and told he would serve a minimum of 14 years in prison.
Davies only confessed eight years into his sentence after blaming his friend for years.
Ms Oatley last year also issued a plea for tougher sentences for murderers, which comes after the Justice Secretary Alex Chalk unveiled plans for stricter jail terms for those who murder their ex-partners.
She said: I am ashamed of our laws in the UK – they are archaic and I want to know why murderers are offered such different sentences. If you’ve taken a life you should serve a life – it’s as simple as that.
