On the evening of December 8, 2022, four people met at a guest house in Presteigne, a small Welsh town in Powys, on the border with England.
They were Ruth Hogg, 40, who had a master’s degree in fine art and worked in an art gallery in Wales; Susan Bagshaw, 55, an artist and former social worker also from Commins Coch in Wales; Morwenna Grey, 41, a carer from nearby Machynlleth; and Tristan Dixon, 34, a musician from Huddersfield.
