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| Man 'had sex with victim's body' | Man 'had sex with victim's body' |
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| A man accused of murdering teenage model Sally Anne Bowman confessed to having sex with her after she was killed, a court has been told. | A man accused of murdering teenage model Sally Anne Bowman confessed to having sex with her after she was killed, a court has been told. |
| Miss Bowman, 18, was repeatedly stabbed and bitten outside her home in Croydon, south London, in September 2005. | Miss Bowman, 18, was repeatedly stabbed and bitten outside her home in Croydon, south London, in September 2005. |
| Chef Mark Dixie, 37, of no fixed address, denies murdering Miss Bowman. | |
| Prosecutor Brian Altman said: "The defendant confesses that he had sex with Sally Anne and that he had sex with her after her death." | Prosecutor Brian Altman said: "The defendant confesses that he had sex with Sally Anne and that he had sex with her after her death." |
| The court heard Mr Dixie had said he had been drinking, took drugs and had "taken advantage of the situation". | The court heard Mr Dixie had said he had been drinking, took drugs and had "taken advantage of the situation". |
| Mr Altman said: "That astonishingly is his defence. It is born out of desperation." | Mr Altman said: "That astonishingly is his defence. It is born out of desperation." |
| 'Gruesome discovery' | 'Gruesome discovery' |
| Miss Bowman had been driven home after a night out in Croydon Town Centre by her boyfriend Lewis Sprotson at about 0400 BST, the court was told. | Miss Bowman had been driven home after a night out in Croydon Town Centre by her boyfriend Lewis Sprotson at about 0400 BST, the court was told. |
| The couple began to argue as they sat in the car outside Miss Bowman's house with each accusing the other of seeing other people, Mr Altman added. | The couple began to argue as they sat in the car outside Miss Bowman's house with each accusing the other of seeing other people, Mr Altman added. |
| She had tried to stop Mr Sprotson driving off by sitting on the bonnet of the car, but as he left he had seen Sally Anne walking into her drive. | She had tried to stop Mr Sprotson driving off by sitting on the bonnet of the car, but as he left he had seen Sally Anne walking into her drive. |
| Mr Altman said Lewis believed someone had been watching them and at one stage had "looked angrily" into the car. | Mr Altman said Lewis believed someone had been watching them and at one stage had "looked angrily" into the car. |
| Neighbours heard screams at about 0420 BST but it was not until over two hours later that the "gruesome discovery" of the model's body was made. | Neighbours heard screams at about 0420 BST but it was not until over two hours later that the "gruesome discovery" of the model's body was made. |
| The defendant's DNA was found on Miss Bowman's body, his bloody fingerprint on her shoe and his bite marks on her cheek, neck and breast, the jury was told. | The defendant's DNA was found on Miss Bowman's body, his bloody fingerprint on her shoe and his bite marks on her cheek, neck and breast, the jury was told. |
| Mr Altman said Mr Dixie, a father of three and a "recreational drug user", had a history of sexual violence. | Mr Altman said Mr Dixie, a father of three and a "recreational drug user", had a history of sexual violence. |
| The court was told that, at the age of 17, he indecently assaulted a female Jehovah's Witness in London, and a match to his DNA was found by police investigating the rape and stabbing of a student in Perth, Western Australia. | The court was told that, at the age of 17, he indecently assaulted a female Jehovah's Witness in London, and a match to his DNA was found by police investigating the rape and stabbing of a student in Perth, Western Australia. |
| He had been celebrating his 35th birthday drinking and taking cocaine in a pub on the night Miss Bowman died, the court heard. | He had been celebrating his 35th birthday drinking and taking cocaine in a pub on the night Miss Bowman died, the court heard. |
| The party later retired to a flat in Avondale Road, two streets away from where Miss Bowman was killed. | The party later retired to a flat in Avondale Road, two streets away from where Miss Bowman was killed. |
| The case continues. | The case continues. |