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Woman recalls model's body find Woman recalls model's body find
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A neighbour has told a court of the moment when she discovered the body of murdered model Sally Anne Bowman.A neighbour has told a court of the moment when she discovered the body of murdered model Sally Anne Bowman.
Miss Bowman, 18, was repeatedly stabbed, sexually assaulted and bitten near her home in Croydon, south London, in September 2005. Miss Bowman, 18, was stabbed seven times, sexually assaulted and bitten near her home in Croydon, south London, in September 2005.
Ann Hardy told the Old Bailey she heard screams in the night, but went outside in the morning after seeing a pair of legs on the ground behind a skip.Ann Hardy told the Old Bailey she heard screams in the night, but went outside in the morning after seeing a pair of legs on the ground behind a skip.
Chef Mark Dixie, 37, of no fixed address, denies murdering Miss Bowman.Chef Mark Dixie, 37, of no fixed address, denies murdering Miss Bowman.
Mr Dixie denies murdering Miss Bowman, but says he had sex with her corpse after finding the body.
The court heard Mrs Hardy had been woken in the night by two screams which she thought came from a vixen or a girl on 25 September.The court heard Mrs Hardy had been woken in the night by two screams which she thought came from a vixen or a girl on 25 September.
I just felt I knew what I would see Ann Hardy I knelt, just as a natural thing, and said 'Oh, poor darling' Ann Hardy
Early in the morning she looked out her bedroom and saw "a pair of white legs", the jury was told.Early in the morning she looked out her bedroom and saw "a pair of white legs", the jury was told.
She went outside to investigate, and told the court: "I just felt I knew what I would see.She went outside to investigate, and told the court: "I just felt I knew what I would see.
"It was not going to be a model or a mannequin. I just related it to the screams.""It was not going to be a model or a mannequin. I just related it to the screams."
Asked what she saw, Mrs Hardy said: "Sally Anne's body."Asked what she saw, Mrs Hardy said: "Sally Anne's body."
She added: "I knelt, just as a natural thing, and said 'Oh, poor darling'."
Dragging soundDragging sound
Earlier, the court heard from another neighbour June Cumpper, who said she was woken by screams in the night and looked out of the window.Earlier, the court heard from another neighbour June Cumpper, who said she was woken by screams in the night and looked out of the window.
The jury heard she saw a man looking from side to side and who crossed the road before she lost sight of him.The jury heard she saw a man looking from side to side and who crossed the road before she lost sight of him.
She said she heard a "dragging" sound and thought someone was trying to place something in the skip.She said she heard a "dragging" sound and thought someone was trying to place something in the skip.
The prosecution says Miss Bowman was killed by a sex attacker who stabbed her seven times. The prosecution alleges Mr Dixie stabbed Miss Bowman, moved away and then went back to drag her body further down the driveway and had sex with her.
Mr Dixie, of no fixed address, denies murdering her but says he had sex with her corpse after finding the body. Pathologist Peter Jerreat told the court she died as the result of haemorrhaging due to multiple stab wounds.
She had been stabbed three times in the neck and then four times in the abdomen as she lay dead or dying on the ground.
Dr Jerreat said she could have been unconscious in 20 seconds and dead in less than two minutes.
The trial continues.