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Woman 'stabbed by murder suspect' | Woman 'stabbed by murder suspect' |
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A woman was stabbed and raped by the same man accused of murdering model Sally Anne Bowman, a court has heard. | |
Mark Dixie, 37, denies killing the 18-year-old in Croydon, south London, during a sex attack, in September 2005. | Mark Dixie, 37, denies killing the 18-year-old in Croydon, south London, during a sex attack, in September 2005. |
The woman told the Old Bailey she was attacked 10 years ago in Australia by a man with a stocking mask over his head who climbed through her kitchen window. | The woman told the Old Bailey she was attacked 10 years ago in Australia by a man with a stocking mask over his head who climbed through her kitchen window. |
The woman, who gave evidence from behind a screen, had been flown from Thailand for the Old Bailey trial. | |
Jurors heard the woman, who was 19 at the time, lost consciousness when she was stabbed, and awoke to find her clothes removed and that the intruder had raped her. | |
Sally Anne Bowman was stabbed seven times | |
The prosecution told the court that the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was treated in hospital for eight stab wounds, including injuries to the neck and back. | |
The court also heard that a DNA sample from her underwear was matched last year to Mark Dixie. | |
During cross-examination, the woman denied being a prostitute at the time because she was short of money. | |
Mr Dixie, who lived in Perth, Western Australia, at the time of the attack in June 1998, has never been charged in connection with the offence. | Mr Dixie, who lived in Perth, Western Australia, at the time of the attack in June 1998, has never been charged in connection with the offence. |
Miss Bowman was stabbed seven times outside her house. | |
Mr Dixie denies murder but says he had sex with her corpse after finding her body in a pool of blood in the driveway. | Mr Dixie denies murder but says he had sex with her corpse after finding her body in a pool of blood in the driveway. |
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