Model Sally Anne Bowman was murdered in a savage knife and sex attack in the drive of her home, a court heard today.
Prosecutor Brian Altman said this was because pub chef Mark Dixie was denying murder and had put forward a "desperate defence".
Dixie admits having sex with Miss Bowman as she lay in a pool of blood - but claims she was already dead when he found her, said Mr Altman.
She was bitten and knifed several times with such force that the blade passed right through her body.
DNA found on her body matched Dixie and his bite marks were found on her cheek and neck. His bloodied fingerprint was on her shoe.
Dixie, 37, of no fixed address, pleads not guilty to murdering Miss Bowman in September 2005. Mr Altman, opening the trial, said: "Her murder was motivated by sex. Her killer murdered her for his sexual gratification and the killer was Mark Dixie." Mr Altman added: "Mark Dixie admits that he had sex with her after her death but denies that he is the killer.
"He claims he just happened to be in Blenheim Crescent in the early hours of that morning under the influence of drink and drugs when he chanced upon her body and took advantage of the situation.
"He says that somebody else stabbed her to death. That, astonishingly, is his defence to the charge of murder he faces - you may conclude it is a defence born of desperation for all too obvious reasons."
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