Posted on 02/19/2008 6:11:29 AM PST by decimon
The man accused of killing teenager Sally Anne Bowman has told a court he regrets having sex with her corpse.
Mark Dixie claimed he did not realise she was dead until after he had sex with her body, the Old Bailey heard.
Mr Dixie, 37, denies murdering the 18-year-old in Croydon, south London, during a sex attack, in September 2005.
Giving evidence, he said: "I don't know what went through my mind. I took full advantage of someone and I should not have done it."
Pair of legs
The court heard Miss Bowman was found in a pool of blood in the driveway of her home in Blenheim Crescent.
Prosecutors allege Mr Dixie stabbed her seven times and raped her as she was dead or lay dying.
But Mr Dixie has told jurors that he found Miss Bowman's body after a drink and drugs binge.
He told the court: "I have gone over it during the last three years. I don't know what went through my mind.
"All I saw was a pair of legs... shirt put down to the waist and I took advantage of her.
Anthony Glass, QC, defending, asked if he thought she was dead or unconscious.
Mr Dixie said: "I would not have expected to see anyone dead in that street.
"I thought she might have passed out or fallen over."
But he admitted there was no reaction during the sex attack, even when he bit Miss Bowman.
Anthony Glass, QC, asked Mr Dixie, "Did you, in fact, realise she was dead?"
To which he responded: "After a while. I panicked. I stood up. I looked at her. I did not know what to do."
Mr Dixie described how he then placed cement dust and concrete from a nearby skip on Miss Bowman's body to conceal his DNA.
The trial continues.
She was great; she just laid there.
That is so, so wrong. LMAO
I thought about the lyrics to that song and realized how wrong this is on many many level. Then I laughed uncontrollably.
Oooh, the Intolerance Police are going to nail him for that one! Doesn't he know that all ethical systems are equally valid?
Oh, well; let's just issue him an antisocial behavior order, since he already admits he knows it was wrong.
That, plus some public service time, and a good stiff finger-shaking at him ought to do the trick, by Jove!
Evil cannot be rehabilitated.
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Yes. If I saw someone, male or female or indeterminate, passed out on the street, my first thoughts would be to check to see if the person is alive and how to get the medics to the scene.
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