Banker claims he killed escort in self-defence

Zahid Naseem denies murdering Christina Abbotts after engaging her services in Crawley in May

A City banker accused of bludgeoning an escort to death with a pestle has told a court he did “everything possible” to stop her trying to kill him.

Zahid Naseem denies murdering Christina Abbotts, who was found dead on her 29th birthday in May. He is accused of intentionally striking her 13 times on the back of the head with the kitchen utensil in a champagne- and cocaine-fuelled attack while she was house-sitting for a friend at a flat in Crawley, West Sussex.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2ScILeZ