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A Harrods employee was killed and buried in a shallow grave in the park where she used to jog, a court heard. | A Harrods employee was killed and buried in a shallow grave in the park where she used to jog, a court heard. |
Egeli Rasta, 27, went missing in July 2006. Her body lay undiscovered for 12 days in Mitcham Common, south London. | Egeli Rasta, 27, went missing in July 2006. Her body lay undiscovered for 12 days in Mitcham Common, south London. |
A kitchen knife with traces of her blood was recovered from the home of defendant Garath Davies, the Old Bailey was told. | A kitchen knife with traces of her blood was recovered from the home of defendant Garath Davies, the Old Bailey was told. |
Mr Davies, 23, from Mitcham, south London, denies murder and perverting the course of justice. | |
Mark Ellison, prosecuting, said Davies was "something of a loner" who spent quite a lot of time on the common on his own or with his dog Tyson. | |
The word "Gaz" was carved into the branch of a tree in the woods where Miss Rasta's body was discovered. | The word "Gaz" was carved into the branch of a tree in the woods where Miss Rasta's body was discovered. |
'Sexual motive' | |
Damp and bloodstained clothing were also recovered from his home, as well as home-made sex toys. | |
The evidence was coupled with the fact that the victim was found naked "clearly suggesting a sexual motive", the jury was told. | |
Mr Ellison said Mr Davies was found with Miss Rasta's mobile phone in his trouser pocket but lied about how he had got it. | |
Mr Davies was traced after he used the phone to send texts and photos of his dog, a black Staffordshire terrier, to a friend in Wales. | |
Mr Ellison said when questioned by police about Miss Rasta's disappearance, he suffered "unbelievable" losses of memory. | |
Decomposed body | |
Miss Rasta, an Estonian national, was "fit, athletic, and quite strong" and would often jog and sunbathe in the common, sometimes topless. | |
She went missing, a day after working a shift at the LK Bennett concession at Harrods in Knightsbridge, west London. | |
"Precisely what happened around lunchtime on July 4 last year between him and her is unclear as her body lay undiscovered for 12 days," said Mr Ellison. | |
He said her body was so decomposed that the pathologist who examined it was unable to establish a cause of death. | He said her body was so decomposed that the pathologist who examined it was unable to establish a cause of death. |
The trial continues. |