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| Man guilty in jogger murder case | Man guilty in jogger murder case |
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| A man described as a loner has been convicted of murdering a Harrods shop worker who was found buried in a shallow grave where she went jogging. | |
| Garath Davies was convicted of killing Egeli Rasta in Mitcham Common, south London, in July 2006. | Garath Davies was convicted of killing Egeli Rasta in Mitcham Common, south London, in July 2006. |
| The 27-year-old was reported missing a day after finishing work and her body lay undiscovered for 12 days. | The 27-year-old was reported missing a day after finishing work and her body lay undiscovered for 12 days. |
| Davies, 23, from Mitcham, south London, had denied murder and perverting the course of justice. | Davies, 23, from Mitcham, south London, had denied murder and perverting the course of justice. |
| The court heard that Miss Rasta, who was "fit, athletic, and quite strong", lived near Mitcham Common and would often jog and sunbathe there, sometimes topless. | The court heard that Miss Rasta, who was "fit, athletic, and quite strong", lived near Mitcham Common and would often jog and sunbathe there, sometimes topless. |
| She disappeared on 4 July - a day after working a shift at the LK Bennett concession at Harrods. | |
| I'm afraid I might have done it. I can't remember. Garath Davies | |
| Mark Ellison, prosecuting, said Davies was "something of a loner" who spent quite a lot of time on the common alone or with his black Staffordshire terrier, Tyson. | |
| Precisely what happened to Miss Rasta was unclear because her body was decomposed so badly a pathologist was unable to establish the cause of death. | |
| Mr Ellison said evidence pointed to a "sexual motive" for the killing. | Mr Ellison said evidence pointed to a "sexual motive" for the killing. |
| The Old Bailey was told detectives found a kitchen knife covered in her blood at the home of Garath Davies, who lived nearby with his mother. | |
| The name "Gaz" was carved into the branch of a tree in the copse where the body of Miss Rasta, an Estonian, was found. | |
| He told the court that at the time he was "chain smoking" cannabis and was "very stoned" on the day Miss Rasta was killed. | |
| Davies later told police: "I'm afraid I might have done it. I can't remember." |