New photo City banker is 'caught on CCTV kissing high-class escort before murder'

A City banker was seen kissing an IT worker who was secretly working as a high-class escort before he battered her to death, a court has heard.

Christina Abbotts, 29, was repeatedly beaten around the head with a kitchen pestle in a 'savage and brutal' attack and then strangled in a flat in Crawley.

City of London banker Zahid Naseem, 47, a father of two, was charged with her murder and went on trial this week.

The jury heard how the two were seen together in the West Sussex town's Asda supermarket buying alcohol on the night before she is thought to have died.

Grainy CCTV footage allegedly shows Zahid Naseem kissing escort Christina Abbotts before she was found battered to death

The pair were in Asda in Crawley buying alcohol before the alleged attack, a court has heard

Ms Abbotts had been hit 13 times on the head with a pestle when she was found, a jury was told

Jurors were shown CCTV images of Naseem kissing her on the head while they stood in one of the aisles.

The next morning police found the body of Miss Abbotts in a flat where she was housesitting. Naseem was lying naked on the sofa pretending to be unconscious, prosecutor Christopher Tehrani told jurors.

Ms Abbotts, who was born in the West Midlands and lived in London, had been hit 13 times on the head with a pestle and is thought to have died around 12 hours earlier, jurors were told.

Jurors were told that Naseem texted his partner to say 'It's too late, I'm sorry, life isn't going to work for me' in the hours after he allegedly bludgeoned Miss Abbotts to death.

Helen Jervis asked her partner of 12 years, Zahid Naseem, 'What have you done?' when she received the message, Lewes Crown Court heard on Wednesday.

The murder trial heard the 'privately educated city girl' lived a secret life as a high-class escort but told her friends and family she worked in IT.

Naseem paid her up to £3,500 a time when they met and she led a lavish lifestyle partying with 'posh', wealthy friends living in Westminster and other parts of London while frequenting the theatre, polo and Ascot.

Naseem is said to have paid Miss Abbotts up to £3,500 for nights with her, the court was told

Her father Michael Abbotts, who lives in Stourbridge, said he was 'never fully aware' of what she did for a living but she had 'very posh friends' and travelled a lot, visiting countries including Brazil and Mexico.

After school she studied business at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester and dropped out of a course to Oxford Brookes University when she was offered a job, he said. He last heard from her when she texted him to say 'love you' shortly after midnight on May 25.

Miss Abbotts father said he was unaware of what she did for a living

In a statement read to the court, he added: 'She was a pretty woman. I'm sure she had more boyfriends than she told us about.' 

Miss Abbotts, who had dropped out of Oxford Brookes University, had told friends and family she was working as an IT consultant and salesperson.

But in reality she was a sex worker using the pseudonym, Tilly Pexton, and advertised her sexual services online for around £2,000 a time.

The court heard she lived the high-life and travelled around the world and was known by her friends as a party girl who drank heavily and took cocaine.

She also attended Royal Ascot, the theatre and polo matches with friends and took her family out for lavish restaurant meals.

Tiffany Price, who described Miss Abbotts as her 'best friend', said  she failed to get a response to a message sent at 1.05pm she texted again at 5.10pm saying: “Are you alive?” but received no response. 

She told the court she was shocked when she found out her best friend had been working as an escort.

She assumes Miss Abbotts did not tell her to 'protect her'.

A fellow sex worker who also knew Miss Abbotts told the court the murder victim was addicted to cocaine.  

'It used to be a social thing but recently much more. I also thought she was being quite reckless in her work,' the woman, whose full name was not given, said. 

Howard Joseph, an airline pilot who described himself as a friend, said he first met Miss Abbotts through his brother, also a pilot, who had met her when she was working for a commercial caterer in South Africa.

Police found the body of Miss Abbotts in a flat where she was housesitting in Crawley

Mr Joseph said they became good friends and attended Royal Ascot and other social events together.

He said: 'She enjoyed going out and partying. She was very personable. She was a very enjoyable person to share time with.

He told the court: 'She certainly drank a lot, partied a lot, lived life to the full. I m not someone to judge of someone is an alcoholic or not.'

Mr Joseph said he was aware she took cocaine and said she had mentioned she had concerns about her liver.

The court heard he did not know she worked as an escort and told police he felt 'naive'.

He said their friendship was brought under the spotlight when his ex-girlfriend, Natalia, wrongly thought they were in a relationship together.

The jury were told she became jealous and started 'stalking' Miss Abbotts, 'hassling' her on social media and in person.

The trail continues.

 

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