A woman kidnapped by a man accused of murdering his 20-year-old niece sent a desperate text to her mother saying 'he is going to kill me' after allegedly being raped, a court has heard.
Mujahid Arshid, 33, is accused of killing Celine Dookhran and stuffing her body in a freezer at a disused £1.5 million house in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. He is also charged with kidnapping and raping another woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The surviving victim told the Old Bailey how she was woken by a man in a balaclava and later managed to find a mobile phone at the property. She sent messages to her boyfriend and mother, warning them not to call back. Her last message at 4.41pm read: 'He is going to kill me, don’t reply.'
Prosecutors claim Arshid was inspired by acid-bath murderer John George Haigh. Accomplice Vincent Tappu, 28, is also charged with kidnap and false imprisonment. Both men deny the charges.
