Man convicted of murder after strangling woman during sex
Richard Bailey found guilty of murder of Charlotte Teeling, whom he met in Birmingham
Richard Bailey claimed Charlotte Teeling died accidentally during 'rough sex' after asking to be choked. Photograph: West Midlands police/PA
Press Association
Mon 10 Sep 2018 09.03 EDT
Last modified on Mon 10 Sep 2018 14.20 EDT
A man who strangled a woman during sex and left pornography near her body has been convicted of murder.
Richard Bailey, 41, had claimed Charlotte Teeling, 33, died accidentally during "rough sex" after asking to be choked.
Jurors at Birmingham crown court deliberated for one hour and 15 minutes before unanimously convicting Bailey of murder.
The court heard Teeling's body was found a week after her death at Bailey's flat in Kingstanding, north of Birmingham, in February.
Jurors found him guilty after accepting he intended to kill or cause serious harm to Teeling, a mother of two, who sustained injuries to her neck and mouth as well as a bone fracture near the base of her tongue.
Opening the crown's case at the start of the two-week trial, Jonas Hankin QC, prosecuting, said Bailey met Teeling in a shop about five hours before killing her.
"The pathologist has concluded that her death was most likely the result of forceful compression of the neck," he told the jury.
"The prosecution case is that while having penetrative intercourse with Charlotte, whether with her consent or without, the defendant caused her death by strangling her and smothering her."
The court was told Teeling, who had lived on the Isle of Wight and also at a women's refuge in Worcester, met Bailey shortly after leaving a nightclub in Birmingham at about 5am on 23 February.
After killing her, Bailey used Teeling's bank card and travelled to Coventry, where he was reunited with a former partner.
The judge, Patrick Thomas QC, remanded Bailey in custody until sentencing on Wednesday.
Before adjourning the case, the judge told the jury: "I have learned over the years not to rush sentence. The sentence [will be] a life sentence, but part of my duty is to specify a minimum term that Mr Bailey must serve on your verdict before he can be considered for release.
"That is not a matter to be taken lightly, nor is it a matter to be rushed."