A woman who survived an alleged attack by an accused rapist and murderer has described what she thought would be her last moments alive.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told a court how Mujahid Arshid, 33, raped her then slashed her neck and wrists with a knife before telling her she had 10 minutes to live.
Mr Arshid is also accused of raping and murdering 20-year-old Celine Dookhran.
He denies all charges.
Ms Dookhran’s body was found “stuffed” inside a chest-high freezer in July 2017 in an empty house in Kingston, south London.
On day three of the trial, the Old Bailey was played a video interview the surviving woman gave from her hospital bed to detectives two days after the attack.
Jurors heard how both women “tried to relate” to Mr Arshid before he took Ms Dookhran, his niece, upstairs.
The woman, in her 20s, described hearing screaming and thudding, before eventually “there was no more noise.”
When the alleged killer emerged he said Ms Dookhran was “sleeping upstairs,” jurors heard.
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