A MOTHER-OF-TWO was strangled to death during ‘rough sex’ by a man who then hid her body in his room for nearly a week, a court heard.

Richard Bailey, 41, is accused of killing Charlotte Teeling, 33, after meeting her in the early hours of the morning after she left a nightclub on February 23.

The court heard that the pair got a taxi back to Bailey’s house, where they had sex before Miss Teeling was smothered or throttled.

Miss Teeling’s near-naked body was found surrounded by pornographic material in Bailey’s bedroom several days after she was reported missing on February 26.

Miss Teeling had been living in a refuge in Worcester with her children, and had turned to drink and drugs after a former boyfriend committed suicide.

The 33-year-old vanished after boarding a train from Worcester to Birmingham on February 22.

Bailey, of Cooksey Lane, Kingstanding, Birmingham, whose trial at Birmingham Crown Court was adjourned until tomorrow morning (August 21) is charged with murder and manslaughter.

Opening the case, Jonas Hankin QC, prosecuting, said: “The deceased had met the defendant for the first time just a few hours earlier, after he concealed her body in his bedroom where he was certain to see it for several days.

“A police investigation was launched and police officers were led to the address and entered on March 2 when Mr Bailey was not there.They found her face down on the bed, naked apart from a piece of underwear on her midriff.

“The prosecution’s case is that while having penetrative sex, consensual or otherwise Charlotte Teeling’s death was caused by strangling or smothering her.

"He intended at the very least to cause her very serious harm.

"He has admitted to causing her death but is denying any actions that were unlawful."

“It will be argued in his defence that Charlotte’s death was an accident due to a choke hold that she asked him to perform during rough sex which she initiated.”

Bailey had met Miss Teeling after the she had spent the night in Birmingham city centre.

She was seen on CCTV going to the Missing bar just before midnight before going into the Priva nightclub alone.

Miss Teeling, left the club just after 5am where she then met Bailey at a Select and Save shop at around 6.15am.