Overview

• Christopher Barlow, 62, testified he found Ms Borocz dead in his kitchen, dragged her naked body into his garden shed and later placed her clothes in a bin, saying he panicked.
• He denies murder and an alternative manslaughter charge, telling jurors he feared he would be blamed and failed to call 999 or alert police for days.
• CCTV showed the pair meeting for the first time at Marko’s convenience store on December 14 before walking to his Pedder Street home, where she was last known to be alive.
• Prosecutors say traces of his DNA were found on her body, and officers discovered her remains when they searched his property on December 23 after earlier visits.
• Jurors were told a pathologist listed asphyxia, hypothermia, or deprivation of food and water as possible causes of death, with no definitive finding.