A woman was battered to death with a mallet just days after taking in a homeless man, a court heard today.
Victoria Adams, 37, was found dead at her £1.3million flat in Hammersmith, west London, after police were called by concerned neighbours about a man attempting to break into the property late on a Sunday evening.
The Old Bailey heard that the victim had suffered a brutal attack, sustaining at least 10 separate injuries to the back and side of her head after being repeatedly struck with a mallet.
She was found on February 9 this year, face down in a bedroom with a black bin bag over her head, which was covered by a pillow.
Prosecutor Peter Ratliff said the victim had only met the alleged killer, Apapale Adoum, 39, three days earlier.
