First picture of accused in sex murder of model Sally Anne Bowman

It was released as the Old Bailey was told that Dixie, 37, let his "lust get the better of him" and had sex with Sally Anne's mutilated body, claiming he did not realise she was dead until afterwards.

Earlier a woman told of her terrifying ordeal when she was stabbed and raped ten years ago in Australia by a man now believed to be Dixie.

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Dixie denies stabbing 18-year-old Miss Bowman seven times, but he admits sexually assaulting her as she lay dying outside her home in South Croydon, Surrey, in the early hours of September 25, 2005.

Anthony Glass, QC, defending, told the jury: "It is, you may think, a very unattractive defence.

"He did not know she was dead until intercourse was concluded.

"Even though you may think his conduct is disgusting, he allowed his lust to get the better of him."

Giving evidence for the first time yesterday, the pub chef told how he was addicted to prostitutes and gambling.

Dressed in a black suit, white shirt and blue tie, Dixie stepped into the witness box flanked by two prison guards.

He said he used prostitutes at least once or twice a week when he had won money at casinos whilst living in Australia.

Speaking slowly with a South London accent, he said: "I was a young, free, single 25-year-old.

"I would go out socialising just outside Perth or go to a casino with friends, or go out for dinner or go out drinking and visiting massage parlours, brothels. Lads' night out, we'd have a laugh."

The woman who was attacked in Australia flew in from her native Thailand to be a witness in Dixie's trial and gave evidence from behind a screen. She cannot be identified for legal reasons.

A 20-year-old student at the time, she was knifed eight times in the back, jaw and neck by a masked intruder.

As she lost consciousness, the man forced her to the floor and raped her before leaving her for dead.

The attacker in the 1998 assault, which had striking similarities to the murder of Sally Anne, was never found and no one has ever been charged.

But when Dixie was arrested last year for Sally Anne's murder, his DNA discovered on her body was was found to be a match with the semen found on the Thai victim, the court heard.

The court heard that the attack happened in Leederville, near Perth. At the time Dixie was living in the same town.

Yesterday Dixie denied the attack, claiming that the student may have been working at one of the massage parlours he frequented.

He said: "The only explanation I can give is that either I picked her up or that she was a working girl.

"I could not honestly say that I recognise her."

He also denied indecently assaulting a Jehovah's Witness 20 years ago. The court had heard that he punched and throttled the mother of three in a violent sex attack in Plumstead, South-East London.

Dixie said he lashed out after the woman said he was to blame for his baby son's death but added: "There was no sexual assault at all as far as I am concerned."

Dixie later pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm and indecent assault.

The trial continues.