Man locked front door and attacked terrified woman in his bedroom

VICTIM WHO THOUGHT 47-YEAR-OLD WAS GOING TO KILL HER MANAGED TO ESCAPE OUT OF A WINDOW

- By MARK NAYLOR

A SEX worker who went to a man's home because he wanted to "have some fun" in his bedroom was left "terrified" when he suddenly threw her onto the bed and grabbed her around her throat.

The shocked woman "feared the worst" and thought that he was going to kill her but she "bravely" fought back and fled downstairs before desperately trying to open the front door - only to find that it was locked and the key had been taken out.

She went into another room and managed to escape out of a window before a neighbour took her to safety inside another house, Hull Crown Court heard.

Andrew Cooper, 47, of Roman Avenue South, Stamford Bridge, near Pocklington, admitted assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, on August 28.

Annabelle Coakley, prosecuting, said that Cooper obtained the woman's telephone number from an adult website and he contacted her by text message.

They exchanged messages and he sent her a photograph of his driving licence.

There was also a telephone conversation between them and a meeting was arranged. He asked her to "dress in a specific way" and she went to his home, arriving at about 8pm.