Man in court after shooting sex worker

LONDON: A wealthy businessman shot a sex worker with whom he fell in love after offering her £50 000 (R1 million) “to give up her adult webcam work” and marry him, a court was told this week.

Jonathan Kovacik, 58, lavished gifts on 21-year-old Rosalynde Pitcher, including a car and £6 000 towards a breast enlargement operation.

Pitcher, 21, would send him text messages, saying she thought he should “get her a boob job” because they were “too small and she didn’t like them”. She described their relationship as “open” and “friends with benefits”, but broke it off after receiving the cash for the cosmetic surgery.

An angry Kovacik went to Pitcher’s flat in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight when he started to fear that she was “stringing him along” for his money, Portsmouth Crown Court heard.

Armed with a Walther CP88 competition air pistol, he shot a pellet into her temple and struck her five times with the weapon as she knelt screaming on the floor.

Richard Onslow, defending Kovacik, asked Pitcher: “He offered you £50 000 to give up drugs, alcohol and the work and if you did it in 12 months he would write you a cheque?”

She replied: “No, he was offering £50 000 to have a baby with me.” She added that if she became pregnant it would have “stopped me having a breast enlargement operation”.

In their three-month relationship, Pitcher worked under various names for the website adultwork.com, interacting with customers via a webcam while “not wearing many clothes”. She also met clients on occasions where they would “go out for drinks and stuff”.

Despite asking Pitcher to marry him, Kovacik would have to make appointments to see her.

The trial continues. – Daily Mail