'We wanted to rob him, not kill him' sex worker accused of Wednesfield murder tells jury
One of two people accused of murdering Ricardo Maragliano in Wednesfield has told a jury she has no recollection of her or her partner hitting him.
Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday (July 3) heard evidence from sex worker Vasilica Bornescu, aged 34, who is jointly accused with her partner and pimp Ovidiu Gurita, aged 38, of the murder on May 30, 2023.
The court heard she was with Mr Maragliano from 12.37am to 4.18am at the house in Thorneycroft Lane, Wednesfield and with his consent bit him, slapped him and strangled him, but not to the point of suffocation or tying him up.
She told the court both she and Gurita, when he arrived later, performed a sex act on him but they both stopped short of full sex.
Speaking through a Romanian interpreter, Bornescu told the court: "The plan was to take the ring and jewellery after administering drugs to him but there was never any intention to harm him.
