A wealthy businessman allegedly shot a sex
worker after offering her £50,000 to marry him, a
court heard today.
Jonathan Kovacik also gave Rosalynde Pitcher
£6,000 in cash towards her breast enlargement
operation because he was in love with her, it was
alleged.
Ms Pitcher broke off her 'open' relationship with
the 58-year-old after the operation, which saw
her breasts increase from an A-cup to a D-cup
last year.
Kovacik then reportedly shot her with a pellet in
the temple and struck her five times with the
weapon as she knelt screaming on the floor,
Portsmouth Crown Court heard.
The former parish councillor denies four charges
including wounding with intent, possession of a
firearm with intent to endanger life and having an
article with a blade or point.
He also denies possessing a firearm with intent to
cause fear or violence towards officer PC Matthew
Rumsey.
During the hearing Ms Pitcher, a webcam girl,
described their relationship as 'friends with
benefits'.
She sent text messages to Kovacik that said he
should 'get her a boob job' because they were
'too small and she didn't like them'.
She also claimed he offered her £50,000 to have
a baby, but said if she fell pregnant it would have
stopped her having a breast enlargement
operation.
Kovacik then visited her home in Shanklin, on the
Isle of Wight, on December 21 last year after he
started to fear she was 'stringing him along' for
his money, prosecutors alleged.
Rob Griffiths, prosecuting, said: 'He had been very
good to her - he bought her a car, various
presents and had given her money towards having
a breast enlargement operation.
'He thought perhaps she had been stringing him
along to get his money, and as he said at the end
of his interview: "There's no fool like an old
fool."'
Ms Pitcher, a mother-of-one, told the court how
she let him into her flat after knocking on the
door and asking to come in, claiming he only had
'a few months to live'.
She said: 'I walked to the lounge and he was
behind me when I turned around and he had a
gun pointing at me.
'He was really quiet and wasn't saying much. He
was holding the gun directly at me in his right
hand and started walking towards me holding the
gun at my head.
'I dropped to my knees and he put the gun
directly to my head.
'I was screaming, I was just screaming:
"Help". He was really quiet and just looked
really angry and I had never seen that face
on him before.'
During the confrontation Ms Pitcher said she did
not realise she had been shot with a pellet but
remembered hearing a 'clicking' and 'popping'
noise.
She was able to escape via a flight of stairs by
her back door as Kovacik ran after her trying to
grab her dressing gown, the court heard.
He was apprehended by police in Cowes.
The pellet from Kovacik's pistol was only
discovered at hospital a week later after x-rays
revealed it was lodged under the skin.
Kovacik has claimed he was mentally unwell at
the time of the attack and suffering from
temporary insanity.
He said he took a diving knife and an air gun to
her home over fears Ms Pitcher's father Lee
would be violent towards him. The trial ongoing.
Source: Daily Mail
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