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A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend after arranging for her to perform a pole dance for him was today convicted of killing her by a jury.
Louise Rump, 29, had agreed to the dance for her former partner Habib Jackson at her flat in the village of Kensworth, Bedfordshire, on October 16, 2020.
But she was strangled and her body set alight, St Albans Crown Court heard.
Her body was discovered at the foot of her bed by firefighters who had been called out by neighbours when they saw smoke coming from her flat.
Prosecutor David Matthew said Habib Jackson had made a 'deal' with Louise.
'She was going to dance for him in underwear he selected. That deal went badly wrong. The fire brigade found her dead. She had been killed by asphyxia,' he said.
Louise Rump, 29, was found dead by firefighters at her home in Kensworth, Bedfordshire, on October 16, 2020
Jackson, 32, of Toddington, Bedfordshire, denied murder but was convicted by a jury. He will be sentenced by Judge Michael Kay QC tomorrow.
Jackson's business partner and fellow security guard Christopher Hayward, also aged 32, of Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, was cleared of murder.
The prosecutor
