Article: Prostitute tells of knife terror ; A terrified prostitute was held at knifepoint by a client until she climbed out of a bathroom window and jumped from a second-floor balcony, a court heard.

A terrified prostitute was held at knifepoint by a client until she climbed out of a bathroom window and jumped from a second-floor balcony, a court heard.

Lucy Hosking told Plymouth Crown Court she 'freaked out' after Mehmet Serter refused to let her leave and said he was 'a bad man who had done bad things'.

She said: "I asked him why he wanted me in his flat if he did not want to have sex. He said he did not want to but a couple of seconds later said he would love to rape me."

Serter, 43, of St Mary's Street in Stonehouse, is on trial after denying one charge of false imprisonment on December 29 last year.

The court heard he only invited Miss Hosking into his flat to talk and said he was ...

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