Nikitta Grender: Carl Whant 'raped and murdered victim'
A man raped and stabbed his cousin's pregnant teenage girlfriend two weeks before she was due to give birth, a murder trial has heard.
Nikitta Grender, 19, was found dead in her burning flat in Liswerry, Newport, in February 2011.
Newport Crown Court heard that she suffered a stomach wound which penetrated her unborn baby girl.
Carl Whant, 27, of Bettws, near Newport, denies murder, child destruction, rape and arson.
Collete Hume reports.
18 Jan 2012