Royal aide trial jury hear of sexual e-mails

The wealthy boyfriend of former royal aide Jane Andrews sent a series of sexually explicit e-mails to another woman before his death.

The e-mails document the sexual fantasies and supposed encounters of Tom Cressman, 39, and a woman in America.

Andrews denies murdering Mr Cressman, 39, by hitting him on the head with a cricket bat and stabbing him with a kitchen knife.

Cressman wrote to the woman, identified only as Deborah, in January 1999 saying she had promised him a lingerie show of "kinky stuff", then in February he described her lying on a bed, waiting to have sex with him.

By May they were arranging to meet in Las Vegas and Deborah wrote that a November meeting would be perfect because of the hot, steamy weather.

In June they began talking about a second woman called Fiona who joined their fantasy sex games.

Mr Cressman wrote that he saw the other woman wearing a collar around her neck, which Deborah used to pull her to a bed where she tied her down with silk ties.

Later that month he wrote of fantasising of Deborah as the maid, and of disciplining her for not cleaning properly, and spanking her.

The prosecution alleges that Andrews flew into a jealous rage in the early hours of September 17 after Cressman said he would not marry her, but she says she acted in self-defence.