TWO handymen raped a young mum before burning her alive in her car and taking a selfie to celebrate, a court heard today.

Quyen Nguyen was lured to a house by Stephen Unwin and William McFall before she suffered a terrifying four hour ordeal, jurors were told.

6 Quyen Nguyen died after allegedly being lured to a house and brutally raped and murdered Credit: North News and Pictures

The 28-year-old was allegedly held captive by the two men and "raped and incapacitated", before being wrapped in a blanket and burnt alive.

Newcastle Crown Court heard her remains were found in her Audi A4 car last August after people reported hearing "explosions".

Fire crews found a "fierce blaze" and the victim's badly burned body face down in the back of the car.

The court was told McFall took a "smiling selfie" of himself and Unwin in another car after her death.

6 Her friends and family attended court wearing headbands in memory of her and carrying a picture of the 28-year-old Credit: North News and Pictures

6 Her body was found in a burnt out car wrapped in a blanket Credit: North News and Pictures

Jurors heard before the victim arrived at Unwin's home in Tyne and Wear, McFall texted his friend saying: ""We raping the c****."

Unwin, 40, replied: "Remove daft s*** like that lol."

Jamie Hill QC, prosecuting, told the jury the defendants, who deny murder and rape, blame each other.

He said: "We anticipate they will seek to blame one another for causing Miss Nguyen's death.

"It is our case that they share joint responsibility for a murder that was motivated by a depraved sexual lust and financial greed."

Miss Nguyen, who was less than 5ft tall, had come to the UK in 2010 from Vietnam, the court heard.

The court heard the men were maintenance workers who met the victim through her involvement in rental properties.

6 Floral tributes were left to the murdered young woman Credit: North News and Pictures

6 Two men are accused of the rape and murder of the 28-year-old Credit: North News and Pictures

6 The jury heard the woman was likely to have been still alive as she burned in a car Credit: North News and Pictures

Mr Hill said some of the properties she was involved in had been used as cannabis farms and it is claimed the men were involved in stealing crops.

The court heard it is unclear why the single mum, who was "tiny" in stature, visited Unwin's house on August 14 but prosecutors say she walked into a "trap".

The court heard it is likely she was "just alive" when she, and her car, were set alight.

Mr Hill added: "The prosecution says that she was sexually abused and raped and also threatened into providing her PIN numbers for her two bank cards.

"It may be that they were also after the whereabouts of other cannabis growers.

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"When the defendants had finished abusing her, and gained access to her money, they decided to dispose of her, determined to destroy the evidence of what they had been doing."

The court heard the victim's DNA was found inside the Marvel lounge pants Unwin had been wearing and there were traces in McFall's shorts.

Both men deny murder and rape.

The trial continues.

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