TWO men accused of raping and murdering a young mum treated themselves to a curry as her body lay on the floor, a court heard.

William John McFall and Stephen Unwin are alleged to have kept Quyen Ngoc Nguyen captive at a house for four hours before dumping her body in a car and setting it ablaze.

6 Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, 29, was found dead in a burnt-out car in August last year Credit: PA:Press Association

The mum-of-one, from Killingworth in Newcastle, may have been still alive when the blaze was started in Sunderland and could only be identified through dental records.

The Newcastle Chronicle reports how McFall admitted the pair had eaten curry as he gave evidence for the third day at Newcastle Crown Court.

The convicted killer, who met Unwin while they were both serving life sentences for murder, admitted they had tucked in as the 28-year-old nail salon worker lay on the floor.

Prosecutor Jamie Hill QC asked him: “Did you and Stephen Unwin cook and eat a curry about this time?”

6 The 28-year-old nail salon worker was a mother of one Credit: PA:Press Association

6 Stephen Unwin, who with William McFall is standing trial for the rape and murder of Quyen Ngoc Nguyen. Both have denied all charges Credit: North News and Pictures

McFall said: “At some point.”

Mr Hill said: “With someone, you told us, dead lying on the floor, you attended to your own needs to have a meal?”

McFall replied: “Have you read my defence statement. I didn’t eat all the curry.”

He added that he'd had a "few spoonfuls" of the curry before putting the "rest in the bin".

6 Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, 28, is survived by her young child Credit: North News and Pictures

The prosecutor accused the pair of blaming the horrendous crime on each other "in the hope that nobody will be able to work out what happened".

Both Unwin, 40, from Houghton, and McFall, 51, of Blackpool, deny rape and murder.

During the trial, jurors at Newcastle Crown Court were shown a "selfie" photograph taken by McFall in Unwin's car after the killing last August.

Prosecutors say the image, which appears to show McFall smiling in the foreground while Unwin is driving in the background, was taken after the men dumped Miss Nguyen's body and went back to Unwin's house on foot, where they collected his vehicle.

6 A mourner carries a photograph of Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, whose body was found in a burnt-out car Credit: PA:Press Association

6 Floral tributes left at the scene where the body of young mum Quyen Ngoc Nguyen was found Credit: North News and Pictures

But McFall told jurors he was not smiling in the photograph as he has "false teeth" that would fall out if he took a selfie.

Both men have told the jury they have received threats from their co-accused after they were arrested.

Jurors have heard Unwin was given a life sentence in 1999 for murder after he broke into a 73-year-old man's home in Houghton Le Spring on Christmas Day in 1998 and attacked then stabbed him in the chest before starting three fires.

He was released in 2012.

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The court heard McFall was jailed for life at Belfast Crown Court in April 1997 after he had broken into the home of 86-year-old Martha Gilmore, who had mobility problems, at Station Road, Greencastle and repeatedly hit her with a hammer in May 1996.

McFall was released on licence in 2010.

The trial continues.

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