A CHRISTCHURCH schoolgirl had socks stuffed in her mouth and was strangled with a cord before her home was set alight, a New Zealand court has been told.
The trial of two men charged following the death of 13-year-old schoolgirl Jade Bayliss got under way in the High Court at Christchurch on Thursday.
Jeremy George Edward McLaughlin, 35, is accused of murdering Jade, burgling her family's Somerfield home, and then setting fire to the house on November 10, 2011.
McLaughlin's flatmate, Jolon Sweeney, 42, is charged with being an accessory after the fact to the burglary and arson.
Prosecutor Kathy Bell told the court that the Cashmere High School girl was strangled with a cord and had socks stuffed in her mouth, the Christchurch Court News website reports.
Her bedroom was largely untouched by fire and she hadn't inhaled smoke or carbon monoxide.
DNA taken from her fingernails strongly corresponded to McLaughlin's DNA, she said.
Jade's mother Patricia had earlier ended her relationship with McLaughlin.
However, Jade was home sick from school when McLaughlin returned to burgle the house.
Miss Bell said McLaughlin killed Jade and returned later with petrol to set fire to the house.
McLaughlin's lawyer, April Kelland, said he did not murder Jade, and that timing would be critical in the case. McLaughlin admits the burglary and arson charges.
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