 The defence claimed that this was evidence that the deceased had engaged in activity with another partner, similar to that claimed by Coutts.Jane's boyfriend and a previous lover stated that they had not indulged in erotic asphyxia during their relations.According to Coutts's account in the witness box, he was masturbating whilst pulling the ligature around Longhurst's neck, and when he reached orgasm he found that Jane was lying dead across him, with a quantity of blood produced.