Anthony Anderson admitted an offence of outraging public decency when he appeared before Hartlepool magistrates this morning.

The court heard how he threw a basin of water over Christine Lakinski, 50, covered her body in shaving foam and urinated on her while she lay collapsed in a doorway.

Lynne Dalton, prosecuting, said the incident was "videoed" by a friend.

The sick act happened in Jobson Street on July 26 when Christine was walking home from a friend's house.

Both the victim, who later died, and Anderson lived in Raby Road.

Mrs Dalton said that Anderson, 27, had thought Christine, was "a smack head or a drunk".

Her family have told the Mail that she was neither and a post mortem later revealed she was suffering from a chronic digestive condition.

The case was sent to Teesside Crown court where Anderson will be sentenced on Monday, October 22.

He was given unconditional bail until then.

A full version of this story will appear tomorrow in the Mail and on this website.