NEATH man Martin Richards said he first met Kirsty Wilkinson — as she then was — in 2005 when she was working at a massage parlour in Bridgend.

They were introduced by a male friend of his who used to drive her to meet clients.

She wanted photographs of herself to send to men's magazines and Mr Richards, a keen amateur photographer, agreed to help. He also drove her to various addresses to meet clients.

In February 2008, when the Grabhams got married, Mr Richards was invited both as a guest and as the official photographer.

Mr Richards said that in early March last year the Grabhams called at his Neath flat to borrow a digital camera, and everything seemed fine between the couple.

But about a week later, Mrs Grabham contacted Mr Richards to ask if he would be able to give her and her pet cat a lift to Coventry.

She said of her husband: "I've caught him sh***ing behind my back."

Mrs Grabham complained to Mr Richards that her husband had been contacting women he had met via internet "dogging" sites.

Mr Richards said he was surprised by what had happened — because the couple both worked in the sex industry and had a "very open, very liberated sexual relationship".

Grabham, he added, also knew his wife had taken part in pornographic films and had even accompanied her to film shoots.

Mr Richards told Mrs Grabham he was prepared to take her to Coventry but in the end she decided not to go there and later in the month she said they were "working things out".

The court heard that Grabham had phoned Mr Richards on March 29 to say that his wife was missing and to ask if he knew where she was.

Mr Richards suggested she was somewhere "in the parlour system".

On April 3 he called at the Rosehill Terrace flat and Grabham told him there was still no news of her.

"He said the last time he had seen her was in a nightclub the previous Friday when they went out.

"He said he had left her there — then he had gone home and passed out on the settee," said Mr Richards.

"He said that when he woke up at 10am that day, money had been taken and her toothbrush and some of her clothes had gone," added Mr Richards.