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| Mother's evidence in Suffolk case | Mother's evidence in Suffolk case |
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| The mother of one of five women found murdered in Suffolk has given evidence at the trial of the man accused of killing them. | |
| Kerry Nicol's daughter Tania Nicol was working as a prostitute when she disappeared and was later found dead in a brook in December 2006. | Kerry Nicol's daughter Tania Nicol was working as a prostitute when she disappeared and was later found dead in a brook in December 2006. |
| Steve Wright, 49, of Ipswich, has denied murdering the women and is on trial at Ipswich Crown Court. | Steve Wright, 49, of Ipswich, has denied murdering the women and is on trial at Ipswich Crown Court. |
| Earlier the court heard about efforts made to curb prostitution in Ipswich. | Earlier the court heard about efforts made to curb prostitution in Ipswich. |
| Kerry Nicol told the court that her daughter had been brought up in Ipswich and left home and moved into a hostel aged 16. | Kerry Nicol told the court that her daughter had been brought up in Ipswich and left home and moved into a hostel aged 16. |
| Syringes found | Syringes found |
| She said Miss Nicol began using heroin in the hostel and had asked for help in getting off drugs. | She said Miss Nicol began using heroin in the hostel and had asked for help in getting off drugs. |
| Kerry Nicol said she was never aware that her daughter was a prostitute. | Kerry Nicol said she was never aware that her daughter was a prostitute. |
| Jurors were told that Miss Nicol left home at 2245 GMT on 30 October 2006, and caught a bus into Ipswich. | |
| Kerry Nicol said she was not aware that her daughter had ever returned home after that point, and she never spoke to her again. | |
| Tania Nicol disappeared after travelling to Ipswich | |
| During the prosecution opening last week, the court heard how Miss Nicol, 19, Gemma Adams, 25, Anneli Alderton, 24, Paula Clennell, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29, went missing during six weeks from October to December 2006 before their bodies were found. | |
| Pc Janet Humphrey, who worked as a community officer in Ipswich town centre, earlier told the court of her role to tackle the vice problem. | Pc Janet Humphrey, who worked as a community officer in Ipswich town centre, earlier told the court of her role to tackle the vice problem. |
| The officer, who is the first witness to give evidence in the case, told jurors that 15 to 20 women worked regularly as prostitutes in the town, with up to 50 working occasionally. | The officer, who is the first witness to give evidence in the case, told jurors that 15 to 20 women worked regularly as prostitutes in the town, with up to 50 working occasionally. |
| Younger women tended to work in the residential Handford Road and London Road areas while the "more mature" women worked in the West End Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way areas, the court heard. | Younger women tended to work in the residential Handford Road and London Road areas while the "more mature" women worked in the West End Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way areas, the court heard. |
| The jury of nine men and three women travelled to the area where the bodies were found as well as visiting the house where Steve Wright lived at the time of his arrest. | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |