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Victim 'was refused drug money' Victims had 'been with weird man'
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A woman found dead in Suffolk went out to work as a prostitute the night she vanished after her boyfriend would not give her money for drugs, a jury heard. A sex worker has told a court how a "weird man" claimed to have "been with" all of the five prostitutes who were found dead in Suffolk in December 2006.
Another prostitute told Ipswich Crown Court that she and 24-year-old Paula Clennell walked the streets of the town early on 10 December 2006. The witness, identified as Miss F, was with 24-year-old Paula Clennell in Ipswich the night she vanished.
She said Miss Clennell was angry with her boyfriend and went out to work "to show him". Miss F told jurors at Ipswich Crown Court she found it "strange" the man, called Tom Stephens, "kept hanging around working girls".
Steve Wright, 49, denies murdering Miss Clennell and four other women. Steve Wright, 49, from Suffolk, denies murdering the women.
The witness, identified in court as Miss F, said she last saw Miss Clennell in London Road, Ipswich. Miss F said she had known Mr Stephens, who she described as "a bit weird", since early 2006 and had seen him after he was questioned by Suffolk Police.
She told the court how she and Miss Clennell had taken heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine over the previous two days. "He drove some of the girls about and I know he drove Tania Nicol about and a few other girls," she said.
'A bit mad' 'DNA concern'
She said they were at Miss Clennell's boyfriend's home early on 10 December 2006. Miss F said: "I spoke to Tom Stephens after he was released from the police station. He was concerned about the way he was treated."
"He would not give us any more money," Miss F said. She said Mr Stephens had talked about Miss Nicol and added: "I remember him saying that she shaved her legs in his bath."
"She got a bit upset. She got a bit mad actually. She said 'I'll show him'. He was "worried" that DNA would be found on his sheets and in his bath, the trial heard.
She added: "He thought a lot of her. They were close." The court was also told Mr Stephens had said to one of Miss F's friends he "had been with all the girls that had been murdered but as yet had not had you".
Miss Clennell stopped at a friend's house in London Road and the two women parted, the court heard. Earlier jurors heard that Miss F and Miss Clennell were together in the early hours of 10 December.
Her body was found near the Old Felixstowe Road two days later.
Steve Wright denies murdering the five womenSteve Wright denies murdering the five women
Testimony from the family of the four other victims has already been heard. She told the court how she and Miss Clennell had taken heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine over the previous two days.
Maire Alderton, the mother of victim Anneli Alderton, earlier told the court how her daughter went into a "downward spiral" of hard drug addiction and prostitution after her father died. Miss Clennell was angry that her boyfriend would not give them money for drugs so she went out to work, the court heard.
Jurors also heard from Stacey Nicholls, the sister of Annette Nicholls. Miss F said: "She got a bit upset. She got a bit mad actually. She said 'I'll show him'.
She said she had known for four years that her sister was addicted to heroin and for three years that she was working as a prostitute. She added: "He (the boyfriend) thought a lot of her. They were close."
She said she last saw Annette in October 2006, two months before her body was found in woodland in Levington, near Ipswich. Miss Clennell stopped at a friend's house in London Road, Ipswich, where the two women parted and Miss F did not see her again, the court heard.
Miss Clennell, Miss Alderton, 24, Miss Nicholls, 29, Tania Nicol, 19, and Gemma Adams, 25, went missing during six weeks from October to December 2006. Miss Clennell, Miss Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Gemma Adams went missing during six weeks from October to December 2006 before their bodies were found.
The trial was adjourned for the week and will resume on Monday.The trial was adjourned for the week and will resume on Monday.