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| Accused 'may have picked up pair' | |
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| A man accused of killing five women in Suffolk has admitted he could have picked up two of the women on the nights they vanished, a court heard. | A man accused of killing five women in Suffolk has admitted he could have picked up two of the women on the nights they vanished, a court heard. |
| Steve Wright, 49, told Ipswich Crown Court he might have had sex with Gemma Adams on the night she disappeared in November 2006. | Steve Wright, 49, told Ipswich Crown Court he might have had sex with Gemma Adams on the night she disappeared in November 2006. |
| He said it was "quite possible" he picked up Tania Nicol on 30 October, 2006, the day she was last seen alive. | He said it was "quite possible" he picked up Tania Nicol on 30 October, 2006, the day she was last seen alive. |
| Mr Wright denies the murder of five women, who all worked as prostitutes. | |
| The naked bodies of Miss Nicol, 19, Miss Adams, 25, Paula Clennell, 24, Anneli Alderton, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29, were all found in the Ipswich area in December 2006. | The naked bodies of Miss Nicol, 19, Miss Adams, 25, Paula Clennell, 24, Anneli Alderton, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29, were all found in the Ipswich area in December 2006. |
| 'Unaware women missing' | |
| Police began an inquiry in early November after Miss Nicol was reported missing. | Police began an inquiry in early November after Miss Nicol was reported missing. |
| On his second day in the witness box, Mr Wright told jurors he recalled having sex in his car with Miss Adams either late on 14 November or early on 15 November. | On his second day in the witness box, Mr Wright told jurors he recalled having sex in his car with Miss Adams either late on 14 November or early on 15 November. |
| He dropped Miss Adams back in the red-light district after having sex and he did not know how fibres linked to him came to be found on her body, jurors heard. | |
| Mr Wright and his partner Pam Wright moved into a flat in Ipswich's red light district on 1 October 2006. | |
| Steve Wright, 49, denies killing the five women | |
| He began picking up prostitutes in the area in the third week of October 2006, the court heard. | He began picking up prostitutes in the area in the third week of October 2006, the court heard. |
| The defendant said he was unaware that any prostitutes had gone missing until "sometime late in November" as he said he did not really buy newspapers, adding "I very rarely watch the news". | |
| Defence barrister Timothy Langdale, QC, asked Mr Wright why he did not contact police when he realised they were looking for Miss Adams and Miss Nicol. | |
| "Because, basically, Pam. I was trying to keep the secret from her," Mr Wright said. | |
| The trial continues. |