Ipswitch Live Trial Coverage

Live trial coverage Steve Wright stands accused of the murder of five women around Ipswich in 2006. His trial began on Monday, January 14, 2008, and on key days during the trial we'll be supplying live coverage of the events at Ipswich Crown Court. Live coverage from January 14, 2008 16:19 The case has been adjourned until tomorrow. 16:19 Before leaving the courtroom, jurors were asked to reflect on whether they could meet the requirements of the case, which is expected to last between six and eight weeks, and were told to let a member of court staff know if there were any problems. 16:17 The judge told the jury they would not be required until Wednesday, when he would be in a better position to inform them of the days the court would sit in the weeks ahead. 16:14 Jury members were told to select a foreman at an appropriate moment. 16:13 The judge instructed jurors to concentrate only on the evidence presented to them in court. "Do not try and obtain information elsewhere such as the internet," he added. He also told them not to discuss the case with friends and family members. 16:11 Mr Justice Gross warned jurors to ignore media coverage of the case. "You may well have seen or heard media reporting of this matter. You may well see or hear more. Ignore such reports," he said. "Do not let them influence you in anyway." 16:09 The judge told jurors: "This will be your case to decide on and only on the evidence you will hear. You're the judges of fact. On the law, you must accept what I tell you." 16:07 High Court judge, Mr Justice Gross, told jurors nothing further would happen this afternoon. He said worked needed to be carried out tomorrow and the case would start properly on Wednesday. 16:05 The jury was told Steve Wright is also charged with the murders of Anneli Alderton between December 2, 2006, and December 11, 2006; Annette Nicholls between December 7, 2006 and 13 December 2006; and Paula Clennell between December 9, 2006 and December 13, 2006. 16:01 The court heard Steve Wright has been charged with the murder of Gemma Adams between November 13 2006 and December 3 2006.

16:00 The court heard Steve Wright has been charged with the murder of Tania Nicol between 29 October 2006 and December 9 2006. 15:58 The jury was told Steve Wright faces five charges. 15:57 The court has selected 12 further potential jurors, three of whom will remain on standby until the opening of the case has closed. 15:56 The jury of 10 men and two women have taken an oath to give "true verdicts according to the evidence". 15:40 Jurors in the case have been sworn in. 15:40 The trial of Steve Wright resumes after a break for lunch. 13:26 Members of the jury have been handed a questionnaire to assess their suitability for the trial. The jury, which was sitting in an annexe in another part of the court building, was addressed by the judge via a live video link. High Court Judge Mr Justice Gross told them: "The nature of this case is such that I must ask you to fill in a questionnaire you will be given as part of the process of jury selection. "Jury service is an important public duty - it goes to the heart of our system of justice." The judge said if a member of the public is called upon to do jury service, it is expected that he or she will do so. But he added that the court is not unreasonable and knows some people are unable to do jury service because of holiday or hospital appointments. The questionnaire contained names of witnesses, victim's names, and a number of occupations, which may preclude a juror from sitting on the case. There are a 114 potential jurors, of which they will select an initial panel of up to 24, including a number of reserves. The hearing has been adjourned until 3pm to allow jury members to fill in their questionnaire. A jury is then expected to be empanelled. 12:01 The case has been adjourned until 12.15pm. Further administrative work is expected to be carried out when the court reconvenes. 11:58 One of the biggest trials in British criminal history began in Suffolk today. Steve Wright stands accused of the murder of five women, whose bodies were found in remote rural locations on the outskirts of Ipswich last winter. The 49-year-old forklift driver and former publican denies killing Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, Anneli Alderton, 24, Annette Nicholls, 29, and Paula Clennell, 24. All worked as prostitutes in Ipswich's red light district. Wright, of London Road, Ipswich, arrived at Ipswich Crown Court shortly after 9.10am in a prison van flanked by police. Proceedings inside the courtroom began at 11.20am. Wright, who has receding grey hair, was wearing a black suit, white shirt and a black striped tie. Such is the intense interest in the case that dozens of journalists not able to secure a seat in the press box have been housed in an annexe where proceedings are projected on to two big screens. Scores of lawyers filled the courtroom, while police officers patrolled outside. 10:06 The case is listed to begin at 11am at which point court staff are expected to start the process of selecting jury members.

09:25 Steve Wright has arrived at Ipswich Crown Court for the start of his eight-week trial. Live coverage from January 16, 2008 16:53 The court has adjourned for the day. Proceedings will resume at 10.30am tomorrow. Check back for up to the minute updates directly from the court room. 16:52 The court was told a mouth swab was taken from Wright in order to obtain a DNA profile, his Ford Mondeo was seized, and itmes of clothing were recovered from his house and examined. Peter Wright told jurors: "This was a painstaking and detailed analysis. "Neighbours were interviewed and a picture began to emerge of the man who was in custody." 16:49 Wright was arrested shortly before 5am on December 19 at his London Road home. 16:48 Wright's DNA was found on Paula and fibres were found on her body which matched clothing owned by the defendant and from his car. 16:47 There was a very high concentration of morphine in Paula's blood, consistent with a high dose of heroin having been taken not long before she died. 16:45 The cause of death was likely to be compression of the neck in association with opiate intoxication. 16:44 Jurors were told the condition of Paula's body was consistent with someone approaching the deposition site of Anneli and Annette but being disturbed by police and hurriedly disposing the body. 16:42 Whoever dumped her body, the court was told, may have been in a hurry to dispose of it and did not take time posing it as had previously happened. 16:41 Paula had bloodstained fluid coming out of her mouth that may have resulted from an attack upon her. 16:40 There were injuries to her neck and evidence of a struggle and of compression to the neck. 16:39 Unlike the bodies of Annette and Anneli, Paula's body had not been posed. The crown said it had all the signs of having been "hurriedly dumped". 16:38 The court heard that Paula Clennell was last seen alive on December 10. Her naked body was found on December 12 just off the Old Felixstowe Road. 16:36 Fibres on Annette's body also matched those found in the defendant's car, on his clothes and on a reflective jacket worn by him for work. 16:36 He said the chances of matching profile by chance was one in a billion.

16:35 DNA on her body matched that of the defendant, he told the jury. 16:34 Mr Wright said Annette's body revealed vital clues about the identity of the person involved in her death. 16:34 However there were a number of superficial abrasions - including a scratch mark on her cheek which the prosecution claim was deep enough to bleed. 16:29 The casue of death could not be ascertained. 16:29 Both cars were close to where Annette's body was found. 16:29 This too was unattended. 16:28 About 300 yards further along the road she spotted another vehicle, believed to be a Renault Clio. 16:28 It was parked in what she considered to be an unusual position and at risk of collision from approaching traffic, the prosecution claim. 16:27 No one seemed to be in the vehicle and although the main lights were off the interior lights were on. 16:27 She saw a dark blue/black Ford Mondeo parked on the nearside of the road. 16:26 On December 8 at 8.30pm a lady was travelling by bus along the Old Felixstowe Road towards Ipswich. 16:26 A post-mortem concluded that Annette was dead and in te position where she was found by December 8 or 9. 16:25 She was spotted lying in the undergrowth a short distance away. 16:24 Annette was discovered by a police helicopter, which was called to the scene following the discovery of the body of Paula Clenell. 16:24 The prosecution claim her body was left posed in ths woodland before the body of Anneli was discovered on December 10. 16:23 Her body was found in December 12 in woodland just off off the Old Felixstowe Road, close to the junction with Levington. 16:23 She went missing two days before the body of Anneli Alderton was discovered. 16:22 Annette Nicholls was last seen alive on December 8. 16:19 Various fibres from Wright's home and car also linked him to the victim.

16:19 Swabs from Anneli's body found Wright's DNA profile, jurors were told. 16:18 The crown claims she was taken to the scene already naked, perhaps wrapped in something and deliberately positioned in the crucifix pose in which she was found. 16:16 There were no snag marks on Anneli's body. The prosecution believes this could be because her naked body was carried by more than one person or was wrapped in something. 16:15 Anneli, who was in the early stages of pregnancy, had injuries to the neck and lip consistent with subtle compression of the neck. 16:14 Anneli's naked body was in the process of decomposition by the time it was found on December 10. 16:13 Jurors were told the defendant was yet again "spending a restless evening while his partner was out at work". 16:12 Wright's car was captured that night by the same London Road number plate recognition camera as on October 30. At 1.41am on December 4, two hours and 20 minutes later, his car was captured heading out of town towards the A14 roundabout. 16:11 A vehicle expert considered the image of the car and Wright's Mondeo. The two both had Christmas tree air freshners hanging from the rear view mirror and both had the tax discs placed unusually high on the windscreen. They were one and the same, he claimed. 16:07 That car is believed to be the same as the defendant's. 16:07 CCTV at Sir Alf Ramsey Way also captured an image of the front of a car driving towards it along Portman Road from Princes Street and in the direction of Handford Road. 16:06 Mr Wright told the court: "It is the prosecution case that the defendant did not remain at home whilst his partner worked. On the contrary, we suggest that he had gone out looking for another suitable victim." 16:04 The evening of December 3 and the early hours of December 4 was also a period in which the defendant's partner was at work. 16:04 The company's offices are just 200 metres from where the body of Anneli was found, Mr Wright said. 16:03 He told the jury that the defendant possessed this local knowledge because he used to work at an employment agency in Nacton called Gateway.

16:02 He said the sites were rural or semi rural and were reasonably close to main roads, yet isolated or quiet spots. 16:02 Mr Wright said the choice of Nacton was "significant" as the defendant had to have a "degree of local knowledge". 16:01 The prosecution argue that Anneli lost her life shortly after she was last seen on December 3 or in the early hours of December 4. 16:00 On December 7 a passing motorist mistankingly took her body for a mannequin. 16:00 Her naked body was found close to Amberfield School, Nacton, on December 10. 15:59 The prosecution claim something happened to Anneli that stopped her from attending. 15:59 On December 4 she failed to turn up to a meeting with the Probation Service, something she had never done. 15:58 She is believed to have been seen in the town's red light district on Handford Road between 10pm and 11pm that night. 15:58 In the early evening of December 3 she left the home of her mother in Harwich and went to Ipswich. 15:57 Anneli was a user of hard drugs and on December 2 she told a police officer she was working the streets to get money to buy her young son some Christmas presents. 15:56 "Consequently the killer needed to find an alternative venue. He did so," said Mr Wright. 15:56 The killer or killers decided to change the location of where they dumped the bodies because by now the first two had been discovered, the prosecution claim. 15:55 Her body was discovered on December 10 in woodland on the outskirts of Nacton, 18 days after Gemma Adams went missing. 15:54 Anneli Alderton went missing on the evening of December 3 - a period that coincided with the defendant's partner being at work. 15:53 The court was told Wright returned home to "bide his time". "He did not have to wait long," Peter Wright said. "It was only two days later that another woman went missing."

15:51 Peter Wright, prosecuting, said this was "palpably untrue". "He lived locally and he was a frequenter of prostitutes," he said. "His lie was not out of embarrassment. It was designed to conceal what his real motive was in being out that night." 15:50 Wright told police he was out driving because he could not sleep so he had gone out for a drive. He claimed he did not know he was in the red light area. 15:49 Wright was stopped by police in the early hours of December 1 driving slowly through the red light district. 15:48 Peter Wright told jurors it was the crown's case that when Wright's partner returned to work, he had "resumed his activities". 15:47 The prosecution said the period between the night of Tania's disappearance and that of Gemma's, Wright's partner had only been to work on one occasion. 15:45 The pathologist found a haemorrhage in Gemma's left eye, which was consistant with asphyxia, the court was told. 15:44 There was no clear evidence of drowning. 15:44 The court heard that, as with Tania, there was found to be hyper-inflation of the lungs, a condition consistent with a woman fighting for her breath. 15:42 The cause of death was never confirmed, although there were no obvious injuries, no signs of sexual assault and no bruising to the strap muscles of the neck. 15:40 Gemma was found on December 2 in the swollen waters of Belstead Brook at Hintlesham, a short distance downstream from the bridge over the road to Hadleigh and in an area known as Hintlesham Fisheries. 15:39 At 1.07am and at 1.21am on November 15, a vehicle was captured on CCTV in Handford Road. The court was told experts believed the car to be a Mark III Mondeo, similar to Wright's. The prosecution claims Wright was again cruising the streets of the red light district in search of a "suitable victim". 15:37 Gemma may have been picked up by a man in the evening of November 14, the court was told. They had sex in a car park before Gemma was dropped off in West End Road at around 12.45am. The man soon after drove past the spot he had dropped Gemma off at, but she was nowhere to be seen. 15:33 A last incoming text message was received on Gemma's mobile phone at 12.58am on November 15 and her phone became detatched from the network shortly after. 15:31 She usually collected her methadone daily, but she failed to do so after November 14.

15:30 Gemma Adams collected her methadone prescription from the Barbour Pharmacy in Ipswich before going to work as a prostitute on November 14. 15:29 The body could not have been that of Gemma Adams, who did not go missing until eight days later. 15:28 On November 8, a student by the name of Ruqshanna Quddus was travelling by bus when she noticed what she thought was a woman's body, in the brook not far from the fisheries at Hintlesham. 15:24 "You may wish to consider precisely what he [the defendant] was up to during the early hours of October 31", the jury was told. 15:11 The defendant's Mark III Ford Mondeo was seen leaving Ipswich in the direction of Hintlesham and Belstead Brook - the location where Tania's body was found. 15:10 This was two hours and forty minutes after the last CCTV images of Tania and one hour forty five minutes after her mobile phone stopped working. 15:09 A car with the same registration number as that of the defendant was also photographed by automatic number plate recognition leaving Ipswich at 1.39am on October 31. 15:08 Mr Wright told the jury: "You may conclude on the evidence you hear the he [the defendant] was cruising the red light district a short distance from his home in order to pick up not merely a prostitute but a suitable victim. In the event that victim was Tania Nicol." 15:06 In addition it is believed the defendant would have had ample time to drive around the streets because his partner, Pamela, was at work. 15:05 The prosecution claim the car is exactly the same as the type owened by the defendant, including corresponding alloy wheels. 15:05 It appeared to be doing circuits of the red light district and would go past the junction of Burlington Road and Handford Road - where Tania was last seen 15:04 At around 11pm on October 30 a dark coloured car was captured on CCTV at the junction of Portman Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way 15:02 Steve Wright's car left Ipswich in the early hours of October 31 - a little over an hour after Tania's mobile phone stopped being detected 14:58 What happened to Tania's clothes and personal possessions remains a mystery, the court was told. 14:55 A toxicological analysis of her blood revealed high levels of morphine.

14:55 However, the post mortem showed that Tania's thyroid cartilage was in a condition consistent with it having been compressed or squeezed. 14:53 She had been in the water for around five-and-a-half weeks. As such, the exact cause of death was never confirmed. 14:52 The jury was told that the precise site at which Tania was dumped remains a mystery. 14:51 On December 8, divers who had found the body of Gemma Adams, discovered the badly decayed body of Tania Nicol at Copdock Mill. 14:50 The court was told that within a short time of her death, Tania must have been place in Belstead Brook, or very close to it, and eventually swept to her final resting place. 14:48 He said: "Tania Nicol was by then either in the company of her killer or dead." 14:48 After that time, her phone stopped being detected by the mobile phone network. Peter Wright told jurors something must have prevented Tania responding to the call or forever thereafter using her phone. 14:46 At 11.42pm on October 30, Tania's mobile phone received a telephone call, which was not answered. 14:42 "The defendant owned such a vehicle at the time," he told the jury 14:42 Mr Wright said an expert believes the car to be a Mark III Ford Mondeo 14:41 Further CCTV images show a woman believed to be Tania go to the passenger side of a dark coloured car 14:40 "She appeared to be laughing and shaking her head. Whoever it was may, by their reaction, have been declining any suggestion from the occupant or occupants of that vehicle," the prosecution counsel told the court 14:38 It is believed another person may have also been in the car 14:38 A witness also describes someone they believe to be Tania talking to the driver of a dark coloured car 14:38 She was seen by a CCTV camera in Handford Road just after 11pm 14:37 The prosecution claim she met her death late on October 30 or in the early hours of October 31 14:36 Thereafter she never made, answered or responded to a call or text

14:36 At 11.42pm her mobile phone stopped being detected by the phone network 14:35 Around that time she received a text message on her phone, to which she never replied 14:35 Tania Nicol was last seen on Monday October 30 about 11pm when she went to work in the red light district in Ipswich 14:34 On the night of her disappearance Tania Nicol was seen on CCTV to approach a dark coloured car similar to that of the defendant's 14:31 The jury was told the evidence suggests all were asphyxiated while under the influence of hard drugs, with the killings being the result of smothering, manual compression of the neck or a combination of both. 14:30 Although Tania and Gemma were found in water it is unlikely they drowned. 14:29 The lungs of each off the women were hyper-inflated, consistent, the prosecution alleges, with them fighting for breath in the moments before their death. 14:28 The similarities in each murder and the fact that the bodies were left naked in semi-rural locations was no coincidence, the prosecution claims. 14:27 The prosecution claims that while his partner was at work, Wright was engaged in "other activities" - picking up prostitutes and, in the case of Tania Nicol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell, killing them by asphyxiation or manual compression of the neck while they were "severely affected by opiates". 14:25 Miss Wright did not drive, so Wright would driver her to work in his dark blue Ford Mondeo and she would get the bus home. 14:24 His partner, Pamela Wright, worked night shifts at a call centre called Ansaback on Ransomes Europark, on the same side of Ipswich as the remaining three bodies were found. 14:22 Wright worked as a forklift driver and, significantly said prosecution counsel Peter Wright, at the time of the first two murders he was working in Hadleigh, not far from where the bodies of Gemma and Tania were found. 14:20 He had lived there since late September/early October and rented the property with his partner, Pamela Wright. 14:19 The court is told Steve Wright lived in London Road, an address in Ipswich's red light district. 14:07 The hearing resumes following the lunch break 13:18 The court broke for lunch

13:16 He said there was one "common denominator" in each death - the defendant, Steve Wright 13:15 "People do not die of natural causes, accident or misadventure with such frequency only to end up abandoned and dumped naked with the regularity that seems to have afflicted women working the streets of Ipswich during late 2006," he said 13:13 Mr Wright said given the similarities it was reasonable to conclude that the deaths were not an accident 13:13 Each was found totally naked and abandoned on the outskirts of Ipswich and in each case their were circumstances similar to asphyxiation or compression to the neck 13:12 He said there were "striking" similarities between the girls - all were young, all were addicted to hard drugs and all had to work as prostitutes to support their habit 13:11 "It is the prosecution case that either alone or in conjunction with another these deaths were the handiwork of the defendant and for a period of six and a half weeks he had preyed upon women working as prostitutes in and around Ipswich," Mr Wright said. 13:09 Mr Wright told the jury that the circumstances of Paula's disappearance, togehter with the location of where her body was found and complete absence of clothing pointed "overwhelmingly" to the murders being linked 13:08 Paula's body had not been posed like that of Anneli or Annette 13:08 Cause of death was compression of the neck - similar to what would arise from the use of a forearm or crook of an elbow 13:07 It was discovered close to that of Annette 13:06 The naked body of Paula Clennell, 24, was found dumped just off the Old Felixstowe road on December 12 13:01 The court was told the chances of these women having met wholely unrelated deaths was "so unlikely as to be capable of being excluded" 13:01 Annette's body was found by a police helicopter which had been called to the scene as a result of the discovery of the body of fifth victim Paula Clennell. 13:00 Peter Wright told the court that the disappearance of the women and the discovery of their bodies was the work of someone engaged in deliberate campaign of murder directed at the working prostitutes of Ipswich. 12:59 A post-mortem revealed that her lungs were also hyper inflated in keeping with some form of interfernce with the normal mechanics of breathing.

12:58 As with Anneli, Annette's body appeared deliberately to have been posed in a crucifix shape with her arms outstretched. 12:55 Annette's body was "to a degree decomposed", the court heard. The evidence of an expert as to fly infestation on her body suggested she had been dead and in the position she was found for three or four days. 12:54 Her body was discovered just off the Old Felixstowe Road. 12:53 Annette Nicholls went missing on December 8 and was found on December 12. 12:52 Peter Wright said the discovery of Anneli's body showed a degree of local knowledge on the part of the killer as the spot was isolated yet readily accessible. 12:51 Her body was laid out in the shape of a crucifix and it is likely she had been murdered elsewhere and left at the isolated spot she was found. 12:49 Anneli died due to asphyxia, the court was told. 12:43 The naked body of Anneli Alderton, 24, was discovered in a stretch of woodland just off the A14 at Nacton. 12:42 Mr Wright said their deaths were not coincidence but the work of the defendant either alone or with the help of another 12:42 The condition of Gemma's body was also in keeping with her having entered the water shortly before or around the time of her death 12:41 Both Gemma and Tania had been stripped naked, both had lungs that were hyper-inflated and both had little in the way of injuries. 12:39 Mr Wright said a pattern was beginning to emerge in the discovery of the two bodies 12:38 A post-mortem could not determine Gemma's cause of death 12:38 Mr Wright told the court that the discovery of both bodies was consistent with them either being deposited directly in the brook and possibly carried downstream or they had been left at the waters edge and carried downstream by the rising water level. 12:36 Although Gemma was the second young woman to go missing she was the first to be found 12:35 Her naked body was discovered on December 2 in Belstead Brook close to Hintlesham Fisheries 12:34 The second girl to go missing was 25-year-old Gemma Adams

12:34 "Everything pointed to her having met her death at the hand or hands of another or others," he said. 12:33 He said it seemed likely that Tania's body had entered the water when she was already dead 12:32 "Such a finding is in keeping either with drowning or with some form of interference having taken place with the normal mechanics of breathing," Mr Wright told the jury. 12:30 A post-mortem examination could not ascertain the cause of death but it revealed her lungs were hyper-inflated 12:22 Her body was trapped in debris within the brook just a short distance from a bridge. 12:21 Tania's body was discovered in an area known as Copdock Mill. The site is off an old and practically disused stretch of trunk road that runs next to the A12 London Road and close to the A14. 12:19 The last possible sighting of Tania Nicol, the first to go missing was on October 30 at around 11pm. She was in Ipswich's red light area. Her body was found on December 8 in a stretch of water known as Belstead Brook. 12:16 Court is told each of the victims had a drug problem at the time of their death. 12:16 On December 12, two further bodies were found, near Levington. 12:15 The third, found on December 10, was found near Nacton. 12:15 The first two bodies were found in an area to the south west of Ipswich in the vicinity of Hintlesham and Copdock. 12:14 Peter Wright tells jurors that in the ten days between December 2 and 12, the bodies "began to turn up". 12:13 The court is told five women went missing in six-and-a-half week period from late October to early December 2006. 11:36 Peter Wright QC opens the prosecution's case at 11.38am 11:35 Jury is sworn in 11:26 The process of swearing in the new jury starts at just before 11.30am 11:20 He is listening to proceedings through a pair of earphones and is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, striped tie and glasses. 11:20 Defendant Steve Wright is in the dock flanked by three security guards

11:18 Court resumes at 11.20am 11:15 Justice Gross rises at 11.12am for an expected 15 minutes 11:14 He discharges the jury and a new jury will now have to be selected 11:12 Justice Gross sits down at 11.10am to open proceedings 08:57 Steve Wright arrived at Ipswich Crown Court in a white police van flanked by two patrol cars at 8.55am Live coverage from January 17, 2008

12:26 The court has adjourned until Monday. 12:25 Steve Wright admits being in the company of all five victims of the red light killings – but denied playing any part in the murder. Wright’s defence counsel, Timothy Langdale QC said his client had full sex with four of the women in his car or at his London Road home. He also claimed Wright had picked up Tania Nicol in his car “with a view to having sex with her” but had changed his mind. Mr Langdale said: “It is not the case that the defence are suggesting some kind of freak coincidence in relation to these findings. “It is therefore the principal issue in this case as to what is the significance of scientific findings. “The defence challenges the assertion that these findings illustrate that he was responsible for their deaths as opposed to someone who had sex with them.”

11:53 Peter Wright QC added: "It is the prosectution case that this link with the defendant and the bodies of Tania Nicol and Gemma Adams is yet another strand that connects the defendant to the murder and disposal of the body of each of these women."

11:50 Peter Wright QC said: "It is the prosecution case that the finding of fibres in the head and hair debris of each of these women that matched fibres from the defendant's home environment and clothing was again no coincidence."

11:49 A fibre found on Gemma Adams matched those found on tapings from Wright's sofa and his clothing.

11:47 Fibres found on Tania Nicol matched the carpet from Wright's car, the sofa in his flat and his reflective jacket.

11:45 A pair of tracksuit bottoms were recovered from Wright's flat and samples of fibres found on these matched fibres recovered from the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and the hair of Tania Nicol.

11:38 Peter Wright said: "It is significant that such an item was not found."

11:37 Some of the fibres found in Wright's car and on his sofa may have been from a red throw, which was never found.

11:36 The court was told of extensive fibre evidence which linked Wright to each of the five victims.

11:35 "The presence of the DNA profile matching that of Paula Clennell and blood matching Paula and Annette Nicholls is a remarkable coincidence," Peter Wright said, "unless Paula and Annette were being carried after death and being dumped by their gloved assailant."

11:33 The chances of the blood or DNA not coming from Paula or Annette are one in one billion.

11:33 The court was told the attack on Paula Clennell resulted in the shedding of blood, as did a scratch found on Annette Nicholl's face.

11:32 The DNA of Paula Clennell was discovered on the jacket and gloves, as was her blood. Blood from Annette Nicholls was also discovered on the jacket.

11:30 During the police search of Wright's house, a yellow reflective jacket, a further pair of gloves and lumber jack-style coat were discovered.

11:29 One of Wright's neighbours told police he heard "odd" noises in the middle of the night. The court was told the neighbour heard banging noises and sometimes the washing machine would be put on between midnight and 2am.

11:27 Jurors were told by prosecutor Peter Wright: "You may conclude that the presence of these DNA componenets and...the wearing of these gloves when he was in contact with these women is highly unusual - unless he was wearing the gloves having murdered the women and was about to dispose of their bodies."

11:25 Semen-stained gardening gloves seized from Wright's car bore traces of Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell.

11:23 After Wright's arrest, he was interviewed under caution. The court was told he chose not to answer questions relating to the presence of his DNA upon the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell.

11:21 Mr Wright QC said: "It is the prosecution case that these findings point not to an unfortunate coincidence but rather to the defendant as being engaged in an active campaign of murder during the period from October to December 2006. A campaign that only came to an end with his arrest. A campaign in which he had deliberately targeted working prostitutes in the Ipswich area as his victims and succeeded in murdering no fewer than five in a very short space of time."

11:18 Forensic Scientist Dr Hau will say it is considered likely that Wright's DNA was deposited on the three women by close pysical contact with each of the naked bodies.

11:16 Mr Wright QC said: "It is the prosecution case therefore that the defendant must have had some form of close contact with each of these three women and that such contact must have occured shortly before their deaths."

11:14 The prosecution say that scientific evidence disclosed that while there was DNA from other potential sources, no other person's DNA profile was found on more than one of the victims. Wright was the only common denominator that was found on each of the victims.

11:11 Swabs taken from Paula Clennell gave DNA profiles matching that of Wright - the probability of obtaining such a match by chance is one in a billion.

11:10 Parts of Ms Nicholls' face, neck, breasts, inner right upper arm and pubic region indicated the presence of DNA from Wright and Ms Nicholls.

11:10 Parts of Ms Nicholls' face, neck, breasts, inner right upper arm and pubic region indicated the presence of DNA from Wright and Ms Nicholls.

11:08 Swabs taken from the inner left thigh and the inner right thigh of Annette Nicholls gave profiles matching that of Wright.

11:06 Prosecutor Mr Wright QC said: "It is the Prosecution case, however, that the significant aspect of the defendant's DNA is common to each of the victims."

11:04 Swabs taken from the left and right thighs gave a mixed DNA profile matching that of Anneli, Wright and Ms Alderton's boyfriend Sam Jefford.

11:02 The prosecution say that the probability of obtaining such a match by chance is in the order of 1 in a billion.

11:01 On the right nipple and breast swab taken from the body of Anneli Alderton a male DNA profile was found which matched that Wright.

10:59 Peter Wright QC says that it is "hardly suprising that no DNA was found on either Tania Nicol or Gemma Adams" as they had been immersed in water.

10:57 Wright's DNA was found on the naked bodies of Annette Nicholls, Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell.

10:44 The trial resumes.

09:07 The case is expected to start at 10.30am.

Live coverage from January 21, 2008

16:09 Jurors left the final of the five sites on their tour.

16:08 Both sites were about five yards from the side of the road, which is known as the Old Felixstowe Road.

16:07 They examined the area where Annette's body was found, before going on to see the spot where Paula's body was found.

14:55 Jurors then moved on to Levington, where the bodies of Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls were found.

14:55 At Nacton, the jury studied an area of woodland about 15 yards off the road.

14:50 This afternoon jurors travelled to Nacton, where Anneli Alderton's body was found on December 10.

14:49 Near the spot where Tania's body was found lay a posy of flowers.

14:49 They saw where her body was discovered on December 8, in a stream running past a small industrial area.

14:47 They then travelled to nearby Copdock, where Tania Nicol's body was found.

14:47 Jurors made their way to the spot via a muddy track between the lakes.

14:46 There were also four bunches of flowers. But earlier the judge told jurors to ignore any floral tributes they may come across in the tour.

14:46 On a boggy grass bank next to the bend, a tree had been planted with a label attached saying 'Gemma's tree'.

14:45 They spent about 30 minutes at the fisheries and saw the bend in the stream where Gemma's body was discovered.

14:44 On one lake a lone angler was fishing and the area was guarded by police.

14:44 The court heard last week that Gemma's body was found naked in a brook near Hintlesham Fisheries. Jurors were driven to the fisheries, which consist of two lakes divided by a track.

14:42 After spending about 20 minutes at Burstall Bridge, the jurors were taken to the spot where Gemma's body was found.

14:42 They left the bus briefly to look at and over the bridge.

14:41 Jurors were taken to a bridge crossing the brook on the A1071 near Hintlesham, where Gemma Adams' body was found on December 2.

11:40 The jury viewed the outside of Steve Wright's home at 79 London Road. They spent about ten minutes outside the flat, but did not go inside, before being driven around the redlight district.

11:33 The jury members were brought into court one at Ipswich Crown Court before being taken as a group on the site visits. Mr Justice Gross told them to stay together and to avoid contact with others "who are not members of the jury".

09:44 Jurors will today be visiting locations in and around Ipswich connected with the case. The court will reconvene tomorrow.

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16:42 The trial continues tomorrow.

16:42 Proceedings have finished for the day.

16:41 Mr Saunders said that he knew the area well and that in his opinion the body had been deposited further upstream and had been carried downstream by the current.

16:41 He waited for the police to arrive back at the fisheries and when two officers turned up he took them to where he had found the body.

16:40 Mr Saunders said he then phoned a colleague who suggested calling the police, which he did immediately using 999.

16:39 In his statement he described the body as that of a white female, in her late teens or early 20s, with shoulder length mousy hair and an earring in her right ear. 16:37 It was only after he removed some of the debris that he realised it was the body of a human being. 16:36 In his statement Mr Saunders said the body was "cold to the touch" and so he still was not sure if it was a dummy. 16:35 At this point he still thought it was a dummy but could tell that it was naked. 16:35 As he got closer he could see that shape of the body under water, the jury was told. 16:34 Mr Saunders said he thought they belonged to a dummy that someone had thrown in the brook. 16:34 As he got nearer he realised these were buttocks, the court heard. 16:33 He said he was walking along the bank and as he got to the bend in the stream he saw what he described as "two small mounds protruding from the water." 16:32 He said he was walking close to the bottom lake at the fisheries and had turned upstream along Belstead Brook.

16:30 Mr Saunders said he went to work at the fisheries on December 2 at 10.30am. 16:28 The prosecution read a statement from Trevor Saunders, the water baliff at Hintlesham Fisheries who discovered the body of Gemma Adams. 16:06 Mr C gave a statement to police after officers had visited him when his number plate had been spotted by a plate recognition camera in London Road. 16:05 He told the court that he had heard some days later that a prostitute had gone missing and saw the picture of Gemma Adams, whom he recognised to be the woman he had paid for sex. 16:04 At 1.15am, Mr C drove past the spot he had dropped the woman off, but she was nowhere to be seen. 16:03 After having sex, Mr drove the woman back to West End Road at around 12.45am before going to work nearby. 16:01 Mr C said he asked the woman if she was working, which she confirmed. They agreed on a price for oral sex and the woman directed Mr C to the car park of the Holiday Inn near Copdock. 15:58 Mr C spotted a sex worker in West End Road, near to the junction with London Road. He told jurors how he turned round before returning and picking up the woman. 15:57 The next witness to give evidence was referred to as Mr C. He told how he had arrived in Ipswich's red light district at around midnight on November 14 prior to starting work nearby an hour later. 15:40 The court takes a short break before the next witness is called. 15:40 She said she thought the vehicle she was in was dark in colour but was "more interested in looking at Gemma." 15:39 When the lights went green Ms Grant said the car Gemma was in went on to Handford Road. 15:38 In her statement Ms Grant said Gemma kept looking forward and didn't look around. 15:38 When they stopped at traffic lights at the Sainsbury's garage on London Road Ms Grant looked across and saw Gemma in the car beside theirs. 15:37 On Tuesday November 14 Ms Grant said she was a passenger in a car driven by her brother. 15:34 Prosecuting counseil Peter Wright QC reads a statement from Kim Grant, who used to go to school with Gemma Adams. 15:31 He said five or six weeks earlier, Gemma had complained that a man had given her problems and would not leave her alone.

15:30 Mr B said the last time he had been with Gemma was on November 10, when he had full sex with her at an address in Blenheim Road. 15:28 Mr B would call Gemma on her mobile and meet at a location specified by her. 15:28 A second statement, given by a man described as Mr B, said he used Gemma's services exclusively. He claimed Gemma was "different, by far the nicest". 15:26 He said a short time later, he discovered Gemma had gone missing. 15:26 Mr A said Gemma was called by someone she later described as "Tania's sort of boyfriend". The conversation was about Gemma going to the police about another girl who had gone missing. 15:25 Mr A said he would call Gemma and meet for sex, before paying her £60 for her services. The last time Mr A saw her was on November 3. 15:23 A statement given by a man identified as Mr A was read to the court. He said he had paid Gemma Adams for sex after first meeting her at a massage parlour in Ipswich. 15:21 "I had no idea how Gemma was living," Mrs Adams told jurors. 15:21 The court heard that Mrs Adams had identified Gemma on cctv footage taken in London Road on November 14 at 11.23pm. 15:20 Mrs Adams said she tried to call Gemma on her mobile phone, but could not get through. 15:19 On November 15, police told Mrs Adams that Gemma had gone missing. Miss Adams said she had not spoken to Gemma "for months". 15:18 Gemma Adams' mother, Gail, told the court how she had a wholly separate life to her daughter. 15:12 A few days later she saw on the TV that a body had been found and contacted police to help them with their inquiries. 15:11 She said she believed the person to be of European extraction and that the body had its legs together. 15:11 In her statement she described it as face down and completely naked. 15:10 Ms Quddus was on the top row of the double decker and looked out of the window and saw what she thought was a body in the water. 15:07 In her statement she said the bus had come to Hintlesham when it went over a small bridge. 15:06 Ms Quddus, who studies art and design at Suffolk College, was travelling to Hadleigh on the 4.15pm bus from Ipswich on November 8.

15:05 Mr Wright read another statement from Ruqshanna Quddus. 15:04 "I saw her name was Tania Nicol and that she was missing," Mr Richardson said in his statement. 15:03 Mr Radford said he drove home and thought nothing more of it until he saw a picture of the girl on the front of a local newspaper a few days later. 15:02 In his statement he described her asa "nice looking", quite tall, with long legs, long shoulder length hair, between 18 and 25 years of age and slim. 15:01 Mr Radford said he noticed Tania becasue he had not seen her before. 15:01 He said that on the night Tania went missing - October 30 - Mr Radford saw a woman that mathced her description in Handford Road, close to the junction with Allderman Way. 15:00 Prosecuting counsel Peter Wright QC read a statement from Richard Radford, who lives in Ipswich's red light district. 14:53 The man talked to the sex worker about self defence techniques, jurors were told. Ms Fenning said she thought he was an undercover officer because he spoke of a restraining position called the goose neck thumb bar, which Ms Fenning recognised from her time serving with Dorset police. 14:51 Ms Fenning told the court she later came to believe that man was Tom Stephens, whom she recognised after seeing his picture on the television. 14:50 Ms Fenning said she was out in the red light district and talking to a sex worker called Karen when a man approached the pair. 14:49 Ms Fenning said she saw Tania on October 4, when she was with a man who was wearing a shell-suit and a baseball cap and who had white hair. 14:47 She said she met Tania in August 2006, and spoke two her two or three times after that. Normally Tania would be found touting for business in London Road, sometimes alone, sometimes with other sex workers. 14:45 Ms Fenning said she knew Tania Nicol, and the other four sex workers who were killed towards the end of 2006. 14:45 Members of the Bridge Project would regularly go out in the red light district of Ipswich and offer "moral and practical support", the court heard. 14:43 A third witness, Alison Fenning, gave evidence. Ms Fenning works for the RSVP Trust, which runs the Bridge Project, a charity which is run for women with broken lives, particularly those in the sex industry. 14:33 Ms Nicol said Mr Stephens had given her two phone numbers through which he could be reached but she had never called them.

14:32 When Mr Stephens phoned Ms Nicol he told her: "Will the girls still go out and do what they do if one of them had been murdered," Mr Langdale told the court. 14:30 Tania had stayed at Mr Stephens' old address but never at his new home, the jury was told. 14:30 He told Ms Nicol that Tania was thinking of moving out and that if she tried to stop her she would "do a runner and live with drug dealers," the court heard. 14:28 Ms Nicol said Mr Stephens admitted driving Tania around Ipswich. 14:28 He told her that Tania was buying between £30 and £50 worth of heroin a night. 14:26 On the night Tania went missing Mr Stephens said the 19-year-old had asked for a lift but he was unable to pick her up, Ms Nicol said. 14:26 She said that he told her he would often pick her up at the end of Woolverstone Close, where she lives. 14:25 Ms Nicol said he was talking to her for about 45 minutes. 14:25 Mr Stephen's phoned again on November 10, the court heard. 14:24 "He seemed to be concerned," Ms Nicol told the jury. 14:24 She said that she told Mr Stephens that she was thinking of phoning the police and he said that would be a good idea. 14:23 She told the court that by now she was becoming concerned. 14:23 Ms Nicol said she told Mr Stephens that her daughter was not at home and that she thought she was staying with a friend. 14:22 Mr Stephens phoned again on November 1. 14:21 Ms Nicol sais she told Mr Stephen's that her daughter was asleep and that there was a pause and he seemed confused. 14:21 She told the court that Tom Stephens phoned her home looking for Tania on October 31 - the day after she went missing. 14:09 The trial resumes. Kerry Nicol, the mother of Tania, is again giving evidence. 13:14 The court breaks for lunch. 13:13 The court heard that the numbers were for a man who would not give his name and for another called Tom Stephens. 13:12 Ms Nicol said she knew her daughter had made some phone calls on the home telephone before she left.

13:11 She said she was going into town to meet some friends, Ms Nicol said. 13:11 On the night Tania went missing she left home around 10.45pm, Ms Nicol told the court. 13:10 "But after a few days she did contact me and let me know she was alright," Ms Nicol said. 13:09 The court heard that in summer 2006 Tania went missing for several days. 13:08 Ms Nicol never discussed this with Tania becasue she didn't want her to know she had been in her room, she said. 13:07 In late 2005 Ms Nicol found a letter in her daughter's bedroom addressed to "Chantelle", the court heard. 13:06 When she spoke to Tania about this Ms Nicol said her daughter denied all knowledge. 13:06 It was for a massage parlour called Cleopatra's, the court heard. 13:06 Ms Nicol said the name did not mean anything to her and used the 1471 facility on the phone to check the caller's number. 13:05 On one occassion she received a phone call at the house asking for someone named "Chantelle". 13:04 She said she had no idea at all her daughter was working as a prostitute. 13:04 Ms Nicol said Tania denied she was taking drungs. 13:03 Timothy Langdale QC started his cross examination for the defence. 12:44 Ms Nicol was shown CCTV footage of Tania. 12:44 On November 1, Ms Nicol said it became clear Tania was missing and she contact police at around 9pm. 12:43 "I presumed she was staying at a friend's and had not got round to telling me," Ms Nicol said. 12:42 Ms Nicol did not realise Tania was missing until 7pm on October 31. She told jurors she phoned Tania's friends to try to trace her daughter. When she tried to call Tania's phone, it went straight to voicemail. 12:41 The court was told Tania never returned home. 12:40 Tania was wearing cut-off jeans and pink high heel shoes. 12:40 Ms Nicol called her daughter at 10.57pm to make sure she had caught the bus. It was the last time Ms Nicol would ever speak to Tania.

12:39 On October 30, Tania was at home with Ms Nicol until 10.45pm when she left to catch the bus to Ipswich. Tania said she was going to meet friends. 12:38 Ms Nicol said towards the autumn of 2006, Tania had "bad skin" and looked thin. 12:36 Ms Nicol said she would ask her daughter about this but that she was an adult and that it sometimes caused arguments. 12:35 She said Tania would tell her she was going to see friends. 12:34 In the early part of 2006 Tania started going out a bit later at night, Ms Nicol said. 12:34 When she asked Tania about this she said they belonged to a friend. 12:34 Ms Nicol told the court that she found syringes in her daughter's bedroom. 12:33 In 2005 Tania moved back home to live with her mother and brother. 12:32 She said Tania had "bad skin" and had lost weight about six months before she went missing. 12:31 However she did say that she noticed a differance in her daughter's appearance. 12:29 Ms Nicol said she was never aware that her daughter was working as a prostitute even up to the day that she disappeared. 12:28 She said Tania told her she had a job and was managing "alright". 12:27 She said she saw her daughter "occassionally" and asked about her drug use but that she "looked and seemed fine". 12:26 Tania moved back to a flat in Ipswich in 2004, Ms Nicol said. 12:25 Ms Nicol said Tania had asked for help in getting off drugs. She told the court she had "sent Tania away" for a while. 12:24 Tania left home for a while at 16, eventually moving into a hostel where she tried heroin "a couple of times," according to Ms Nicol. 12:23 Often Tania would sleep through the morning until the afternoon or evening. 12:22 Ms Nicol said Tania would stay in contact through her mobile phone if she stayed at friends' houses. 12:22 Ms Nicol said Tania would stay in contact through her mobile phone if she stayed at friends' houses. 12:21 She said she worked as a care worker on Sunday nights and on certain days of the week.

12:20 Ms Nicol told the court she lived with her daughter Tania in Ipswich. 12:10 It is Kerry Nicol, the mother of Tania Nicol. 12:03 He calls his next witness. 12:03 Mr Wright tells the court he has no further questions for Ms Humphrey. 12:02 However she said it was very unusual for them to use Nacton village and had never heard of it happening in her 22 years at Suffolk Constabulary. 12:01 She said it was also common for them to use an area nearby known as Nacton foreshores. 12:01 She told the court that sex workers would often take clients to a layby off the Old Felixstowe Road close to the junction with the A1156, known as Felixstowe Road. 11:55 Sex workers were often "in trouble with the law," she added. 11:54 "The women led chaotic lifestyles," Ms Humphreys told jurors. 11:53 She said there were a number of people supplying sex workers with drugs. 11:53 Ms Humphrey said sex workers would charge between £20 and £30 for oral sex, and between £30 and £50 for full sex. 11:52 The court was told the Nacton area was a popular spot for outdoor sex, or "dogging". 11:51 One such area was near to Belstead Brook. 11:50 Ms Humphrey told the court it was normal for sex workers to take clients out of the red light district for "services". 11:47 She said the younger women preferred to work closer to residentail areas while the "more mature" women could be found at the junction of West End Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way. 11:46 She told the court she had come to recognise most of the sex workers in Ipswich town centre. 11:46 However this number rises to between 30 and 50 if you included those who worked occassionally, she said. 11:45 Ms Humphrey said in the early 2000s there was a core of 15 to 20 regular workers. 11:44 She said women could often be found in West End Road, Handford Road, Burlington Road, London Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way. 11:43 She said in recent years, becasue of the introduction of CCTV and redevelopment around the Portman Road football ground, this had moved closer to residential areas.

11:42 She told the jury there had been a red light district in Ipswich since the 1980s. 11:41 She has been working in Ipswich for more than 22 years and regularly policed the red light district. 11:40 Prosecution counsel, Peter Wright QC, calls PC Janet Humphrey of Suffolk Constabulary. 11:24 The first witness, a police officer, is about to give evidence. 11:23 The trial has resumed. with a man, who had ginger hair. 16:05 Peter Wright QC asks him about seeing her in Majors Corner. He said he thinks it was a Friday, on December 8 between 11 and 12 16:03 The next witness to take to the stand is Jay Bernard. He tells the court he went to school with Annette and saw her in Ipswich town centre from time to time 16:02 Stacey had formed a view that her sister was using Mr Billingham for a taxi and to borrow money off him. Annette had said she did not fancy him 16:00 The last time she saw her was October 2006 16:00 She was aware her sister was working on the streets as a prostitute from the start of 2003 15:59 Another statement from Stacey Nicholls, dated 24 January 2007, told the court she was aware of her sister's heroin habit from 2002 and that she led "a chaotic lifestyle" 15:57 The statement said the family had to talk to her about how much she was washing and her boyfriends were always well kept in appearance 15:56 The court heard she would shower or bath "two or three times a day" and she would take particular care of making sure her make-up was done properly 15:55 The statement says her sister Annette was extremly proud of her appearance and always wore trendy, clean clothes. It said her home was also very clean and she was "obsessed" by cleaning herself 15:51 The court is read a statement made by Stacey Nicholls dated 17 May 2007 15:50 He could not remember the exact dates 15:50 Mr Billingham tells the court there was one occassion when Annette told him a client had grabbed her and she had got frightened and made an excuse to leave. He said there was another occassion where she was scared by a large man and lied to him that her brother was waiting around the corner

15:47 Timothy Langdale QC tells the court that Annette left her address and went to Kingsley Guest House, in London Road, Ipswich. The witness confirms the information 15:46 She stayed at his falt, jurors were told. He describes her as a very clean girl, who would wash regularly 15:44 The court hears he knew Annette in late November and early December 2006 15:43 The next witness to be called is Daniel Billingham 15:42 The witness tried calling her in the early days of November, to November 5 but there was no answer 15:40 Jurors heard how regular telephone calls took place between Mr K and Tania in September 2006 and then Mr K had tried to call her on October 31 three times during the evening after 6pm and then after 8pm. He thinks he heard it ringing but there was no answer 15:38 He was now talking about Tania Nicol, who he said he had dropped at a bus station at Whitton estate in Ipswich on one occassion 15:37 He told the court he made regular telephone calls to her 15:25 The last time Mr K saw Annette, he told the court it looked as though she had not showered for a couple of days. Her hands were "blacked", he said. 15:24 Annette introduced Mr K to other sex workers, including a woman called Lucy Adams. 15:24 He said the last time he saw Annette was at around 9pm on December 4 when she asked him for £15. Mr K said Annette seemed "ok". 15:22 Mr K said she would tout for business at the junction of London Road and West End Road, not far from two petrol stations. 15:22 He also discovered she was working as a prostitute. 15:21 Jurors were told Mr K became aware Annette was using drugs a year after the pair first met. 15:20 Mr K admitted the pair had enjoyed a sexual relationship, although intercourse only took place "very infrequently". 15:20 Mr K said she took his mobile phone number. Annette called him "a few weeks later" and Mr K collected her and the pair went for breakfast at a cafe in Wherstead Road. 15:18 The court heard that two or three weeks later, Mr K saw Annette again. He dropped Annette off in Ipswich town centre. 15:17 Mr K said he met Annette Nicholls in summer 2003 while he was working as a taxi driver. Annette had asked for a lift to Nacton Road, which she could not pay for because she had no money.

15:16 The next witness is known only as Mr K. 15:15 Mr Jefford said after Anneli left him on December 3, he had no further contact with her. 15:00 The court hears Anneli told the witness she was going to Zest nightclub in Ipswich 15:00 When Anneli went missing Mr Jefford tells the court he did not call the police the next day and Mr Langsdale suggests this is because it was no suprise to him that she stayed out all night 14:58 The court hears Anneli told him she was going to a nightclub in Ipswich and stayed out all night 14:57 He told the court he thought she was staying over a friend's house 14:57 He admits to the court that she "occassionally" stayed out late at night 14:56 Mr Jefford says that Anneli did have the use of a mobile phone 14:56 The witness said he guessed she might have been into harder drugs but never saw them himself. He admits to the court he is in prison for drug and robbery offences 14:54 He is asked by the defence counsel if he knew of a hard drugs habit. He says he knew she smoked a bit of cannabis and Mr Langdale QC suggests he knew of harder drugs and that Anneli worked in the red light district 14:52 Mr Langdales said: "You knew she was working from time to time on the streets of Ipswich as a prostitute?" the witness said he did know she did in the past but not at the time she was with him 14:51 The witness tells the court they only did it once and he did not like it 14:50 Mr Jefford remembers he did have anal sex with her 14:50 His police statement is shown to him 14:49 He asks Mr Jefford if he told the police he had anal sex with Anneli? But he says he cannot remember 14:48 Sammy Jefford says he does not know but Mr Langdale QC suggests he knows perfectly well 14:47 Timothy Langdale QC says he will have to ask him a very personal question. He asks the witness if he ever had anal sex with Anneli 14:46 The defence begin their cross examination 14:45 He tells the court Anneli did not have a mobile phone

14:45 The witness did not use contraception and got up about 1.30pm and walked her to the bus stop, where he gave her a kiss goodbye. He tells the court he expected her to return that night 14:43 The jury hears they had sex together on that morning 14:42 Mr Jefford tells the court he last saw Anneli on the morning of Sunday December 3 14:40 They were both living in a flat in Colchester together in December 2006, the jurors are told 14:39 The court hears that Sammy Lee Jefford is a serving prisoner and was in a relationship with Anneli Alderton at the time she went missing 14:23 The first witness is Sammy Jefford. 14:23 The case resumes. 13:43 The court has adjourned until 2.15pm. 13:42 He was never violent, the court heard, but he once abandoned her after she had got out of the car. 13:41 There was another client who had struck Miss D as strange - a man who drove a 4x4. She said he would drive to isolated spots as far away as Stowmarket. He also sometimes took her to Sproughton. 13:40 She said the man had paid her for sex at locations around Ipswich. 13:39 The defence asks if the witness remembers a client who drove a vauxhall car and asks if he made her uncomfortbale. Miss D replies yes to both questions 13:37 She told jurors she had heard stephens was someone who gave the girls lifts from time to time 13:36 The court hears how stephens was still parking there after the girls were going missing 13:34 He used to park in Kingsley Guest House, in London road, although he was not a client of the witnesses 13:28 She recognised him from being a man often seen in the red light district 13:28 Timothy Langdale QC asks the witness about a man called Tom Stephens. Miss D said she recognised his face in the paper 13:27 The witness said it would have been between 9-12pm one evening 13:26 Before Gemma Adams went missing the witness tells the court Gemma, a working girl called Louise Heath and herself had a conversation for a short period of time

13:24 Timothy Langdale QC asks if Anneli had a bag with her, but the witness cannot recall 13:23 The defence begin cross-examining the witness 13:23 The court hears the witness knew four of the five girls, with Tania the only one she never met 13:22 Miss D says she remembers it was around December sometime 13:21 The witness was coming out of the town centre along Handford Road and saw Anneli standing alone looking at the cars going by. It was between 9-11pm, but she cannot remember what day, although thinks it might have been a Sunday or Thursday 13:20 She says she last saw her on the junction between Handford Road and Burlington Road as she was driving past 13:19 The witness said she engaged in hard drugs but she did not speak to Anneli about whether she also did. Although she tells the court she did see Anneli around known drug spots 13:18 The court hears Anneli described as a "cheeky, funny and quite loud" character 13:17 She describes their relationship as regular "acquaintances" 13:16 Miss D tells the court she has known Anneli Alderton for about 5-6 years 13:16 She says most of the work is done by mobile phone contact and the girls meet people in pre-arranged areas. She herself drives 13:14 The witness tells the court she had also been working in an Ipswich massage parlour known as Cleopatra's 13:14 The jurors are shown an electronic plan of Ipswich's red light district 13:13 The court hears she was a prostitute working in Ipswich in late 2006 and had operated as a working girl for a period of 7-8 years 13:12 A new witness, referred to as Miss D, is sworn in before the jury 13:05 The court was shown CCTV footage of a woman believed to be Anneli at Harwich station on December 3. 13:05 Jurors were told Anneli had been given a 12-month supervision order on September 5, 2006 for assault. She had 22 appointments which she always kept. She never made the appointment on December 4, nor any after that.

13:03 Her mother said she spoke to Anneli about the disappearance of Tania Nicol and Gemms Adams, both of whom Anneli said she knew. Anneli said Gemma had taught her how

to be a "clipper" - a woman posing as a prostitute who takes a punter's money and runs away before providing sex. 13:01 The court was told Anneli could be physically violent at times. She was also known to drink heavily. 12:59 Anneli left to catch the 6.02pm train. Her mother told the court: "She said 'goodbye mum, I love you'. "I didn't answer." It was the last time Anneli's mother saw her. 12:58 Anneli visited her mother on December 3. Her mother said she left the bathroom "in a mess" after showering. Pubic hair was left in the bath. 12:56 Her mother said it was a clear sign Anneli was back to being "a drug-taking girl on the streets". 12:56 Anneli's mother told the court her daughter had naturally red or brown hair, but she sometimes coloured it peroxide blonde. 12:53 The court was told Anneli would always have a bath or a shower at her mother's home. "She liked to be clean," her mother told the court. "She liked to have full make up, she liked designer clothes." 12:52 From October 2006, Anneli would often visit her mother, using the train to get there. 12:51 It was around this time that Anneli entered into a relationship with Sam Jefford. Anneli's mother told the court she knew about "someone called Sam". 12:49 But she was recalled to prison once more until she was released in September 2006, when she began living with her mother. 12:48 Sometime after her release, the court was told Anneli began to use hard drugs again. She was eventually recalled to prison and released again in June 2006. 12:45 But the court hears Anneli ended up in prison again and was released in 2005 12:44 After she was released her mother said she was "Calm" and looking forward to life 12:43 The court hears eventually she ended up in prison and was released in late 2000 12:42 Many attempts were made to rehabilitate her, the jury hears, but these were unsuccessful 12:41 Eventually she did discover though 12:41 But the mother says at this point she did not know her daughter was engaging in prostitution 12:40 The court hears the wintess then became aware Anneli was using drugs

12:39 The jury hears Anneli was 17 at this time and her mother admits their relationship became "dislocated" 12:38 The court hears how Anneli moved into a flat found by the Borough Council to seek an independant life 12:35 She tells the court she made efforts to address that 12:34 She admits Anneli's behaviour went down hill after this point 12:33 Anneli's mother said she returned to the UK a few months later and her daughter moved in with her again 12:31 She tells the jury her daughter returned to the UK to her father in 1997, after visting him in the holidays and she says Anneli's behaviour and lifestyle began to change from that point 12:27 The court hears Anneli was fluent in both languages 12:26 "She was an excellent student," the witness tells the court, referring to her daughter Anneli 12:26 The court hears the witness obtained a degree in 1992 which resulted in a job in Cyprus. She confirms her son, 14, moved in with his father in Ipswich and her daughter, 10, moved to Cyprus with her and went to school there

12:23 Peter Wright QC says Anni was 4 at this time and till then they had all lived together in the Ipswich area 12:22 In 1986 she seperated from her husband, the jury is told 12:22 The witness confirms her daughter was born on March 1982 and she also has a son 12:20 She tells the court she called her daughter Anni and Peter Wright QC tells the court he will begin going through the details of Anneli's upbringing 12:06 The next witness to take to the stand is Anneli Alderton's mother who is giving evidence behind a screen. 12:00 The night in question was October 30, the day of Tania's disappearance. 12:00 She later saw a photograph of Tania Nicol in a newspaper and realised it was the 19year-old who she had seen. 11:58 Ms Leighton said she realised the events police were asking about related to the same night she had seen the sex worker talking to two men in Handford Road.

11:56 She said officers were making enquiries in relation to events which had taken place three weeks earlier. 11:55 Ms Leighton told the court that three weeks later, she was again travelling along Handford Road on a Monday evening when she was stopped by police. 11:53 The jury were shown a photo of the car she had picked out during a police interview 11:52 The court was told the car was a "posh one" and although Ms Leighton was not very familiar with all car models she said she was able to pick the vehicle she saw out of a car magazine police gave her 11:51 She told the jury prostitutes usually congregated on the corner of Burlington Road. "There is usually always someone along that road," she told the court 11:50 Ms Leighton said she did not see any other working girls on that particular night 11:49 She told the court the girl seemed to be joking about, laughing and shaking her head about as she spoke to the men in the car 11:48 Ms Leighton told the court the sex worker had naked legs with what looked like a short denim skirt and a big puffer jacket on. She added it looked as though she was wearing boots 11:47 She described the girl to the court as "very slim, quite tall, with long straight hair hanging down" 11:45 Ms Leighton said the vehicle was a shiny navy blue car with a high boot 11:44 Their car was facing the same direction as her and she was "over 50 yards from them" on the long straight road, she told the court 11:43 She said she could see there were two men in the car as the interior light was on 11:42 She told the court the sex worker was bent down with her hands on her knees talking to two men in a car through the driver's window 11:41 Ms Leighton told the jury the area was well street lit 11:28 On one particular Monday, Ms Leighton said her attention was attracted by a sex worker who was talkinig to a man in a car. 11:27 Ms Leighton told the court how she would drive along Handfrd Road towards the town centre every Monday evening between 11pm and 11.20pm. 11:26 The first witness, Jane Leighton, is giving evidence. 11:15 The trial of Steve Wright resumes. Live coverage from January 24, 2008

13:25 The case is adjourned and will resume on Monday morning. 13:25 Jurors are told they will be shown CCTV images on Monday. 13:24 At 3.25pm, a police force helicopter reported the sighting of another body nearby Annette Nicholls.

13:23 A statement given by the man who found Miss Clennell's body was read to the court. She was discovered at around 3.02pm on December 12. 13:22 Miss Nicholls had been posed in a cruciform shape, like Anneli Alderton. Miss Clennell was on her front right side. Her hair had been caught in brambles. Earlier, the court was told it appeared she had been left by someone in a hurry. 13:20 Jurors were shown 3D moving graphics of the locations at which Miss Nicholls and Miss Clennell had been discovered. 13:19 Mr J said Paula still had some drugs left when he dropped her off. 13:18 It also emerged that Paula had an alias she used while working on the streets - Kelly. 13:17 The court was told Mr J knew Annette Nicholls - the pair had been in a relationship which finished in October 2006. 13:17 The court was told Mr J knew Annette Nicholls - the pair had been in a relationship which finished in October 2006. 13:16 After buying heroin and crack, the pair took their drugs together before Mr J dropped Miss Clennell off in the London Road and Handford Road area. He estimated they had spent about an hour together. 13:13 Miss Clennell was also looking for drugs. Mr J and Miss Clennell both went to Mr J's car and they set off to a house in the Bramford Lane area of Ipswich. 13:12 It was at about 4pm, because Mr J could recall it had been getting dark. 13:12 Mr J saw Miss Clennell on December 10 after he had travelled to Ipswich to buy drugs. She was near to the junction of Norwich Road and London Road. 12:51 He said he did not know Miss Clennell "very well" but had seen her around other people's houses. 12:49 He said that after being paid from work on Friday December 8, 2006, he used hard drugs. 12:46 Mr J is called to the stand as the next witness. He is behind screens to conceal his identity.

12:44 Mr Hoey said he may have driven through the red light district again during his shift but he did not see Miss Clennell again. 12:43 He said after waiting for three to four minutes he drove off. 12:42 He pulled over 15ft in front of Miss Clennell as a customer in his taxi wanted to wait to meet someone. 12:38 Between 12.30am and 12.45am on Sunday December 10, he saw Miss Clennell on Burlington Road. 12:34 He said Miss Clennell was a regular customer in his taxi. 12:33 Another taxi driver, Timothy Hoey, was called as the next witness. 12:32 He said after seeing Miss Clennell on the kerb, he drove through the red light district "two or three times" again and did not see her. 12:28 He said "there is no doubt" it was the girl he saw standing on the kerb the previous Saturday. 12:27 The following Monday or Tuesday he saw a picture of Paula Clennell in newspapers. 12:25 He said he had seen her four or five times during the previous two months and it appeared to him that she was a working girl. 12:24 He described her as being 5ft 2in tall with blonde hair in her early 20's. He said he had seen her before in that area. 12:22 It was between 11pm and 11.30pm and he saw a lone person standing on a kerb. 12:21 The jury heard that after taking somebody to Sandpiper Road he headed back towards the town centre via Handford Road. 12:20 He said that he started his shift at 10.30pm on Saturday December 9, 2006.

12:19 Taxi driver Andrew Cook took to the stand as the next witness. 12:14 Jurors were told Miss F found it strange that Mr Stephens "hung around" the red light district. 12:14 She said Mr Stephens talked about Tania Nicol, and said they had had sex in his bed. 12:13 Miss F said she spoke to Mr Stephens after he had been stopped by police on December 16. She said he was "concerned about the way he had been treated" and said the police were "stupid" because they did not know he had moved home. 12:11 The statement claimed Mr Stephens would take them to buy drugs.

12:11 Timothy Langdale QC read extracts from Miss F's police statement, given on December 19, which referred to Tom Stephens driving all five killings victims around. 12:07 Miss F was asked about Tom Stephens. She said she knew him, but did not like him. She described him as cocky and arrogant. 12:04 She said she had not recognised the driver of the second car, which was around 30ft away from her when it passed by. 12:04 Miss F said another smaller car also passed her, possibly a Ford Fiesta. 12:03 She said he looked like an old punter called Steve - although she said it was not the defendant. He was aged between 40 and 50 and had thinning grey hair. 12:02 She said two cars passed her during the 15-minute walk. One was a dark-coloured saloon driven by a man she recognised. 11:55 During her 15-minute walk around the block, she had failed to find a client, but upon returning to London Road, she discovered Paula was no longer there. 11:52 Fighting back tears, Miss F told how she never saw Paula again. 11:52 After reaching London Road, Miss F said she agreed to walk along Portman Road, Handford Road and back to London Road. If Paula or she had not met a client, they planned to return to the address in Bramford Road. 11:50 Miss F joined Paula, walking towards London Road. She said Paula had no injuries "none whatsoever", other than marks where she had injected drugs. 11:48 Miss Clennell got upset and told Miss F "I'll show him" before leaving the house to work on the streets as a prostitute. 11:47 They returned to the Bramford Road house to take the drugs. But Miss F said a "problem arose" when the house's occupant refused to provide more money for drugs. 11:45 Miss F and Miss Clennell went to score more drugs with money given to them by the occupant of the Bramford Road house. 11:24 Miss F said both her and Miss Clennell had sex with the male occupier of the property at different times. 11:21 They returned to the house and spent the Saturday afternoon taking drugs together. 11:20 Miss F woke Miss Clennell up and they went to buy more drugs. 11:19 When she arrived at the house on Bramford Road, Ipswich, she was told by the male friend that "Paula will wake up in a state" because she was withdrawing. 11:17 Miss F said she woke the following day and needed some heroin so she went to a friend's house where she knew Miss Clennell had stayed the previous night.

11:15 Miss F said Miss Clennell was on a mountain bike. She added: "I remember she had a good few quid." 11:13 Paula Clennell was also there and bought crack cocaine and heroin. 11:12 On Friday December 8 2006, Miss F said she went to the Nacton estate in Ipswich to score drugs and saw Paula Clennell. 11:10 Miss F said at the time of December 2006 she worked as a sex worker to finance her addiction to hard drugs. 11:08 She admits that she knew Paula Clennell "very well".

10:55 Her name is Miss F. 10:54 The first witness of the day is called. Live coverage from January 28, 2008

16:11 Proceedings finish for today and will continue at 10.45am tomorrow. 16:00 He reiterated that in his opinion the car seen in the CCTV imagery was a mark III Ford Mondeo because unlike the other five vehicles it was an "exact match". 15:59 However the position of the tax disc and the air fresher provided a link between the image and the car he was asked to compare it with, he said. 15:57 He said the CCTV footage of December 3 just showed the front of a car and that from this it was difficult to ID. 15:54 However he added that the Mark III Mondeo remained a better candidate than all the other vehicles. 15:53 Mr Wooler told the court that the image conversion used for the CCTV had distorted some of the finer details. 15:51 The defence starts its cross examination of Mr Wooler. 15:48 For the reconstruction a police officer was asked to drive "at speed" through the road to recreate the blurred effect seen on film. 15:44 He said there was a "very, very good" likelihood that the car shown was a Mark III Ford Mondeo. 15:43 Mr Wooler said the size and shape of the vehicle was consistent with a Ford Mondeo. 15:39 He said the object hanging from the rear view mirror was a tree-shaped air freshener.

15:38 He said the car shown in the footage had two unique features - something appearing to hang from the rear view mirror and a tax disc that was higher up the front window than in other vehicles. 15:35 Mr Wooler said it was more difficult to identify cars from the front because the strength of head-lights blurred the view. 15:33 The jury was shown CCTV footage taken outside Ipswich Town FC's ground, looking down Portman Road towards Princes Street. 15:30 Mr Wooler said the image shown to the jury was a high-quality one. 15:17 The defendant's mark III Mondeo was an exact match, he said. 15:17 He said the photographs from the reconstruction were then overlayed onto the images from the CCTV footage. 15:16 "My assessment of this was that it was a mark III Mondeo - I didn't consider there was anything else from working with these images," Mr Wooler told the court. 15:14 He said this vehicle was the defendant's own car. 15:14 However this time instead of doing it with all six cars he said he used just one - a mark III Ford Mondeo. 15:14 He said he carried out a similar reconstruction as before - taking photographs of a vehicle in the same position as seen on the CCTV footage. 15:12 He said it included images of a car that appeared to be driving around in a circuit. 15:12 He said he also viewed CCTV footage taken on October 30 at the junction of Portman Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way. 15:11 "In my opinion its highly likely that the suspect vehicle here is a mark III Ford Mondeo. From the work we've done we can't find another vehicle which matches the suspect vehicle as well," Mr Wooler added. 15:09 "In order to say categorically that the vehicle present on CCTV is a particular make and model its is necessary to find a feature which is unique. I don't believe there's a feature that 100% unique but that would be the only caviat that I would apply," he said.

15:07 He told the court that in his opinion the car seen on CCTV in Handford Road on the night of October 30 was a dark coloured mark III Ford Mondeo. 15:06 He said there was also differences with the Nissan Primera that led him to believe it was not the car in the CCTV footage.

15:05 He said the vehicle had a different shaped wing mirror and that in his opinion the mark III Mondeo was a better fit. 15:04 Mr Wooler said although very close the Volvo S60 was not the car in the CCTV footage. 15:00 He said the Saab was not a match to the vehicle in the CCTV footage. 14:59 He said the Saab's tail-lights were narrower than on the suspect's vehicle. 14:58 He said the position of the number plates on the Saab and the mark III Ford Mondeo was similar. 14:57 He said that the Saab appeared less similar to the car in the footage when it was viewed in daylight. 14:53 He said the vehicle seen in CCTV footage was unusual. 14:51 Mr Wooler said he compared the shortlisted vehicles in terms of size and body shape. 14:49 He said the mark III Ford Mondeo hatchback was similar in size and appearance to that seen in the footage. 14:38 He told the court that in order to eliminate other models he carried out a reconstruction using all six makes of car. 14:37 Mr Wooler said of the six the mark III Ford Mondeo hatchback seemed to be the most liekly make of car seen in the CCTV footage. 14:35 These included: a mark III Ford Mondeo hatchback, a mark I Ford Mondeo hatchback, a 1996-1999 Nissan Primera, a Saab 93 hatchback, a Volvo S60 and a Mitsibushi Gallant hatchback. 14:34 He told the court that after examining the details of the car he was able to come up with a shortlist of six possible vehicles it could be. 14:33 He said the footage he looked at featured a dark, medium sized hatchback. 14:31 The first was taken by a camera on Bibb Way, looking out onto Handford Road, at around 11pm on October 30. 14:31 He said he was asked to look at a range of CCTV footage in relation to this case. 14:30 He told the court that he is a vehicle identification expert from the Transport Research Foundation - a non-profit organisation that provides impartial advice to the transport sector. 14:29 The prosecution calls its next witness, Andrew Wooler. 14:09 The trial resumes after lunch.

13:06 The court has stopped for lunch, after which it is expected the CCTV evidence will continue. 13:06 He told the court he would see the defendant cleaning his blue Mondeo inside and out "most weekends". 13:05 When asked by the defence he said this was a different noise to that of the washing machine. 13:04 He also said that on other occassions there would be "a lot of thumping about" around midnight or 1am. 13:04 He said that he would hear the defendant's washing machine on after midnight "two or three" times a week. 13:03 He told the court that the defendant's bathroom was wall to wall with his bedroom. 13:02 He said he saw them mostly at weekends "just to say hello to". 13:01 He said in late September 2006 he became aware of some new people living in the neighouring flat.

13:00 Mr Welton told the jury he lived in the same building as the defendant, in the flat opposite. 13:00 The prosecution calls its next witness, David Welton. 12:59 However he said it was a "dud" and that it did not contain video tape. 12:59 Mr Delatorre said there was a CCTV camera attached to the side of the defendant's property. 12:58 On one occassion Pamela Wright asked for a tool to help dismantle a bed, he said. 12:57 He said the defendant would clean his car once a week. 12:56 He said Wright would appear to clean both inside and outside of his car. 12:56 He said he would see Pamela Wright hanging out the washing at the back of the property and the defendant, Steve Wright, cleaning his blue Mondeo car out the front. 12:54 Mr Delatorre said he was working in London Road regularly at the end of 2006. 12:54 He said the defendant was living in the front flat. 12:53 He said the property is split into two seperate flats, with one at the front and another at the back.

12:53 He said he had carried out work at the defendant's flat in London Road. 12:52 He tells the court he is a handyman who was employed by the landlord of properties in London Road to carry out repairs and maintenance. 12:51 The prosecution calls its next witness, Ramon Delatorre. 12:35 Ms Wright worked similar night shifts on November 14, December 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. 12:33 The court was told she was working a night shift, between midnight and 9am on October 31. 12:32 She worked at Ansaback at Ransomes Industrial Estate, joining the call centre firm in August 2004. 12:31 Evidence relating to the shift patterns of Pamela Wright also emerged. 12:30 Jurors heard how Wright first registered with Gateway Recruitment in 2001. The agency was based in Levington at that time, but in 2003 moved to Nacton. Wright would visit the premises twice a year. 12:29 The court heard how he also worked shifts at Felixstowe Docks, loading and unloading. He was paid cash in hand. 12:28 Wright started work at Cerro on the Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate from November 30. He was employed there until his arrest, on December 19. 12:08 Other shifts were 1pm until 9pm and 1.45pm until 9.45pm. 12:07 During that time he would work the early shift from 8am until 4pm. 12:07 The court heard that the defendant worked on shifts as a forklift truck from August 23, 2006. 12:06 The first was at Cellotex at Lady Lane Industrial Estate, Hadleigh. 12:06 During the time employed by Staffbank the defendant worked at two different sites, Mr Fisher said. 12:05 In September 2006, a month after joining the books of Staffbank, the defendant informed the company he had moved to an address in London Road Ipswich. 12:04 He tells the jury that the defendant also worked as a pub manager between 1989 and 1996. 12:03 Mr Fisher said according to his records the defendant was at Gateway from February 2001 until the time he joined Staffbank.

12:02 Mr Wright tells the court that this was not far from where the body of Anneli Alderton was discovered.

12:02 Mr Fisher told the court that before joining Staffbank the defendant belonged to another agency called Gateway Recruitment, based in Nacton. 12:01 He said the defendant was employed by Staffbank but that he would be contracted out to work for other companies. 11:59 He confirmed the company employed Steve Wright from August 2006. 11:59 Mr Fisher tells the court he is an office manager for Staffbank - a recruitment agency based in Buttermarket, Ipswich. 11:58 Mr Wright calls Ian Fisher to the witness stand. 11:58 However now he would like to turn their attention to the defendant's work records. 11:57 Prosecuting counsel Peter Wright QC tells the jury they will return to evidence regarding CCTV images at a later date. 11:51 But Mr Adamberry said officers viewing CCTV images worked in offices at British Telecom, away from the police incident room. 11:51 Timothy Langdale, defending, asked Mr Adamberry if, when he examined the image believed to feature Tania Nicol and a car similar to Wright's Mondeo, he was aware of the defendant and his vehicle. Mr Adamberry accepted he was. 11:49 He also viewed images of Annette Nicholls in Ipswich town centre on December 8. 11:48 Mr Adamberry also examined CCTV footage which appeared to show Gemma Adams in West End Road. 11:43 He told the court that it is his belief that Anneli caught the train to Ipswich. 11:43 However he said once the train left he did not see her again. 11:42 He said he viewed CCTV and saw her waiting at the platform. 11:42 Mr Adamberry told the court that a train was due at that platform at that time. 11:42 The girl believed to be Anneli is seen walking down stairs and through an underpass that leads to the Ipswich bound platform. 11:40 She is wearing jeans, a jacket, has a small shoulder bag and has her hair tied up in a ponytail.

11:39 The jury is then shown footage of the girl believed to be Anneli at Manningtree railway station. 11:39 Mr Adamberry told the court that based on descriptions he believed the girl to be Anneli Alderton. 11:38 The first footage shows her on the train and she appears to be checking her reflection in the window of the carriage before getting off. 11:37 The jury is then shown CCTV images of Anneli Alderton on a train from Harwich to Manningtree taken on December 3. 11:35 Mr Adamberry tells the court that based on a description of her clothing he belives the girl to be Tania. 11:34 It is of a young woman who appears to match the description on 19-year-old Tania Nicol. 11:34 The jury is shown a clip from footage taken on October 30 at the British Telecom facility in Bibb Way, Ipswich. 11:33 This footage came from cameras owned by the borough council or private companies, he told the court. 11:32 He tells the court that he was part of a team of officers that was asked to look at CCTV footage from Ipswich town centre. 11:14 The court hears evidence from Pc Craig Adamberry. 11:12 The trial resumes. Live coverage from January 29, 2008

15:35 The case has adjourned. The trial continues tomorrow at 10.30am. The jury has been told it will hear evidence all day from pathologist Dr Nat Carey.

15:31 Following his arrest, a detailed search was made of his home. Police seized a Ford Mondeo, two pairs of work gloves, a jacket, a reflective jacket, a blue sofa and a pair of tracksuit bottoms. 15:30 Between December 19 and 21, Wright was questionned for eight hours and ten minutes. He answered no comment to all questions asked of him. 15:29 He was taken to Stowmarket police station, arriving at 5.21am. During the journey Wright was sweating and often had his eyes closed. 15:28 At that point, the court heard, Wright became unsteady on his feet and said "let me sit down or I will fall down".

15:27 Wright was cautioned, but gave no reply. 15:26 Detective constable Butcher arrested Wright on suspicion of murdering five women between October 30 and December 12. 15:25 The door was answered by the defendant who was wearing a white polo shirt and a pair of blue tracksuit bottoms. The television was on but not displaying a picture. 15:24 Officers attended 79 London Road at 4.45am. As they approached they noticed that the light was on in the ground floor room. 15:23 Jurors were told about the day of Wright's arrest - December 19. 15:13 He told the court officers graded the CCTV footage as low, medium or high actions. High corresponded to images relating to the suspect, low or medium the victims. 15:11 Sgt Hobson said officers viewed CCTV footage from December 2006 until late July 2007. 15:10 Sgt Hobson tells the court CCTV footage from 841 locations was assembled. He said over a five month period, about 10,000 hours worth of footage was viewed. 15:09 The prosecution calls Sgt Simon Hobson. He tells the court a team of eight police officers and police staff were required to view CCTV footage seized as part of the investigation. 15:02 On November 17, 2006, Miss Clennell gave a second statement to police. In it, she confirmed the woman she had seen get into the car was Tania Nicol, and she was asked to look at a copy of Auto Trader to try to determine which car she had seen that night. 15:00 It was the last time Ms Clennell saw Miss Nicol. 14:59 She said the driver was white, with short dark hair. He was of average build and in his 40s. He had no beard and was not wearing glasses. 14:58 Ms Clennell said she last saw Miss Nicol between 12.30am and 1am on October 31. She said Miss Nicol was collected in a silver car, an Audi or perhaps a Mercedes. 14:56 Ms Clennell's statement described how she did not believe Miss Nicol had caught the bus into Ipswich on the night she vanished. It read: "This is not true - Tom would always collect her." 14:55 She said Tania would pay Tom £5 for petrol. 14:54 The statement made reference to a man called Tom, who she said would collect Miss Nicol from home in his blue car and take her to work. 14:53 She said Miss Nicol was "not the person to build up a drugs debt".

14:52 Ms Clennell said she knew Miss Nicol had worked for a year and used the money she earned to pay for crack and heroin. 14:51 She said Tania, whom she got to know through being a sex worker, worked every night. Sometimes, the pair would share a cigarette and a chat. 14:50 Ms Clennell said her "beat" was in the Handford Road area, while Miss Nicol's was in the Burlington Road area.

14:48 The statement was given in relation to the investigation following the disappearance of Tania Nicol. 14:48 The court was read a statement given on November 13, 2006 by Paula Clennell, one of the five sex workers killed. 14:42 Simon Spence, junior counsel for the prosecution, read further admissions to the court concerning the mobile phone records of Tania Nicol and Gemma Adams. He said no incoming calls were received by Miss Nicol after 11.42pm on October 30, 2006. These were diverted to voice mail, he said. 14:40 He said there was no record indicating Wright had asked for time off during his employment with the company. 14:39 Mr Dunn said Wright would wear company issued blue overalls with a company logo. 14:18 In his statement, Mr Dunn confirmed Wright did not have access to any work vehicles other than a forklift truck. He said he was not aware how Wright arrived or left work each day. 14:36 The court heard Steve Wright was supplied to the company by an employment agency called Staff Bank. 14:35 The court also heard a further statement by Kevin Dunn, a director at Cerro, based in Hadleigh Road, Ipswich. He confirmed the company employed Steve Wright as a forklift truck driver starting on November 30 2006. 14:33 In the statement, Mr Goddard said he was aware a man called Steve Wright had been arrested and had worked for the company as a temporary forklift truck driver. 14:32 Mr Goddard said he provided police officers with the temporary agency workers log book on December 21, 2006. 14:31 Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, reads a statement made by Mark Goddard, a director of Cellotex Ltd, based in Lady Lane Industrial Park, Hadleigh. 14:29 The trial has resumed. 13:10 The court has adjourned until 2pm.

13:09 Mr Spence said the officer identified a car believed to be a Ford Mondeo driving along Sir Alf Ramsey Way three times between 10.58pm and 11.05pm. 13:08 Mr Spence said on December 23, 2006, a police officer viewed CCTV footage taken from Ipswich Town Football Club cameras on October 30, 2006. 13:07 The court heard the couple signed a six-month contract and put down a deposit of £250. They moved in on October 1, 2006. 13:06 Mr Spence said a short interview commenced where Mr Beam found the defendant to be "quiet but pleasant". 13:05 The court heard a series of written admissions. Simon Spence, junior counsel for the prosecution, told the court Pamela Wright, Wright's partner, contacted Kenneth Beam late September 2006 with a view to renting 79 London Road. 13:02 The statement said "it is my opinion that it is quite possible that a body placed in the river at Burstall Bridge could well have travelled the full distance" to Copdock Mill. 13:00 In his statement Mr Ramsbottom said it was his opinion the body of Tania Nicol, found by the divers at Copdock Mill downstream from Burstall Bridge, could have been put into the brook from that bridge. 12:56 The court heard the dive teams split into two, with one group of officers beginning at the bridge and another group moving further downstream. 12:55 The divers were asked to search the brook in the direction of Copdock. Mr Ramsbottom's statement said that at Burstall Bridge the brook was relatively narrow, approximately 8ft wide.

12:53 Suffolk police had asked the diving unit to carry out a 'wade' search of Belstead Brook from a bridge which Mr Ramsbottom said he believed to be named Burstall Bridge. 12:52 The statement, read by Peter Wright QC, said Mr Ramsbottom had been a trained police diver for 16 years. It said that at 11.10am on the morning of Friday, December 8 2006, the diving unit had been deployed at the request of Suffolk police. 12:50 The prosecution reads a statement to the court from Andrew Ramsbottom, a police diver with Norfolk Constabulary. 12:35 A statement from Raymond Jarman, a station clerk at Ipswich police station, was also read to the court. It said that Wright had presented with his driving licence, insurance certificate and MoT test certificate at 12.50pm on December 2 2006, the day after he had been stopped in the red light district. 12:31 At the time Wright had been wearing a lumberjack style thick shirt with blue denim jeans. Pc Wood said Wright had a "casual, slightly scruffy" appearance.

12:30 Pc Wood told the court that he had warned Wright that "there was a red light area of Ipswich and if he was to be seen again by myself in the evening, I may report him for kerb crawling." 12:28 Pc Wood said: "I gave him advice on the red light area, telling him that it was the red light area and the reasons why I stopped him." He added that Wright had indicated he didn't know it was the red light area. 12:27 Wright gave his name, date of birth and address as 79 London Road to the officers. Pc Wood said: "He said he couldn't sleep and was going for a drive." 12:26 The officers followed Wright's car through the red light area before stopping it in Civic Drive. Pc Wood got out of his vehicle and Wright got out of his. 12:25 Pc Wood told the court: "I was in the red light area of Ipswich. The vehicle was driving slowly. (There was) a single male occupant. That was a trigger for myself to follow it and see what the male was doing in that area." 12:23 The court was told it was about 12.50am on December 1 when the officers spotted a vehicle which caught their attention. 12:22 Pc Wood and his colleague Pc Newman had been carrying out patrols of the red-light district on the night of November 30 into December 1 2006. 12:20 The prosecution calls Pc Justin Wood, an officer based at Ipswich police station. 12:19 Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, asked Pc Newman to describe what Wright was wearing. She said he was wearing a blue and red lumberjack coat. 12:17 Pc Newman said: "In response, he stated he wasn't aware it was the red light area and had not lived in the area long." 12:16 Pc Newman told the court her colleague advised Wright the area was he was in was a red light area. 12:13 Miss Newman told the court she carried out a vehicle check over the radio which established the motorist was Steve Wright. 12:12 The court that given the manner of the motorist's driving, the officers decided to pull over the car, a dark blue Ford Mondeo, in Civic Drive, Ipswich. 12:10 The court heard Miss Newman and her colleague, Pc Wood, were in an unmarked police van when they noticed a vehicle moving slowly along London Road at 12.50am. 12:08 The court also heard evidence from Pc Alisa Newman. The officer was carrying out patrols in Ipswich town centre on Friday, December 1. 12:07 Wright was asked whether he had any information about prostitution activities in the area but replied "no", the court heard.

12:07 The court heard Wright was asked whether he had seen anything unusual in the area since her disappearance, he replied "no".

12:05 She told the court Wright was accompanied by his "co-habitee" in the vehicle. The court heard Wright was asked whether he knew Tania Nicol, to which Wright replied "no". 12:04 Ms Rumbellow told the court that as part of the anniversary checks, motorists were stopped and a short questionnaire filled in. 12:03 The court heard evidence from Pc Kerry Rumbellow. She told the jury she stopped Wright's dark blue car during anniversary checks into Tania Nicol's disappearance on Monday, November 2. 11:58 The court heard that Wright's Mark III Ford Mondeo was often seen parked outside the front of his flat. Mr Lawrence said: "There was very often a car parked on the hard standing outside the front of the house. It was a blue Mondeo." 11:56 Mr Lawrence told the court that he was unaware that Steve Wright lived at number 79 with his partner. He said: "As far as I knew there was only one person there. I only ever saw one person." He said that person was a male. 11:55 Peter Wright QC asks Mr Lawrence if he remembered the previous tenants of the property and the witness replied that he did. He said that when they moved out in September 2006 he believed the new tenants moved in soon after. 11:53 Mr Lawrence said the access road between the properties leads to a car park at the rear. 11:53 The prosecution calls Gordon Lawrence, a London Road resident whose property was separated from Wright's by an access road leading to the rear of number 79 and neighbouring houses. 11:51 When asked by Peter Wright QC whether he ever saw the man again, Mr Smith said he had seen him at a later date once again cleaning his car. "I just came back to my car and I heard the hoovering again but I never took any notice of it," he said. 11:48 Mr Smith said he recalled thinking that it was early in the morning on a weekend to be hoovering a car. 11:47 Mr Smith, who was employed as a gardener in 2006, said he saw the "bloke" who lived at number 79 cleaning his car at 7.30am one morning. He said: "The bloke that owned the Mondeo was washing it down." 11:44 Mr Smith tells the court he has lived in the London Road area for some time. He recalls seeing a man outside 79 London Road cleaning his car on two occasions. 11:43 The prosecution calls Alfred Smith to give evidence.

11:37 Cross-examining Mr Boote, Timothy Langdale QC, defending, asked him whether this was the only occasion he had seen him cleaning the car. Mr Boote replied: "It was the only time I paid specific attention to it. I saw him on a few other occasions, nothing specific, just a glance out of the window." 11:35 Mr Wright asks Mr Boote whether he had any direct dealings with the man who lived at 79 London Road. He replies: "no". 11:34 Mr Boote tells the jury the man was about 5ft 11in, aged in his mid-50s, of average build, with grey hair. 11:33 Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, asks Mr Boote to describe the man he saw cleaning his car outside 79 London Road. 11:32 The prosecution call Daniel Boote to give evidence. Mr Boote, a resident of London Road, tells the jury he saw Wright clean his car on one occasion in October and November 2006. 11:30 The trial of Steve Wright resumes. Live coverage from January 30, 2008

16:31 The court adjourns until tomorrow. 16:31 Dr Cary said her injuries were consistent with Ms Clennell being killed by compression of the neck.

16:30 A scratch on her shoulder could have caused bleeding, the court was told. 16:29 They were also found over her nose and on the side of her neck. 16:29 There were a cluster of irregular marks on her jaw and chin. 16:28 There were a series of bruises which formed a pattern on Ms Clennell's lower neck. 16:27 The body had been found face down. 16:27 The court was told Paula Clennell weighed 47 kilos and was 5ft 5.5ins. 16:23 He found blood spots on the left side of the nose and cheek region and a small area of blood on the front of her left breast. 16:22 Dr Cary said it was a well-preserved body, consistent with death soon after the last sighting. 16:20 He said there was no drag marks on the body and he believed it was dumped in this position soon after death.

16:19 Dr Cary said the position of the body indicated that this was "haphazard", unlike the previous two bodies which had been posed. 16:18 She was last seen on December 10. 16:17 The jury was told that Dr Cary examined Paula Clennell's body on the morning of December 13, 2006, at Levington where it was found the day before. 15:56 The court adjourns for five minutes. 15:56 Ms Nicholls was intoxicated on morphine at the time of her death. Also found was methadone and cocaine. However, Dr Cary said she died with drugs in the body but not because of drugs. 15:54 He said the neck compression was associated with "minimum trauma". 15:53 Both lungs were hyper-inflated, which raised the suggestion of compression of the neck, Dr Cary said. 15:52 A scratch on her right breast was also disovered, as were two scratches on her spine. There was also a scratch on her lower back, which appeared fresh. 15:51 A scratch was found on her cheek which could have shed blood, Dr Cary said. He added it could have been caused by moving the body through vegitation. 15:49 The court was told Annette Nicholls weighed 50 kilos and was 5ft 2ins. 15:38 Dr Cary said he found mud on the top of both feet. He said this could be through the body being partially supported with the feet dragging along the ground. 15:36 He said she could have died within an hour or up to a day after she was last seen alive. 15:35 Dr Cary said: "It is likely that she died not long before ending up in that position." 15:34 He said there was no evidence of drag marks on the surface of her body. 15:34 He said her hair was posed straight up from her head. "Not a position that you would expect at all if the body is dumped on the ground," said Dr Cary. 15:32 The jury heard that Dr Cary attended the scene near Levington where Miss Nicholls' body was found on December 12. 15:19 Next, the court heard pathological evidence relating to the death of Annette Nicholls. 15:18 Sometimes addicts mixed cocaine and heroin - known as speedballing, the court was told. 15:17 Crack cocaine was the purer form of the drug, the court heard. 15:17 Its effect was rapid.

15:16 The court was told of the effects of cocaine. Dr Cary said it was snorted or smoked. 15:15 Dr Cary told the court this was not a "classic case" of manual strangulation. There had been a subtle application of pressure or force, he said. 15:13 The court heard that Anneli Alderton was also under the influence of cocaine at the time of her death.

15:11 He said this was either through compression of the mouth or compression of the neck or a combination of the two. 15:10 Dr Cary said: "I conclude that the cause of death was asphyxia due to interference with the normal mechanics of breathing." 15:06 He also said there was bleeding to the side of the voice box which was consistent with compression or impact to that region. 15:05 He said there was a small amount of bruising in a neck muscle. 15:04 During the post-mortem, Dr Cary found that Miss Alderton was in the first three months of pregnancy. 15:02 The jury heard there was also purple bruising at the opening of her vagina which was consistent with trauma during the period leading up to her death. 15:01 He said this was associated with a struggle to breathe. 15:00 Dr Cary told the court that Miss Alderton's lungs were hyper-inflated and had air bubbles on their surfaces. 14:49 He said the brain's opiate receptors would be influenced by the drug. Taking heroin could cause sleepiness, semi-consciousness or even unconsciousness, depending on the dose. 14:47 Heroin also has sedative effects, Dr Cary told the court. 14:46 He said it was commonly abused by being injected or smoked. Once ingested, it would become morphine and induce feelings of euphoria and well being. 14:44 The jury passes a question to the judge, asking Dr Cary about the effects of heroin. 14:26 The jury hears more evidence from pathologist Dr Cary about Anneli Alderton. 14:26 The trial resumes. 14:26 The trial resumes. 13:34 The case was adjourned for lunch.

13:34 He said they did not. 13:33 Dr Cary was asked by Peter Wright QC whether the external injuries indicated drag or snag marks. 13:32 There was also two grazes on the right upper shin. 13:31 There was brusing to the front of the left upper shin as well as scratches. 13:30 Dr Cary confirmed there was a graze under the surface of the chin, purple brusing on the left arm and purple brusing on the left elbow region. 13:28 Dr Cary said he did not think the brusing to the neck was a result of any consented activity. 13:27 There was also blotchy/red discolouration to the middle of the neck. 13:26 There was also an area of pinkish/red bruising on the upper left area of Miss Alderton's neck 13:24 The lip injury could have been caused by direct pressure or a blow, said Dr Cary. 13:23 This included injury to the lining of both eyes and the left upper lip. 13:22 He confirmed that he found a number of marks of recent injury on her body. 13:21 He carried out a post-mortem on her body on December 11. 13:20 Dr Cary said the body was deposited within a few hours of death. 13:20 He said the dark brown colour could have occured from overhanging vegetation falling onto her body. 13:19 Dr Cary said that death occured soon after her disappearance. 13:12 The jury heard that Miss Alderton's body was a dark brown colour which Dr Cary said was an unusual finding. 13:09 When asked if the condition of the body suggested Miss Alderton had died soon after the last sighting of her on December 3, Dr Cary said: "It would be about right really for death having occured not long after the last time she was seen."

13:08 Dr Cary said: "A positive finding speaks for itself. If you find stranger DNA on a skin surface then that has to be explained." 13:07 Peter Wright QC asked if the inclement weather at the time could have impacted on the findings of the tests. Dr Cary said the only impact could have been to wash material from the body.

13:06 He said swabs were also taken to detect any traces of semen on the body. 13:05 He added: "This would be to try to cover the possibility of gripping of the inner upper arms and the ankle regions either in an assault or the manhandling of dumping a body." 13:04 "These were to look for a combination of signs of manhandling, signs of assault and, in particular, signs of sexual assault. So swabs were taken on the skin of the face, the neck, the breasts, the inner upper arms, the wrists, the hands and the inner thighs and ankle regions," Dr Cary said. 13:02 The court heard a number of areas on the body were selected for swabs to be taken from. 13:01 He said: "One form of such evidence that may be very helpful in these circumstances is DNA evidence." He said the forensic strategy was devised to recovery any "stranger" DNA. 13:00 Dr Cary then described how a series of swabs were taken as part of a forensic strategy designed to "maximise the collection of evidence". 12:58 The body was completely naked. There were no signs of clothing having been removed by force while Miss Alderton was alive. 12:56 Dr Cary tells the court that he declared life formally extinct before examining the body where it had been positioned. Miss Alderton had been put on her back, with her arms outstretched. 12:54 Dr Cary confirms he attended the site at Nacton on December 11, 2006, the day after Miss Alderton's body was found in woodland. 12:43 Peter Wright QC then asks Dr Cary to turn his attention to the discovery of the body of Anneli Alderton and the subsequent post mortem he carried out on it. Miss Alderton's body was found at Nacton on December 3, 2006. 12:43 The court heard the presence of those opiates could have reduced indicators to the cause of death. Dr Cary added: "I think it's entirely possible that she died with opiates in the body. The presence of the opiates may well have allowed other methods of death to operate without leaving obvious signs of violence." 12:40 Toxicology tests showed that Miss Nicol was "significantly intoxicated" with morphine which had originated from heroin. 12:34 He said drowning was not supported as a cause of Miss Nicol's death but it could also not be excluded. 12:34 This could be as a result of drowning or asphyxia. 12:33 Dr Cary said there was bleeding apparent in her middle ears. 12:31 There was also an injury to the back of the knee. He confirmed that a possible explanation of this could be someone kneeling on the back of her knee.

12:30 There was also a needle puncture mark near the elbow. 12:29 He said there was bruising to the inner right upper arm of Tania Nicol's body. 12:28 He said this was probably inhaled while she was still alive. It can happen when a person becomes unconcious and also when asphyxia is involved. 12:26 Dr Cary said he found inhaled vomit in the respiratory system. 12:25 As with Gemma Adams' body the lungs were hyper-inflated. 12:24 He said: "The body must have entered the water within a few hours after the time of death but I am not excluding the view that entry into the water was the cause of death."

12:22 He said her body was decomposed from being in the water. "It was entirely consistent with having died around or soon after the period of last sighting," said Dr Cary. 12:20 The jury heard that she was last seen on October 30 and the early hours of October 31, 2006. 12:19 This was the day after her body was recovered from Copdock Mill. 12:19 The jury heard that Dr Cary carried out the post-mortem on Tania Nicol's body on December 9 at Ipswich Hospital. 12:17 He said it was but in each of these cases it is not "in any shape or form death simply from drug overdose". 12:16 Dr Cary was asked the question whether it was possible to die as a consequence of the use of drugs found in the dead girls' bodies. 12:14 He said: "This is a negative autopsy. There was a lack of anything obvious that caused her death and I had to conclude that the cause of death was unascertained." 12:12 Peter Wright QC asked Dr Cary what the cause of Gemma Adams' death was. 12:11 He said: "She would be intoxicated to a degree. To what degree and whether or not this intoxication contributed to her death, it is not possible to say with any certainty." 12:09 Dr Cary was asked by Peter Wright QC what can he conclude from the presence of the drugs in her body. 12:07 He said there was also evidence of methadone. 12:05 He said: "It is likely that she was intoxicated with Morphine, in other words, under the influence of Morphine and in these circumstances the Morphine appeared to be derived from Heroin."

12:03 Dr Cary said samples were taken from Miss Adams' body for toxicology tests. 11:59 The lack of any evidence of drowning led Dr Cary to suggest it was more likely Miss Adams was dead before she entered the water of Belstead Brook. "It makes it more likely that she was already dead because we can't prove drowning...but I would still leave it open as a possibility," he said. 11:56 When asked by Mr Wright if those possibilities included asphyxia, Dr Cary said it could include compression of the neck and smothering or a combination of both. 11:53 Dr Cary told the court Miss Adams' lungs were found to be hyper-inflated and he said there were a "broad range of possibilities for that". 11:53 Dr Cary added: "The absence of that evidence doesn't exclude the possibility of drowning in this case but it obviously makes it less likely." 11:51 Samples were then taken from other organs in the body but no evidence of the tiny single cell organisms could be found. Dr Cary said: "It is correct there was no evidence from samples that we took to support evidence of drowning." 11:50 "If you are alive when that's going on because it's the drowning that's killing you not surprisingly what can happen is these tiny structures can jump across from the lining of the lungs into the blood stream of the lung," Dr Cary told the court. "Having moved into the blood in the lung that blood carrying a few of these tiny particles can then be pumped to other structures in the body." 11:47 He said the tiny structures are glass-like and therefore don't decompose. They may be breathed in during the course of drowning. 11:46 Dr Cary told the court that samples were taken to determine if microscopic single cell glass-like algae, which would have been expected to be present in stretches of water such as Belstead Brook, were present within Miss Adams' body. 11:45 He said he also could not exclude the crook of an arm being used to asphyxiate Miss Adams.

11:44 When asked about the possibility of someone having used a hand to cover the mouth and nose of Miss Adams, Dr Cary said he couldn't exclude the possibility of that having happened however there were no injuries to the lip or tongue to support that. 11:41 He added that the cartilage in the neck was not fractured but he said in younger people the cartilage of the voice box was quite pliable and it was possible to compress those structures but not fracture them. 11:37 Dr Cary said he did not identify any abrasions or bruising to the muscles of the neck. 11:32 He said this was as a result of decomposition.

11:32 Dr Cary said his tests showed "straining" on muscles of the neck which appeared to be blood diffusing out of the veins. 11:28 The jury heard that Miss Adams' lungs were hyper-inflated. 11:27 He said an internal examination found that the voice box was uninjured. 11:27 Dr Cary said there was no other obvious external signs of injury other than those to the bridge of the nose and eye area. 11:25 The jury heard there was also bleeding into the white of the left eye. 11:24 He said there was also discolouration around the orbits of the eye which is caused by veins "becoming apparent through the surface of the skin". 11:21 Dr Cary said there was a "reddish discolouration" which was 6cm x 6cm around the bridge of her nose. 11:19 She was 5ft 2in tall, 57kg and of slim build. 11:19 He confirmed that he carried out the post-mortem of Miss Adams' body. 11:18 Dr Cary said he believed that either the water was the cause of Miss Adams' death or she entered the water a few hours after death. 11:08 Mr Wright continued: "Was the condition of the body consistent with this young woman having died at about or approximate to the time of a sighting in the early hours of November 15?" Dr Cary responded: "Yes it was." 11:06 Mr Wright asked Dr Cary if he could estimate a time of death and the pathologist responded that it was difficult to do so from a port mortem alone and often other information, such as last sightings or last telephone calls, would act as useful information. 11:05 Dr Cary reponded by saying: "It would be entirely consistent with her having died soon after that last sighting." However he said he could not rule out that a few days could have elapsed after that last sighting to the time Miss Adams died. 11:03 Mr Wright asks Dr Cary what the condition of the body could say about when Miss Adams died. He said: "There is evidence to the effect the deceased was seen in the early hours of the 15th of December. How did the state of the body correspond with the time of death?" 11:01 Dr Cary confirms he examined the body of Miss Adams after it was found in Belstead Brook at Hintlesham. 11:00 Peter Wright QC, who heads the prosecution team, informs Dr Cary he plans to ask him about post mortems he carried out on the bodies of the five women. He says he will start with them in the order the bodies were discovered, beginning with Gemma Adams. 10:58 The court is told that Dr Cary is a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists.

10:57 The trial resumes with the prosecution calling Home Office accredited forensic pathologist Dr Nat Cary. Live coverage from January 31, 2008

16:48 The court adjourns until 10.30am tomorrow. 16:48 Dr Hau said the findings provided strong support for the view that Steve Wright was wearing the semen-stained gloves when he was in contact with Anneli Alderton and Annette Nicholls.

16:46 The court was told sweat could be a DNA-rich body fluid. 16:44 It indicates three people's DNA, with the others being Wright and a low level match, the court hears. 16:43 The jury hear that Anneli Alderton's DNA could be present on this glove, the left-hand glove. 16:42 The jury is shown a visual 3D representation of one of the gloves. The jury are told this is glove D. 16:40 Dr Hau confirms to the jury that inside glove A Annette Nicholls and the defendant's DNA could be present. 16:40 Peter Wright QC asks Dr Hau if a man called Tom Stephens can be excluded. He replies there is "no evidence that Tom Stephens' DNA was present". 16:38 The fourth indicated the presence of low level DNA from two or more people but in this instance they were unable to do a meaningful comparison. 16:37 He said the same was true for further analysis of the other results. The third indicated that Ms Nicol's and Wright's DNA could be present. 16:36 Two of these results indicated that Miss Alderton's and Wright's DNA could be present but Mr Hau said he was unable to do any further statistical analysis. 16:35 The gloves were also tested for non-semen material that was of cellular components. These were profiled and three of the four results indicated the presence of DNA from more than three people, the court heard. 16:18 Two pairs of gloves were recovered from the driver's side door pocket. Semen with Wright's profile was found on two of the gloves. On another, DNA which could have come from Wright and Sam Jefford, the boyfriend of Anneli Alderton, was found. 16:17 Two cigarette ends were also recovered from the car. These were tested and the DNA of the defendant's partner's son was discovered.

16:16 He said the blood had not come from the defendant's partner, Pam Wright. 16:16 Dr Hau told the court he discovered a low level partial match with Paula Clennell. The match probability was one in 56,000. 16:14 Jurors were told that seven tiny drops of blood were found on the rear seats of Wright's Ford Mondeo. 16:10 Peter Wright QC tells the witness he is now going to deal with a number of items seized from defendant. He tells the jury they will start with Wright's motor car. 16:07 Dr Hau tells the court that DNA can be protected "to an extent" inside the body. 16:06 The jurors hear no semen profiles were obtained from the bodies. Mr Hau explains a lack of DNA on the bodies was because they were found submerged in water. He tells the court in these circumstances he would not expect to find "foreign DNA" left on the bodies. 16:04 The prosecution move onto the profiles from Gemma Adams and Tania Nicol. 16:02 They move onto Paula Clennell's swabs. Peter Wright QC asks if someone engaging in sexual contact using a condom would leave DNA deposits? Mr Hau told the jury he would expect to find very little, if none at all inside the woman. 15:59 When questioned on the duration of contact he adds it would not be casual and in his opinion it would be "prolonged physical contact". He is asked by Peter Wright if this could apply to each of the three women they have spoken about and he answers "yes indeed". 15:57 Mr Hau said: "In my opinion, there must have been some form of close physical contact between Wright and Ms Nicholls." 15:56 He said because of this, again, the source of the DNA must have been from a body fluid rich in DNA and wet. 15:55 The prosecution move onto Annette Nicholl's body. Dr Hau tells the court the DNA matching Wright is "extensive from top to toe of the body". He tells the court we are seeing only the remnants of the DNA and this suggests there must have been "a lot more" that was taken away by the wind and rain. 15:43 Mr Hau said: "In my yopinion, there must have been some form of physical close contact between Wright and Ms Clennell." 15:42 Wright's profile was found on each swab. In four of those, the match probability was one in a billion. 15:41 Seven swabs were taken from the body of Paula Clennell. 15:33 The prosecution tell the jury they will now deal with the findings on the body of Paula Clennell. The court breaks for 10 minutes.

15:20 Some of the traces of DNA so closely matched Wright's that the probability of it not being his was one in a billion. 15:19 Swabs were taken from various parts of the body of Annette Nicholls. Full and partial profiles of Steve Wright were found at a number of points. 15:19 Mr Hau said any DNA found on the body of Miss Alderton would probably have come from a body fluid deposited while that fluid was still wet. 15:17 The DNA found on Miss Alderton, he said, was a very small amount because of the inclement weather. 15:16 Similarly, wind and rain can also remove DNA. 15:16 Mr Hau told the court how washing the surface of the skin can remove DNA. 15:12 They move onto internal anus swabs which show the presence of DNA matching Mr Jeffords and Miss Alderton. 15:09 The jury are shown more profiles of her with the colours blue and black on. The jurors are told the significance of the blue colours are that they show Wright has contributed a considerable amount of DNA. 15:05 The swabs for the external pubic region show traces for Mr Jeffers and Miss Alderton and another person at a lower level. 15:04 They move onto swabs taken from the thighs of Miss Alderton. The court is told a mixed profile was again found that could be traced to Miss Alderton, Wright and Mr Jeffers. 15:01 The court is told the presence of mixed DNA on Miss Alderton's right arm can be explained by herself and her boyfriend. 14:57 Peter Wright QC asks how easy is DNA transfered from one person to another at a low level? The witness replies it is a daily event. 14:49 Even the partial profiles on the women were not linked, Mr Hau said. 14:48 Mr Hau said there were no full profiles of any other person on any of the women other than Wright. 14:47 Peter Wright QC prosecuting asked Mr Hau if there was any scientific evidence of DNA linking Tom Stephens to any of the women. "No, none whatsoever" Mr Hau replied. 14:46 There was also no evidence to suggest a man called Tom Stephens contributed. "That's why I have labelled it as an unknown person," Mr Hau said. 14:46 DNA taken from Miss Alderton's right wrist was a mixture of traces from three or more people. Sam Jefford, Miss Alderton's boyfriend, and Miss Alderton herself could have contributed. There was nothing to suggest Wright had contributed, though.

14:44 Further low level DNA was found on Miss Alderton's left breast which, Mr Hau said, could have been contributed to by Wright. 14:43 The chances of this coming from someone other that Wright were one in a billion. 14:43 Mr Hau said a swab taken from Miss Alderton's right nipple had the full profile of the defendant, Steve Wright. 14:42 The court is told that swabs were taken from the body of Anneli Alderton in order to trace deposited DNA.

14:35 The jury hears this is DNA STR profiling. 14:34 He says his job involves extracting and multiplying particular regions which vary between individuals. 14:32 He confirms DNA samples can also be obtained from someone's hair. 14:31 DNA is replicated in the cells of our body, he tells the court. 14:30 He confirms to the court DNA is a "genetic blueprint" and that we each have our own. Dr Hau says it is inherited half from the mother and half from the father 14:28 He tells the court DNA of any individual is not the same and is contained in "cellular material". It is found in all bodily fluids, which include blood and semen. 14:25 He explains to the jury that DNA is a complex chemical found in cells that carries general information and determines the physical characteristics of a person 14:24 He explains he uses a technique called DNA STR profiling, which stands for short tandem repeat profiling 14:22 Peter Wright QC asks Mr Hau to explain to the jury the science behind DNA profiling 14:20 The prosecution call their next witness, Dr Peter Hau, to the stand. He explains he works in forensic science and his particular field of expertise is in DNA profiling 14:19 The court resumes 13:02 The court has adjourned for lunch and will resume at 2pm. 12:33 Dr Cary concludes his evidence and there is a short break in proceedings. 12:31 He adds that he did not find any needle marks at the back of the knee. 12:31 Referring to the bruise on the back of one of Tania Nicol's knees, Mr Wright asks Dr Cary if he has come across the practice of a drug user injecting into the back of the knee. Dr Cary says: "I have never come across it before, no."

12:28 He added that he had not encountered any such cases where the body had been dumped completely naked. 12:27 Dr Cary responds: "Usually the aim is to get the bodies out of the premises. The balance to that is being caught with the body somewhere." He said in those cases bodies are usually dumped "fairly close by". 12:26 Mr Wright turns to cases of overdose where bodies are later removed from where they have died. He asks: "In terms of the abandoning of boides, is it your experience that...they are removed and abandoned any particular distance from the site at which they died?" 12:24 Dr Cary said: "As a pure event it seems inherently unlikely given the changes to the neck and the circumstances in which the body was disposed of." 12:22 Mr Wright asks Dr Cary if, in his view, it was possible Paula Clennell had died from a drug overdose. 12:20 Peter Wright QC resumes questioning of Dr Cary. He asks if he found any injury to the genitalia of any of the women. Dr Cary said he did not. 12:19 Mr Langdale asked if blood-stained mucus found in Paula Clennell's mouth could have been from the process of decomposition. Dr Cary responded that it could have been. 12:15 Mr Langdale asks the witness if there was any clearing of brambles or vegetation from the site? Dr Cary says some brambles were cut from over the body to make it clearer for them to work from 12:14 The court is shown photographs detailing the deposition site of the body of Paula Clennell 12:13 "I cannot exclude it as a possibility. I think it is an unreasonable possibility," he tells the jury 12:12 He points to the fact that "a flurry of people" were found dead but is told to ignore this and concentrate on the question. He tells the court he cannot rule out the possibility

12:10 Mr Langdale asks if the findings of the witness would exclude the possibility that she died as the result of a drug episode? Dr Cary says he cannot rule this out from the findings but suggests it was not the case 12:07 Mr Langdale asks if the client might do it to the prostitute to get a kick? To which Dr Cary replies it is possible 12:05 Mr Langdale asks the witness if it would be "reasonably possible" for a prostitue and her client to engage in the grabbing of the neck? Dr Cary says it is rather an open ended question but says it is true that people might engage in sexual asphyxiation with their clients but it would be more usual that the prositute used their hands on the client

12:00 They turn to Paula Clennell 11:59 He asks Dr Cary if this could have been evidence of internal bleeding before the woman's death. He answers that it could be but was difficult to tell as the area breaks down after death 11:58 There was blood staining on one of these swabs and Mr Langdale tells the court the jury will hear about this from a further wintess later today 11:57 He took swabs from the vaginal area of the body, the jurors hear 11:56 The court is told Dr Cary took a number of swabs which he labelled himself 11:55 Mr Langdale now tells the witness he wants to turn to a different matter. That of Dr Cary's statement at the scene of examining Annette Nicholls body 11:52 The court is told a drug addict can get a nose bleed "quite easily" 11:49 Mr Langdale asks if a bruise to the back of one of Tania Nicol's knees could have been the result of a drug injection. Dr Cary said: "It would be incredibly unusual as an injection site." 11:47 Mr Langdale suggests that Dr Cary is "trespassing" outside the area of his expertise but Dr Cary responds: "It is within the realms of forensic pathology. We don't just carry out autopsies." 11:46 Dr Cary responds by saying: "It's very much a question of considering the cases (of Gemma Adams and Tania Nicol) together and also considering them in the context of the latter three cases." 11:45 Mr Langdale says that there's nothing on the evidence that Dr Cary, as a pathologist, can say shows that all the women weren't naked at the time of a drugs overdose. 11:44 He added: "These two cases do stand out, they are both naked and were dumped in water." 11:43 Instead he said that usually if someone died in a drugs den their body would be "very crudely" dumped in a place like the street. 11:42 Dr Cary agreed and said: "That's true, when people die in a drugs den for instance their body will be taken out of there. It would be unusual to be naked and, in my experience, it would be exceptional to be dumped in water." 11:41 Mr Langdale then asks a series of questions about the dumping of the bodies. He said: "If the death is from an overdose it's not infrequent in certain cases that people do seek to get rid of a body." 11:39 He also reiterates there was nothing in the post mortem results to suggest either woman died from a drug overdose.

11:37 Mr Langdale asks for confirmation that in both the cases of Gemma Adams and Tania Nicol that Dr Cary's findings suggest they were put into the water dead. Dr Cary answers "yes". 11:34 Mr Langdale asks if some of the bruising found on the bodies could have been the result of some kind of struggle or forceable abduction. Dr Cary agreed that was a possibility.

11:29 Timothy Langdale QC, who heads Steve Wright's defence team, begins his questioning of Dr Cary. 11:28 He added that those injuries could have occured during the course of a struggle. 11:27 Dr Cary said: "Really only two further possible significant injuries. The one in the region of the right collarbone and the one on the right shoulder." 11:26 Peter Wright QC asks Dr Cary whether there were any other injuries of significance other than those indicative of compression of the neck. 11:23 He tells the court "The findings in relation to the neck are in keeping with compression of the neck from a third party from...a hand or hands or from the use of a forearm or crook from an elbow" 11:21 He said there was also evidence of cocaine usage 11:21 He reiterates yesterday's comments about morphine from ingested Heroin being present 11:20 He tells the court their was no evidence of natural disease that could have contributed to her death 11:19 The evidence turns to the central nervous system and Dr Cary tells the court there were no injuries to the scalp and there was not a fracturing on the skull 11:18 When asked by the prosecution if there were any injuries found to the anus, rectum or genitalia Dr Cary replied "no" 11:16 Dr Cary said the circular bruising he observed on the neck was in keeping with pressure or some sort of struggle or a forceable blow 11:12 He told the court there was small bruising next to the main plate of the voice box measuring "0.7cm maximum" 11:08 He said he found "several areas of bruising just to the left of the mid-line of the neck in the little muscles that run up from the breast bone to the voicebox". 11:05 Dr Cary tells the court that he found bruising high on the ride side of the neck and lower down on the left side of the neck. He also found a small area of bruising just to the left of the mid-line of the neck.

11:02 When asked by Peter Wright QC to describe his findings from the examination of her body, Dr Cary says he found "a number of areas of bruising" on her neck. 11:00 Home Office accredited pathologist Dr Nat Cary resumes his evidence about the post mortem results for Paula Clennell. Live coverage from February 1, 2008

15:10 The trial was adjourned until 11am on Monday. 15:09 Dr Hau also confirmed that another semen-stain on the glove contained five components detected not in the DNA of Wright, Miss Nicholls and Miss Alderton. 15:06 He also confirmed a further four components which were not represented in the DNA profiles of Wright, Miss Nicholls and Miss Alderton. 15:04 Dr Hau found a semen-stain on one of the gloves which matched the DNA profiles of Wright, Annette Nicholls and Anneli Alderton. 14:58 Mr Langdale began asking Dr Hau about the DNA on gloves found in Wright's car and reflective jacket. 14:48 Mr Langdale added: "So you can't say what DNA traces were there in the Mondeo which were not from blood or semen." Dr Hau answered: "No." 14:46 Mr Langdale then asks if Wright's Ford Mondeo was tested for saliva as well as semen. Dr Hau said it was not tested for saliva. 14:46 Dr Hau responded by saying: "In my opinion the reason I have got the results I have got is (because) it came from the blood tested."

14:44 Mr Langdale says that is why Dr Hau said on January 15 that he could not say if the DNA profile came from the blood in the car or from other body fluids or cellular material. 14:42 Dr Hau responded: "I think the combination of seven is likely to have contributed to this result." However he agrees the DNA profile could have come from just one of the blood flecks, or two, three or all of them. 14:41 Mr Langdale told him: "For all you know that profile could have come from just one of the flecks." 14:40 Once that had been done, he told the court, he came to the conclusion that a low-level partial DNA profile matching one person, who he later deemed was Paula Clennell, was present. 14:39 The resulting liquid substance was tested five times in an attempt to get a result. The first test failed to produce any meaningful answers so Dr Hau concluded something was obstructing the DNA. He decided to dilute the substance further.

14:37 The seven flecks of blood were then combined and an extract was taken from that substance. 14:36 A test was then conducted to see if the material was actually blood and once that was positive further tests were carried out. 14:35 He says his assistant initially drew his attention to the fact there appeared to be something that might be blood on the tapings. 14:34 Dr Hau then gives a detailed description of how the blood flecks were tested, beginning with the inspection under a microscope of the tapings taken from the Mondeo. 14:29 Dr Hau said: "No". 14:29 Mr Langdale said: "This is not in accordance with normal practice is it?" 14:28 Dr Hau confirmed that he did not make a further statement following his change of opinion. 14:27 He said he mentioned it yesterday morning to Wright's counsel. 14:26 Mr Langdale asked him if he communicated this change of opinion with anybody else. 14:25 Dr Hau said he revisited his conclusion which changed his opinion. 14:23 Mr Langdale said: "Forgive me, but you are a scientist and we know that it is your responsibility to produce accurate and reliable reports having thought the matter through carefully and no doubt when you made your statement on January 15 you thought it through very carefully. What on earth made you add on the fact that you now say this result originated from the blood flecks? 14:20 Mr Hau changed his opinion earlier in the week, however, and now believes that the DNA profile came from the blood flecks found in the car. 14:18 The DNA found matched the DNA combination of Paula Clennell. 14:17 Mr Langdale says that Dr Hau said in a statement two weeks ago that normally cannot tell if DNA found is from the blood flecks or other bodily fluid. 14:12 Wright's defence barrister, Timothy Langdale QC, refers to seven tiny blood flecks found in Wright's car. 14:09 The trial resumes. 13:11 The trial will resume following a lunch break. 13:10 Dr Hau also confirmed the presence of low-level DNA on the body of Miss Nicholls from an unknown person. 13:08 He replied "yes".

13:07 Mr Langdale asked Dr Hau if there was a trace of somebody on the body of Miss Clennell which was not Wright's or her own. 12:55 Dr Hau accepted that when the unknown DNA was first deposited, there would have been more.

12:54 Mr Langdale asked Dr Hau if traces of DNA found on Anneli Alderton which were not identified could have come from the same person. Dr Hau admitted that although the profile was very weak, he could not rule out the possibility. 12:50 Dr Hau also confirmed that different individuals shed DNA more readily than others. An example is somebody who sweats a lot. 12:48 Dr Hau said: "It is possible, yes." 12:48 Mr Langdale went on to say: "It would be possible for somebody to have sex with a working girl, assuming that they were using a condom, without leaving a trace of DNA on that girl." 12:46 Mr Langdale said: "If that is true in respect of DNA of Mr Wright, it is also true of other DNA found on the bodies, particuarly with regard to some of these unknown profiles that cropped up." 12:44 Dr Hau agreed with this. 12:43 Mr Langdale said the DNA found on three of the girls' bodies was "likely to be less significant than already on body when depositied in situ". 12:39 Dr Hau confirmed that he was correct. 12:39 Mr Langdale said to Mr Hau that when he talks about semen-stained areas it does not mean that semen is there. 12:37 Timothy Langdale QC, Wright's defence barrister, begins to question Dr Hau. 12:35 The DNA of Pamela Wright and her son was not present in these tracksuit bottoms. Eight of a possible 22 DNA components are from Wright's profile. 12:33 Dr Hau also found no blood or semen on tracksuit bottoms found at the defendant's property. 12:32 There was no semen found on the two pairs of trousers recovered from Wright's address. 12:31 The trial resumes following a break. 12:07 Two pairs of trousers were also recovered from Wright's address.

12:06 A lumber-jack style coat was recovered from Wright's London Road home after his arrest. Dr Hau said there was a possible indication of semen staining on the right breast pocket but it could not be confirmed. 12:05 Dr Hau was asked whether DNA from a man called Tom Stephens was found on the jacket. "No," he replied. He also said no DNA profiles other than Wright, Ms Clennell and Ms Nicholls were discovered. 12:03 Each stain came from direct contact and not blood being sprayed on to the surface of the jacket. 12:02 Blood found on the lower right sleeve of the jacket could have come from Annette Nicholls, the court was told. The chances it came from someone else was one in a billion. 12:01 Another spot where blood was found was also tested. Dr Hau said it was possible DNA profiling could have come from Wright and Ms Clennell. 11:59 There were three areas of blood staining on the reflective jacket. On the upper back of the left sleeve, blood was found which could have come from Ms Clennell. The chances that it came from soneone else were one in a billion. 11:58 He said profile results showed another cellular component. The profile matched that of Ms Clennell's - the match probability was one in a billion. 11:48 Dr Hau said: "A profiling result obtained from the three semen stains tested show that the semen or DNA could have originated from Mr Wright". 11:46 The jury heard that the semen stains on the reflective jacket were tested for DNA. 11:45 Dr Hau added: "Contact occurs whereby a surface wet with blood has come into contact with another surface unstained, or vice-versa."

11:43 He said tests confirmed "small amounts of light blood staining that, in my opinion, is contact blood staining".

11:42 Dr Hau was asked if blood staining was found on the jacket.

11:40 Dr Hau replied: "Semen-staining was on the mid upper front and front of the left shoulder and on the back of the left shoulder."

11:38 Peter Wright QC asked Dr Hau if semen was found on the yellow reflective jacket found at the defendant's home.

11:36 Dr Hau said: "There is very strong support for the view that Mr Wright was wearing the semen-stained gloves when in contact with Miss Clennell."

11:27 He said it was most likely the semen was deposited on to the glove while it was wet.

11:26 The chances of part of the DNA coming from someone other than Ms Clennell were one in a billion, Dr Hau told the court.

11:25 Dr Hau said he subtracted Wright's profile from the DNA and was left with an incomplete profile which could match Ms Clennell's.

11:24 The thumbs of the left hand and right hand glove showed the DNA profile of more than one person. Dr Hau said the profiles could have come from Wright and Paula Clennell.

11:23 Low level DNA which could have come from Wright was found on the right glove. Dr Hau said it was not possible to say if the DNA came from the semen or another cellular material.

11:21 The inside and the outside of the gloves were found to be semen stained.

11:16 A pair of black and white gloves were recovered from a reflective jacket hanging in the hallway at Wright's London Road property.

11:14 No semen was found in the vehicle.

11:12 Dr Hau confirmed that the inside and outside of Wright's Ford Mondeo car was examined.

11:11 He added: "The absence of semen on these swabs does not mean that sex did not take place between Steve Wright and these females, as it is possible to have sex without the deposition of semen in the vagina."

11:09 Dr Hau replied: "No semen that could have come from Mr Wright was found on these swabs".

11:07 Dr Hau was asked by Peter Wright QC if his examination of internal swabs taken from Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell found any semen that could have come from defendant Steve Wright.

11:04 Dr Peter Hau, a forensic scientist with an expertise in DNA profiling, takes to the stand.

11:02 The trial resumes. Live coverage from February 4, 2008

16:58 The court was adjourned until tomorrow at 10.30am.

16:58 Mr Palmer added: "My findings relating to Annette Nicholls fit with the view that she had been in contact with items that had been present in Wright's home at around the time of her deposition at the site she was found."

16:57 Mr Palmer said: "In terms of the blue green polyester, it's likely to have come from primary contact. "That would be a direct contact with the donor item around the time she was deposited at the scene."

16:55 Fibres which corresponded to two pairs of Wright's Burton trousers were also found upon Ms Nicholls.

16:55 The fur fibre corresponded to some found in Wright's Mondeo and on his reflective jacket.

16:54 A synthetic fur fibre was also found on Ms Nicholls. No donor item was ever found, leading Mr Palmer to suggest it came from an item of clothing she was wearing. Earlier in the trial the court was told she was wearing fur on the last day she was seen alive.

16:53 Also, three blue polyester fibres matched eight fibres on Miss Alderton.

16:52 It emerged that 26 blue grey polyester fibres found on Ms Nicholls were indistinguishable from those found on Anneli Alderton.

16:51 Jurors heard that the fibres corresponded with those found on Anneli Alderton.

16:50 He said three green blue fibres found upon Ms Nicholls corresponded with fibres found in the surface debris recovered from Wright's sofa, coat, tracksuit bottoms, Mondeo, reflective jacket and gloves.

16:49 No blue yellow fibres were found upon any other of the women killed suggesting, Mr Palmer said, they came from something Ms Nicholls was wearing.

16:48 The court was told the fibres would have been transferred at around the time Ms Nicholls was dumped.

16:46 Mr Palmer said various studies into fibre retention had shown that most fibres would be lost within the first few hours after transfer.

16:45 But Mr Palmer said fibres which matched the blue yellow fibres were found on the surface debris of Wright's gloves, reflective jacket, the interior of his Mondeo, his tracksuit bottoms and his coat.

16:44 Mr Palmer said 26 blue yellow fibres were found upon Ms Nicholls. The donor item was not recovered from Wright's home, which he said indicated they had come from clothing

Ms Nicholls was wearing. None of the clothes of the victims have ever been recovered the court was told.

16:42 He said 26 blue grey microfibres taken from Ms Nicholls matched fibres from a pair of Tesco tracksuit bottoms owned by Wright.

16:41 Mr Palmer said three blue polyester fibres were found upon the body of Annette Nicholls. These matched the tracksuit bottoms seized from Wright after his arrest.

16:25 He said contact has occurred after her clothes had been removed, presumably just before her body was deposited.

16:23 He added: "The findings are indicative that the fibres were transferred to the naked body around the time she was deposited at the location she was found."

16:21 Mr Palmer said because of the wind and rain and the degree of exposure to the elements, it was his opinion that the fibres found on Miss Alderton's body represented a "proportion of those originally transferred".

16:19 This corresponded with fibres present in the debris of Wright's coat, tracksuit bottoms, Mondeo and yellow jacket.

16:17 There was also one purple/blue cotton fibre found on Miss Alderton's body.

16:16 Red acrylic fibres were also found on the sofa in Wright's home which corresponded to those in the car and the two found on Miss Alderton.

16:13 He said: "It is possible that given the distribution of the fibres in the car and fibre- type that it may have come from something like a travel rug or a throw.

16:11 Mr Palmer confirmed that he identified similar fibres from Wright's home and his Mondeo car.

16:10 Two red acrylic fibres were found on Miss Alderton's body.

16:09 Mr Palmer said not necessarily, it could have come from another item. He said he was not able to identify the source of this fibre from the materials he examined.

16:07 Peter Wright asked Mr Palmer if this fibre could have been transferred onto Miss Alderton's body after being in contact with items from Wright's home and car.

16:04 Mr Palmer said he did not find any other items in Wright's home which were composed of fibres of green/blue type.

16:02 A green/blue viscose fibre was also found on Miss Alderton.

16:01 He said they were "indistinguishable" in terms of colour, microscopic appearance and chemical dye from the tracksuit bottoms recovered from Wright's home.

15:59 Mr Palmer said eleven blue/grey polyester microfibres were found on Miss Alderton.

15:58 He also found a purple/blue fibre on Miss Alderton which represented the jacket but again was not a constituent fibre.

15:56 Mr Palmer told the court that he looked at the surface debris on Wright's yellow jacket and in that found green/blue fibres which corresponded to one found on Miss Alderton. These were not constituent fibres from the jacket.

15:36 Also found upon Miss Alderton were green blue fibres, red fibres and purple blue cotton fibres. These were not constituent fibres from Wright's coat, but were found on the surface debris of the garment, jurors were told.

15:34 Two fibres found upon Miss Alderton's body also corresponded with fibres from Wright's reflective jacket, the court heard.

15:32 Eight blue polyester fibres were also found upon the body of Miss Alderton. Mr Palmer said these corresponded to the constituent fibres from tracksuit bottoms worn by Wright at the time of his arrest.

15:29 Mr Palmer said he was aware that Miss Alderton's body had been exposed to the elements for some time and said the fibres found upon her body would have been the remnants of the fibres originally deposited.

15:27 Mr Palmer told the court there were seven variable grey fibres and one pale brown polyester fibre which corresponded with a jacket belonging to Wright found at his home.

15:25 He said he identified a number of collectives of fibres of significance.

15:24 Mr Palmer said he examined the various tape lifts from the body of Anneli Alderton.

15:03 He said that with very smooth surfaces such as skin, when fibres are transferred and exposed to wind and rain, that will accelerate the loss of fibres from that surface.

15:01 Mr Palmer said the majority of fibre transfers are lost within the first few hours of transfer.

15:00 He said the extent of fibre transfer depends on the duration and the force of contact between two items.

14:59 Mr Palmer explained that a fibre is not a thread - it is individual components of threads which are very small.

14:57 He confirms that he was asked to determine whether there was any evidence of fibre transfer between any of the dead women, Steve Wright and a man called Stephens.

14:55 The jury also hear that he carried out examinations of items recovered from Wright's home and car.

14:54 He confirms that he carried out a series of examinations of various items recovered from the bodies of the five dead women.

14:53 Ray Palmer, a forensic scientist whose expertise is fibres, is called to the stand.

14:40 He said the probability match in relation to the DNA of Miss Clennell was one in a billion.

14:39 Dr Hau was asked about stains found on the gloves. He said he had found a DNA mixture of Wright and Ms Clennell.

14:38 The court resumes.

13:24 The court has adjourned for lunch.

13:23 In each of the cases Mr Wright asked if sperm from a source other than Wright had been found. Mr Hau said no sperm from a third party had been detected except for the glove referred to as 'glove d' where Wright, Anneli Alderton's boyfriend Sam Jefford and another person could have contributed.

13:19 Mr Wright then went through each of the gloves and had Dr Hau explained where the semen-stains were found.

13:18 Dr Hau said glove A tested positive for semen inside and outside in different locations.

13:16 Dr Hau said four semen-stained areas were tested.

13:16 Peter Wright asks Dr Hau questions about gloves found in the Mondeo.

13:15 Dr Hau confirmed that on all the repeat testing there was no evidence of a second source of DNA.

13:13 He said there is no chance of this because the same DNA extract is used during testing.

13:09 Dr Hau was asked by Peter Wright that, as the DNA profile came from the same source, what are the chances of misinterpretation of the findings by repeat testing.

13:07 Dr Hau said no, the same source.

13:05 Peter Wright asked: "Did any of the seven give an indication of more than one donor?"

13:04 Peter Wright then asked questions about seven blood flecks found in Wright's Mondeo car.

13:01 He confirmed that traces of semen were found which gave mixed DNA profiles matching her boyfriend and an unknown person.

13:00 Dr Hau was asked about DNA found on Anneli Alderton.

12:55 Dr Hau said the contact which left the DNA on the bodies would have had to be more than simply a casual contact. "First of all, any contact with respect to the bodies had to be (when they were) naked," he said.

12:53 Dr Hau said: "Yes. We did do a visual examination and it's unlikely to be blood."

12:52 Mr Wright said: "It may be semen, could be saliva, could be sweat."

12:51 Dr Hau responded: "I can't say for sure which body fluid has given the results. It was a strategic decision right at the beginning where I was expecting very little DNA on the swabs. In order to preserve what DNA might be there I didn't have the luxury of doing a presumptive test on what the body fluid may be."

12:50 He said: "In terms of the main theory as to your findings were you able to determine between semen or saliva or a mixture of both so far as the body fluid rich in DNA was concerned?"

12:48 Mr Wright then asks Dr Hau about what he can say as to the nature of the body fluid which left the traces of DNA on the bodies.

12:48 Dr Hau responded: "I can't really give you an explanation precisely as to why there's less results on Paula Clennell."

12:46 Mr Wright asks if the positioning of the bodies would have had an impact on the amount of DNA left on them. Annette Nicholls' body was positioned, with arms outstretched, while Paula Clennell's body appeared to have been hurriedly dumped on her front.

12:43 Dr Hau said that DNA was found in more locations on Annette Nicholls' body but said "it was still very small amounts of DNA".

12:41 Mr Wright asks Dr Hau about the amount of DNA found on the bodies of the women, in particular why more traces of DNA were found on the body of Annette Nicholls compared to Paula Clennell.

12:35 Dr Hau confirmed that a semen-stain can be deposited without detectable amounts of sperm.

12:34 He said once he got a positive test for semen he would remove the area that it was found on and place under a microscope.

12:32 Dr Hau was asked a series of questions by Peter Wright about how he tests for semen, blood and saliva.

12:31 The blood matched that of Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls.

12:30 He confirmed that when the blood was deposited on the jacket it must have been wet.

12:29 Dr Hau was then asked about blood found on the reflective jacket.

12:29 He said there was not.

12:28 Dr Hau was asked if any other low level components from any other person were found on the stain which picked up DNA from Wright and Miss Clennell.

12:27 The jury was told by Dr Hau that DNA matching that of Paula Clennell and Steve Wright was found on the jacket.

12:23 He said it was but added that it was not surprising because the surface of clothing often picks up DNA from contact with other people.

12:21 Peter Wright asked Dr Hau if any low-level DNA not from the defendant was found on the jacket.

12:20 He said the results of the DNA components matching Steve Wright were the strongest and that it was "more likely" to have come from his semen.

12:19 Dr Hau was asked if the jacket indicated the presence of semen from Steve Wright.

12:16 Dr Hau confirms that semen was found on a reflective jacket found at Wright's home.

12:16 Prosecution barrister Peter Wright QC begins to ask Dr Hau questions.

12:10 Dr Hau answered: "Maybe, maybe not."

12:09 Mr Langdale said that following tests on the reflective jacket Dr Hau could not rule that that DNA from "unknown contributors" was present.

12:06 Dr Hau said there were already signs of another contributor but further tests would not have yielded more definite results.

12:05 Dr Hau said: "The possibility of repeating them would not add further to the results I'm seeing." Mr Langdale responded: "Although they may in fact give signs of another contributor?"

12:04 Mr Langdale said that when low-level DNA components were detected no further tests were carried out to determine if they came from an unknown person.

12:02 He asks about tests conducted on blood and semen stains on the jacket.

12:01 Mr Langdale then turns his attention to the reflective jacket found in Wright's home.

12:00 Once again Dr Hau says that "because of the low-level amount of DNA with the results we wouldn't get any further".

11:59 Mr Langdale said similar further tests could have been conducted on low-level DNA components on the inner surface of the other glove.

11:57 Dr Hau responded by saying: "It hasn't been ignored, it has been considered. In this instance it was just so low level. In my opinion it was not scientifically worth doing."

11:56 Mr Langdale said the component "could indicate a third contributor" and asks Dr Hau why it wasn't investigated further.

11:54 He says that as well as detecting a low-level DNA mixture from the stain which could have had components from Paula Clennell and Wright, the results indicated another possible component.

11:52 Mr Langdale asks Dr Hau about another stain which was found on the inner surface of the thumb of the left glove.

11:47 Dr Hau agreed.

11:46 Mr Langdale said: "Bearing in mind that Mr Wright was the person who normally wore these gloves, it is not surprising to pick up his DNA from them."

11:45 Mr Langdale said on two of the stains, Dr Hau cannot say whether the results he found are attributeable to semen or other cellular material.

11:42 He added that none of the components detected in the results from two of the stains achieved the peak height required for routine reporting purposes.

11:39 Mr Langdale said that other stains found on the gloves gave "very weak and incomplete DNA profiles matching that of Mr Wright".

11:36 Mr Langdale said this was an example of a semen-stain test being positive but no sperm found.

11:35 Dr Hau replied by saying there were a few possible cellular cells found but no sperm heads detected.

11:33 Mr Langdale said that on one semen-stain found on the finger tips of glove B, no sperm DNA containing cellular material was detected.

11:30 He starts by asking Dr Hau questions about a number of semen-stained areas on the pair of gloves.

11:29 Mr Langdale tells Dr Hau that he will be asking him questions concerning his findings on Wright's reflective jacket and a pair of gloves found in the jacket.

11:28 Wright's defence barrister, Timothy Langdale QC, continues his cross-examination of DNA expert Dr Peter Hau.

11:27 The trial resumes. Live coverage from February 5, 2008

16:32 The court breaks until Wednesday.

16:31 Peter Wright QC reiterates to the jury that Mr Palmer found no other related fibres between the women than those which have already been heard.

16:29 Mr Palmer replies: "None other than those already stated."

16:28 In relation to each woman, Peter Wright asks the witness: "Were there any fibres common to each of them? I mean to two of them, three of them, four of them or five of them?"

16:26 He tells the court when he first picked out the unusual collectives of fibres he had no items of clothing or garments from the defendant. He said there were many blue and balck denim fibres found, but these were very common and not helpful for intelligence purposes.

16:21 Peter Wright QC asks Mr Palmer if he found any unusual collectives of fibres, other than the ones already represented on diagrams to the jury, on any of the women. Mr Palmer replies he did not.

16:18 Jurors hear that the force required to pull clothes over a head could leave fibres stuck in the hair.

16:15 Mr Palmer tells the court Ms Nicol would have had more than one fibre from the carpet in her hair and we are only seeing a remnant, left after her hair was exposed to water. He tells the jury in order to get those fibres from that surface there would have needed to be "physical contact with her head and donor item in question".

16:11 Peter Wright QC asks the witness if the fibre found in Ms Nicol's hair was necessarily a fibre from the passenger's side of the footwell. Mr Palmer replies he cannot distinguish between the front and the back.

16:09 Jurors hear that no other fibres from the footwell carpet were found in an examination of the seats or headrest in Wright's Ford Mondeo.

16:06 Peter Wright QC, for the prosecution, begins questioning Mr Palmer again. He asks him if he found any corresponding black nylon fibres on any item from the defendant or his

home environment? Mr Palmer replies that he did not and is asked to reiterate to the jury the force which was required to remove a long fibre, such as the one found in Ms Nicol's hair.

15:59 Mr Palmer reiterates that the carpets he is talking about do not readily shed their fibres and the fibre in question was "a long coarse fibre" that would not become airbourne readily. Mr Langdale says the trial has heard the defendant was regularly seen cleaning his car and suggests it could become detached from the footwell by passengers moving into and out of the car, as well as repeated cleaning. The witness acknowledges this is one way such a fibre could become loose.

15:54 Mr Langdale aks what sort of lifestyle can Mr Palmer envisage where a head would come into contact with the carpet of a car but Judge Justice Gross interrupts proceedings to clarify to jurors what the witness had meant about how much force was needed to get a fibre to the root of a hair.

15:51 He also said to Mr Palmer: "You cannot say how many Ford cars had similar carpets in them?" Mr Palmer replied that he could not. "So there is nothing to say bearing in mind these girls lifestyles that she did not pick up a carpet fibre from a vehicle other than this in her lifestyle?" Mr Palmer replied: "I cannot rule that out."

15:41 Mr Langdale asked Mr Palmer about the single nylon fibre found in Tania Nicol's hair. He said there was a difference between the force required for the fibre to become free from the carpet and the force required to enable the fibre to remain in Miss Nicol's hair.

15:39 Mr Palmer replied: "My opinion is that fibres relating to Steve Wright's environment represent a primary contact with skin."

15:37 Mr Langdale asked Mr Palmer: "The fact of the matter in relation to the other fibres found is that you can't say whether they got there before any encounter with Steve Wright's environment or after, can you?"

15:35 "Those hundreds of fibres could have come from other clients," he added.

15:34 Mr Langdale said: "These girls are far more likely to pick up fibres on their naked bodies and hair because of the work they were doing."

15:34 Mr Palmer said the majority of the fibres were likely to have come from the women's home environment, although no checks were made to support this view.

15:33 Mr Langdale said it was possible that the fibres linking Wright to Paula Clennell could have been transferred hours before she was dumped.

15:32 Mr Palmer said these fibres could be from their own clothing.

15:31 Only a small proportion were linked to Wright, he added.

15:31 Mr Palmer said there were hundreds of fibres recovered from the bodies and hair of the three women found on land.

15:30 Mr Langdale said Mr Palmer could not say when the fibres linked to Steve Wright got into the women's hair, other than after they had last washed.

15:24 He continues that Mr Palmer cannot say whether these other fibres came into contact with the women before the contact with the items relating to Wright, or after the contact with the items relating to Wright. Mr Palmer acknowledges this is true.

15:22 Mr Langdale QC said: "You cannot say beyond general observation in relation to these two girls what that position was".

15:20 The witness is asked if he carried out any tests between her homes environment and these other fibres but Mr Palmer tells the court without the clothes being recovered "we could not evaluate the significance of these". He repeats his assertion that the majority of the fibres were likely to have come from her home environment or her clothes.

15:18 "This is a generalisation," Mr Langdale suggests.

15:17 Mr Palmer tells the court: "The majority of these fibres are highly likely to have come from her home environment or the clothes she was wearing."

15:14 Of the findings of Gemma Adams Mr Langdale said: "There were at least 216 fibres, that is including those 14 found in her hair?" Mr Palmer confirms it and the court hears, again these were of different types.

15:12 Mr Palmer confirms there were 360 fibres found of different types to the evidence he had presented to the court.

15:11 There were 22 fibres in her hair that had been described to the jury, Mr Langdale said. But Mr Palmer confirms these were not the only fibres found in her hair and Mr Langdale tells the jury there were actually 380 fibres found.

15:08 The defence turn their attention to the findings relating to the body of Ms Nicol.

15:07 Mr Langdale said in relation to Ms Nicholls, Ms Clennell and Ms Alderton the tapings examined were not just from their naked bodies, but from tapings or washings from their hair as well. He told Mr Palmer this was not showing up on the diagrams being shown to the jury, although he said this was not a criticism.

15:04 Mr Langdale said you had to bear in mind their lifestyles and work would mean they had sex in different cars, with different men in different places, maybe with men that were partially clothed. The witness agreed.

15:01 Mr Palmer agreed.

14:56 He said: "For someone who is working as a prostitute, the likelihood of their head coming into contact with a range of items is greater."

14:54 Timothy Langdale QC, defending, said it was important to remember the "nature of the work" of the women who had been killed.

14:52 The court was told a pair of Tesco tracksuit bottoms were seized from Wright's London Road home by Mr Palmer in October 2007.

14:41 Mr Palmer goes through the series of arrows appearing on the screen one by one, talking the jury through what they represent. All of the arrows visualise to the jury the evidence Mr Palmer gave since he took the stand.

14:39 The images of the five women appear on the screen with arrows between items of clothing taken from the defendant. Mr Palmer tells the court they represent the connections in terms of fibres transferred between items belonging to Wright and the naked bodies of the women, on which debris of fibres were found.

14:37 Peter Wright QC, for the prosecution, warns the jurors: "You must not be influenced by the sheer number of arrows that appear. You need to focus on the links and connections that appear between the defendant as apposed to counting them up."

14:35 The jury are shown a schematic diagram, in stages, of the fibre evidence the court has heard so far from fibre expert Ray Palmer.

14:33 The trial of Steve Wright resumes after a lunch break.

14:10 Also in the car were two acrylic synthetic fur fibres which matched a fibre on the body of Annette Nicholls. And also present were a number of purple blue cotton fibres matching fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell.

14:08 Also present were grey polyester fibres matching Wright's check jacket and which were also found on the bodies off Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell.

14:07 Red acrylic fibres were found and they matched similar fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Gemma Adams.

14:07 Sixteen blue-yellow viscose fibres matching fibres found on the body of Annette Nicholls were also found.

14:06 Numerous green blue viscose fibres were also found in the Mondeo and were found to match fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell.

14:02 The blue-grey polyester fibres matched those found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and Tania Nicol.

14:01 Numerous blue-grey polyester microfibres corresponding with the Tesco tracksuit bottoms recovered from Wright's home were found in the Mondeo.

13:59 The court then hears a detailed account of fibres found in Wright's Mondeo.

13:58 And a number of red acrylic fibres were found which matched those in the Mondeo, the sofa in Wright's home, the tracksuit bottoms he was wearing when he was arrested and on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and Gemma Adams.

13:57 A number of purple-blue cotton fibres matching cotton fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell were also found on the coat.

13:56 A number of blue-yellow viscose fibres matching the blue-yellow fibres on the body of Annette Nicholls were also found on the coat.

13:55 Numerous green blue viscose fibres matching fibres found on the body of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell were found on the coat.

13:52 The court hears that numerous blue-grey polyester microfibres matching Wright's Tesco tracksuit bottoms and fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and Tania Nicol were found on the jacket.

13:50 Mr Wright then asks Mr Palmer about fibres found on the checked Wengen coat owned by Wright.

13:49 Tapings from the sofa also yielded a number of blue-grey polyester microfibres which matched fibres from the Tesco tracksuit bottoms owned by Wright. They also corresponded with fibres from the body and hair of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and Tania Nicol.

13:46 Also found on the sofa was a number of blue-green viscose fibres which matched fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls.

13:45 Also found on the sofa was a number of blue-green viscose fibres which matched fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls.

13:44 Tapings from the sofa revealed a population of red acrylic fibres. They matched fibres on the parcel shelf and rear seats of Wright's Mondeo and fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Gemma Adams.

13:42 The court then heard about fibres found on the sofa in Wright's front room.

13:41 And the gloves also housed numerous purple-blue cotton fibres which matched fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell.

13:41 Also present was a number of blue-yellow viscose fibres matching fibres on the body of Annette Nicholls.

13:40 Also on the gloves were numerous green-blue viscose fibres which matched fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell.

13:39 The court hears that numerous blue grey polyester microfibres were found on the gloves. They matched the fibres of the Tesco tracksuit bottoms owned by Wright.

13:38 Mr Wright then turns to fibres found on a pair of gloves owned by Wright.

13:35 He says that seven variable blue polyester fibres were found on the jacket. They were made up of three types, two of which corresponded with tracksuit bottoms owned by Wright and with blue polyester fibres found on Gemma Adams and Tania Nicol.

13:33 Mr Palmer says that a number of purple blue cotton fibres found on the jacket matched cotton fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell.

13:32 The court hears evidence about the fibres found on Wright's reflective jacket.

13:28 The court is told these also matched the bodies of Ms Nicholls and Ms Alderton.

13:27 Numerous blue grey polyester fibres were found on the trousers that matched Wright's home, as well as green blue viscose fibres which matched the body of Ms Clennell.

13:25 And also from Ms Nicholls, but no donor item was found in the defendant's home.

13:25 A match was also found between the trousers and Ms Clennell of a purple blue cotton fibre, the court hears.

13:24 He also tells jurors a single green cotton fibre corresponded with Tania Nicol but no donor item was found.

13:23 A single green polyester fibre found corresponded with nine green polyester fibres found on the body of Tania Nicol but no donor item was found from the defendant's home.

13:22 He tells the court three viscose blue fibres corresponded with those found on the body of Ms Nicol and two of the three found on Ms Nicol but he did not find a donor item from the defendant's home.

13:22 He tells the court three viscose blue fibres corresponded with those found on the body of Ms Nicol and two of the three found on Ms Nicol but he did not find a donor item from the defendant's home.

13:20 He confirms the red acrylic fibres found corresponded with those found on the bodies of Ms Nicholl's, Ms Clennell and Ms Adams.

13:18 Mr Palmer confirms numerous blue yellow viscose fibres found on the surface of the trousers matched those found on the body of Ms Nicholl's. He said he did not find a donor item from the defendant's home.

13:16 The court is shown Wright's blue tracksuit bottoms on a screen.

13:14 The court resumes, examining individual pieces of clothing taken from the defendant.

13:13 The court breaks for 10 minutes.

13:13 He added it was his opinion that these fibres had been transmitted shortly before her body was deposited.

13:12 Mr Palmer is asked to sum up the findings of Ms Nicol. "In my opinion the findings provide moderately strong support for the view that Tania Nicol had been in forceful or prolonged contact with items which are or have been present in Wright's home environment around the time of her disappearance," he said.

13:09 When questioned Mr Palmer tells the jury the matches did not occur by chance.

13:08 Nine green polyester fibres found in the hair of Ms Nicol matched with fibres found on the defendants tracksuit bottoms, the court is told.

13:06 The witness tells the court viscose blue polyester fibres found on the defendants jacket and tracksuit bottoms corresponded with fibres found in Gemma Adams' hair.

13:01 Mr Wright QC asks what the chances are of these fibres being found in Tania Nicol's hair being from a random event. Mr Palmer tells jurors "it is highly unlikely".

12:59 Mr Palmers said in his opinion these findings represent "a more forceful or sustained contact" with the carpet of the Ford Mondeo at or around the time of her disappearance.

12:56 Jurors are told that because nylon fibres are not shed easily and are tough it requires force for them to break from the donor item and transfer to the recipient.

12:54 Peter Wright QC asks: "From the swabs taken from the head rests and the back of the seats did you find any nylon carpet fibres consistent with having come from the carpet of the Mondeo car?" Mr Palmer replies "no".

12:52 Mr Palmer tells the court nylon car carpets do not generally shed fibres very well as they are "tough and durable".

12:45 He said the fibre was "indistinguishable" in terms of microscopic appearance, instrumental analysis of colour and chemical and dye composition.

12:44 He says that a single black nylon carpet fibre which matched the carpet fibres in the passenger compartment of Wright's Mondeo was found in her hair.

12:43 Mr Palmer tells the court that a number of non-ubiquitous fibres were found on Tania Nicol.

12:42 The court is told that Miss Nicol also had shoulder length hair.

12:42 Mr Wright said Tania Nicol was the first to go missing and is thought to have been immersed in the waters of Belstead Brook for a "significant period".

12:41 Mr Wright then begins asking Mr Palmer about the discovery of fibres on the body of Tania Nicol.

12:40 "Given her hair was exposed to fast flowing water it's my opinion that there was likely to have been more fibres present at the time she was deposited in the water. The fibres we found represent only a proportion of those originally transferred," he said.

12:39 Mr Palmer said there was support for the finding that Gemma Adams had been in contact with items from Wright's home on or about the time of her disappearance.

12:37 However Mr Palmer said only two of the three types of variable blue polyester fibres found on Miss Adams were detected on the body of Miss Nicol.

12:36 The court then hears that in the case of Tania Nicol no red acrylic fibres were found however variable blue polyester fibres corresponding with those on Gemma Adams were found.

12:33 "It's a more forceful direct contact," he said.

12:33 He said the presence of the fibres in Gemma Adams' hair were not consistent with casual or brief contact.

12:32 Mr Palmer said for the fibres to be lodged so deep into the hair "it would have had to be a significant contact with her hair" by the donor item.

12:31 He went on to say: "The fibres which persisted in such a hostile environment would have had to be present down near the root of the hair and the scalp where they could effectively be protected from the current of the stream."

12:29 Mr Palmer said people with longer hair tended to have fewer fibres present in their hair because they were more likely to brush or run their fingers through their hair regularly. They were also more likely have have their hair blown about by the wind.

12:28 The court heard that Gemma had shoulder length hair at the time she went missing.

12:28 Mr Palmer answered: "I think we can eliminate the stream as being the source of the fibres."

12:27 Mr Wright then goes on to ask if the 13 other fibres could have come from the fastflowing waters of Belstead Brook before lodging themselves in Miss Adams' hair.

12:26 Mr Palmer responded: "No, in my opinion that explanation can be fairly reasonably excluded."

12:25 Mr Wright then asks Mr Palmer whether the red acrylic fibre found in Gemma Adams' hair could have come from the waters of Belstead Brook.

12:24 He said no donor item - that is the item they would have originally come from - was found.

12:24 Mr Palmer said the three types of variable polyester fibres, of which there were 13 fibres in total, matched fibres found on, but not coming from, Wright's tracksuit bottoms.

12:22 He said the red acrylic fibre corresponded with red acrylic fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell and in the area of the parcel shelf and rear seat of Wright's Mondeo, his sofa, the tracksuit bottoms he was wearing when he was arrested and his checked coat.

12:20 Mr Palmer answered: "Yes we did."

12:20 Mr Wright asked Mr Palmer: "Did you find a match between the red acrylic fibre and various items from the defendant's home environment?"

12:19 The court heard that one red acrylic fibre and 13 variable blue polyester fibres, of which there were three types, were found in Miss Adams' hair.

12:17 Mr Palmer added that given the length of time Miss Adams' body had been in the water, the fibres which were detected are likely to have been remnants of larger numbers of fibres which would originally have been deposited.

12:16 "In order for fibres to get into the deep linings of the hair there would have to have been a fair degree of contact with the donor item in question," Mr Palmer said.

12:15 He continued: "In order for fibres to persist in such a hostile environment they would likely have been present in the deep linings of the hair itself, possibly tangled around the roots."

12:13 "We were looking for collectives of fibres which stood out that may have shown commonality with the other women," Mr Palmer said.

12:12 He told the jury that it was necessary to wash her hair to clean away soil from the stream. The hair was then examined for fibres.

12:11 He said: "My understanding was Gemma Adams had been in flowing water for somewhere in the region of two weeks. In that situation there would be no expectation of finding fibres on her skin."

12:10 Mr Palmer said examinations for fibres on her body were confined to her hair.

12:09 Mr Wright then begins asking Mr Palmer about fibres found on the body of Gemma Adams, whose body was found in Belstead Brook at Hintlesham on December 2, 2006.

12:08 The jury is shown a chart showing the length of time the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell are thought to have been exposed to the elements.

12:07 Mr Wright then returns to a topic dealt with yesterday regarding the impact rain and wind would have on the retention of fibres on the skin.

12:02 Mr palmer tells jurors the skin is a non-retentive surface which does not retain fibres easily. If someone washed it would remove the fibres from the skin, he said. He tells the court in his opinion this means the fibres found on the naked bodies of the women have been transferred at the point of deposition.

11:59 The court is told it does not mean these women would have been in contact with Wright's home.

11:58 Mr Wright asks what the chances would be of a random match of having three women found each with a permutation of the fibres as they appear on the charts which match a permutation of fibres taken from the garments and items relating to the home of Wright? He replies: "It would not occur by chance."

11:55 Mr Palmer tells the court the chances of the fibres coming from someone other than Wright or his home environment would be "infinitesimally small"

11:49 Mr Wright explains to the jury that there is not one non-ubiquitous fibre being found on the body but many. He asks Mr Palmer the chances of that arising at random and is told it is "highly unlikely".

11:47 Mr Palmer tells the court that the chance of finding more colour combinations is even smaller.

11:46 He reiterates that the chances of finding these fibres by chance is extremely small.

11:45 He is asked to explain this to the court and says that it means a fibre that is relatively common, such as fibres found on jeans and white cottons.

11:43 "It therefore follows that finding more than one tape on one surface is even smaller."

11:42 "It is an unlikely event," he said.

11:42 Mr Palmer tells the court: "There have been a number of studies over the years which have consistently shown the chances of finding a non-ubiquitous fibre type colour combinations is extremely small". He suggests they cannot put figures on it.

11:39 Mr Wright QC asks if in relation to the bodies found at Nacton or Levington if there was an indication from the fibres found on the bodies of primary contact with items that had contact with Wright or his home environment. Mr Palmer says there was and confirms that there was a connection with the time the bodies were left in the wooded areas.

11:31 Mr Palmer told jurors the blue polyester micro fibres represented a "primary contact" but the others were impossible to say whether the contact was primary or secondary.

11:29 He said given the nature of the fibres it was his opinion that she had been in contact with items that have been present with Wright or his home environment "At or around the time she was deposited at the site".

11:25 Mr Palmer tells the jury he believes Ms Clennell washed or bathed on the day she disappeared, meaning those found only represented a small proportion of those originally transferred to her.

11:22 Peter Wright QC asks if three blue polyester fibres found on Ms Clennell matched the blue polyester fibres comprising of the tracksuit bottoms Wright was wearing at the time of his arrest. Mr Palmer says they did.

11:20 Mr Palmer is asked if any conclusions can be drawn as to the source of the donor item and he tells the court the red acrylic "may have been something like a travel rug or a travel throw".

11:07 Once again, the donor item was not found.

11:07 That fibre, the court was told, corresponded with fibres found either on the trousers Wright was wearing when he was arrested, in his home environment or in his car.

11:06 Tapings from Paula Clennell's body also yielded a purple-blue cotton fibre, Mr Palmer said.

11:05 However he added that the 'donor item' which they originated from was not found.

11:05 Mr Palmer said those fibres matched green-blue viscose fibres found upon a number of items from Wright's home and the trousers he was wearing at the time of his arrest.

11:03 Four green-blue viscose fibres were also found.

11:03 The court heard that the red fibre matched fibres found on items in Wright's home, the tracksuit bottoms he was wearing at the time of his arrest and in his car.

11:01 Jury members were then told that one red acrylic fibre was found on Paula Clennell's body.

11:00 The court heard that those 36 fibres matched the composite polyester tracksuit bottoms recovered from Wright's flat.

10:59 Mr Wright then asks Mr Palmer: "Did you also find some 36 blue-grey polyester microfibres?" Mr Palmer answers: "Yes we did."

10:58 One of those fibres was then further examined and found to be "indistinguishable" to the fibres in the coat on the basis of their dye and chemical composition.

10:57 Mr Palmer says the fibres were first matched to the constituent fibres of the coat through a colour test.

10:56 He says the three fibres matched the variable grey polyester fibres within a checked coat owned by Wright.

10:55 Mr Palmer tells the court that in his examination of items found on the body of Paula Clennell he found three variable grey polyester fibres.

10:53 Jury members are shown a diagram illustrating the links between fibres found on Paula Clennell's body and fibres found on items belonging to Steve Wright.

10:52 Peter Wright QC, who heads the prosecution team, asks Mr Palmer about his findings in respect of the fibres lifted from the body of Paula Clennell.

10:51 The trial resumes with forensic fibre analysis expert Ray Palmer continuing his evidence.

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16:32 The court breaks until Wednesday.

16:31 Peter Wright QC reiterates to the jury that Mr Palmer found no other related fibres between the women than those which have already been heard.

16:29 Mr Palmer replies: "None other than those already stated."

16:28 In relation to each woman, Peter Wright asks the witness: "Were there any fibres common to each of them? I mean to two of them, three of them, four of them or five of them?"

16:26 He tells the court when he first picked out the unusual collectives of fibres he had no items of clothing or garments from the defendant. He said there were many blue and balck denim fibres found, but these were very common and not helpful for intelligence purposes.

16:21 Peter Wright QC asks Mr Palmer if he found any unusual collectives of fibres, other than the ones already represented on diagrams to the jury, on any of the women. Mr Palmer replies he did not.

16:18 Jurors hear that the force required to pull clothes over a head could leave fibres stuck in the hair.

16:15 Mr Palmer tells the court Ms Nicol would have had more than one fibre from the carpet in her hair and we are only seeing a remnant, left after her hair was exposed to water. He tells the jury in order to get those fibres from that surface there would have needed to be "physical contact with her head and donor item in question".

16:11 Peter Wright QC asks the witness if the fibre found in Ms Nicol's hair was necessarily a fibre from the passenger's side of the footwell. Mr Palmer replies he cannot distinguish between the front and the back.

16:09 Jurors hear that no other fibres from the footwell carpet were found in an examination of the seats or headrest in Wright's Ford Mondeo.

16:06 Peter Wright QC, for the prosecution, begins questioning Mr Palmer again. He asks him if he found any corresponding black nylon fibres on any item from the defendant or his home environment? Mr Palmer replies that he did not and is asked to reiterate to the jury the force which was required to remove a long fibre, such as the one found in Ms Nicol's hair.

15:59 Mr Palmer reiterates that the carpets he is talking about do not readily shed their fibres and the fibre in question was "a long coarse fibre" that would not become airbourne readily. Mr Langdale says the trial has heard the defendant was regularly seen cleaning his car and suggests it could become detached from the footwell by passengers moving into and out of the car, as well as repeated cleaning. The witness acknowledges this is one way such a fibre could become loose.

15:54 Mr Langdale aks what sort of lifestyle can Mr Palmer envisage where a head would come into contact with the carpet of a car but Judge Justice Gross interrupts proceedings to clarify to jurors what the witness had meant about how much force was needed to get a fibre to the root of a hair.

15:51 He also said to Mr Palmer: "You cannot say how many Ford cars had similar carpets in them?" Mr Palmer replied that he could not. "So there is nothing to say bearing in mind these girls lifestyles that she did not pick up a carpet fibre from a vehicle other than this in her lifestyle?" Mr Palmer replied: "I cannot rule that out."

15:41 Mr Langdale asked Mr Palmer about the single nylon fibre found in Tania Nicol's hair. He said there was a difference between the force required for the fibre to become free from the carpet and the force required to enable the fibre to remain in Miss Nicol's hair.

15:39 Mr Palmer replied: "My opinion is that fibres relating to Steve Wright's environment represent a primary contact with skin."

15:37 Mr Langdale asked Mr Palmer: "The fact of the matter in relation to the other fibres found is that you can't say whether they got there before any encounter with Steve Wright's environment or after, can you?"

15:35 "Those hundreds of fibres could have come from other clients," he added.

15:34 Mr Langdale said: "These girls are far more likely to pick up fibres on their naked bodies and hair because of the work they were doing."

15:34 Mr Palmer said the majority of the fibres were likely to have come from the women's home environment, although no checks were made to support this view.

15:33 Mr Langdale said it was possible that the fibres linking Wright to Paula Clennell could have been transferred hours before she was dumped.

15:32 Mr Palmer said these fibres could be from their own clothing.

15:31 Only a small proportion were linked to Wright, he added.

15:31 Mr Palmer said there were hundreds of fibres recovered from the bodies and hair of the three women found on land.

15:30 Mr Langdale said Mr Palmer could not say when the fibres linked to Steve Wright got into the women's hair, other than after they had last washed.

15:24 He continues that Mr Palmer cannot say whether these other fibres came into contact with the women before the contact with the items relating to Wright, or after the contact with the items relating to Wright. Mr Palmer acknowledges this is true.

15:22 Mr Langdale QC said: "You cannot say beyond general observation in relation to these two girls what that position was".

15:20 The witness is asked if he carried out any tests between her homes environment and these other fibres but Mr Palmer tells the court without the clothes being recovered "we could not evaluate the significance of these". He repeats his assertion that the majority of the fibres were likely to have come from her home environment or her clothes.

15:18 "This is a generalisation," Mr Langdale suggests.

15:17 Mr Palmer tells the court: "The majority of these fibres are highly likely to have come from her home environment or the clothes she was wearing."

15:14 Of the findings of Gemma Adams Mr Langdale said: "There were at least 216 fibres, that is including those 14 found in her hair?" Mr Palmer confirms it and the court hears, again these were of different types.

15:12 Mr Palmer confirms there were 360 fibres found of different types to the evidence he had presented to the court.

15:11 There were 22 fibres in her hair that had been described to the jury, Mr Langdale said. But Mr Palmer confirms these were not the only fibres found in her hair and Mr Langdale tells the jury there were actually 380 fibres found.

15:08 The defence turn their attention to the findings relating to the body of Ms Nicol.

15:07 Mr Langdale said in relation to Ms Nicholls, Ms Clennell and Ms Alderton the tapings examined were not just from their naked bodies, but from tapings or washings from their hair as well. He told Mr Palmer this was not showing up on the diagrams being shown to the jury, although he said this was not a criticism.

15:04 Mr Langdale said you had to bear in mind their lifestyles and work would mean they had sex in different cars, with different men in different places, maybe with men that were partially clothed. The witness agreed.

15:01 Mr Palmer agreed.

14:56 He said: "For someone who is working as a prostitute, the likelihood of their head coming into contact with a range of items is greater."

14:54 Timothy Langdale QC, defending, said it was important to remember the "nature of the work" of the women who had been killed.

14:52 The court was told a pair of Tesco tracksuit bottoms were seized from Wright's London Road home by Mr Palmer in October 2007.

14:41 Mr Palmer goes through the series of arrows appearing on the screen one by one, talking the jury through what they represent. All of the arrows visualise to the jury the evidence Mr Palmer gave since he took the stand.

14:39 The images of the five women appear on the screen with arrows between items of clothing taken from the defendant. Mr Palmer tells the court they represent the connections in terms of fibres transferred between items belonging to Wright and the naked bodies of the women, on which debris of fibres were found.

14:37 Peter Wright QC, for the prosecution, warns the jurors: "You must not be influenced by the sheer number of arrows that appear. You need to focus on the links and connections that appear between the defendant as apposed to counting them up."

14:35 The jury are shown a schematic diagram, in stages, of the fibre evidence the court has heard so far from fibre expert Ray Palmer.

14:33 The trial of Steve Wright resumes after a lunch break.

14:10 Also in the car were two acrylic synthetic fur fibres which matched a fibre on the body of Annette Nicholls. And also present were a number of purple blue cotton fibres matching fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell.

14:08 Also present were grey polyester fibres matching Wright's check jacket and which were also found on the bodies off Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell.

14:07 Red acrylic fibres were found and they matched similar fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Gemma Adams.

14:07 Sixteen blue-yellow viscose fibres matching fibres found on the body of Annette Nicholls were also found.

14:06 Numerous green blue viscose fibres were also found in the Mondeo and were found to match fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell.

14:02 The blue-grey polyester fibres matched those found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and Tania Nicol.

14:01 Numerous blue-grey polyester microfibres corresponding with the Tesco tracksuit bottoms recovered from Wright's home were found in the Mondeo.

13:59 The court then hears a detailed account of fibres found in Wright's Mondeo.

13:58 And a number of red acrylic fibres were found which matched those in the Mondeo, the sofa in Wright's home, the tracksuit bottoms he was wearing when he was arrested and on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and Gemma Adams.

13:57 A number of purple-blue cotton fibres matching cotton fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell were also found on the coat.

13:56 A number of blue-yellow viscose fibres matching the blue-yellow fibres on the body of Annette Nicholls were also found on the coat.

13:55 Numerous green blue viscose fibres matching fibres found on the body of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell were found on the coat.

13:52 The court hears that numerous blue-grey polyester microfibres matching Wright's Tesco tracksuit bottoms and fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and Tania Nicol were found on the jacket.

13:50 Mr Wright then asks Mr Palmer about fibres found on the checked Wengen coat owned by Wright.

13:49 Tapings from the sofa also yielded a number of blue-grey polyester microfibres which matched fibres from the Tesco tracksuit bottoms owned by Wright. They also corresponded with fibres from the body and hair of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and Tania Nicol.

13:46 Also found on the sofa was a number of blue-green viscose fibres which matched fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls.

13:45 Also found on the sofa was a number of blue-green viscose fibres which matched fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls.

13:44 Tapings from the sofa revealed a population of red acrylic fibres. They matched fibres on the parcel shelf and rear seats of Wright's Mondeo and fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Gemma Adams.

13:42 The court then heard about fibres found on the sofa in Wright's front room.

13:41 And the gloves also housed numerous purple-blue cotton fibres which matched fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell.

13:41 Also present was a number of blue-yellow viscose fibres matching fibres on the body of Annette Nicholls.

13:40 Also on the gloves were numerous green-blue viscose fibres which matched fibres on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell.

13:39 The court hears that numerous blue grey polyester microfibres were found on the gloves. They matched the fibres of the Tesco tracksuit bottoms owned by Wright.

13:38 Mr Wright then turns to fibres found on a pair of gloves owned by Wright.

13:35 He says that seven variable blue polyester fibres were found on the jacket. They were made up of three types, two of which corresponded with tracksuit bottoms owned by Wright and with blue polyester fibres found on Gemma Adams and Tania Nicol.

13:33 Mr Palmer says that a number of purple blue cotton fibres found on the jacket matched cotton fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell.

13:32 The court hears evidence about the fibres found on Wright's reflective jacket.

13:28 The court is told these also matched the bodies of Ms Nicholls and Ms Alderton.

13:27 Numerous blue grey polyester fibres were found on the trousers that matched Wright's home, as well as green blue viscose fibres which matched the body of Ms Clennell.

13:25 And also from Ms Nicholls, but no donor item was found in the defendant's home.

13:25 A match was also found between the trousers and Ms Clennell of a purple blue cotton fibre, the court hears.

13:24 He also tells jurors a single green cotton fibre corresponded with Tania Nicol but no donor item was found.

13:23 A single green polyester fibre found corresponded with nine green polyester fibres found on the body of Tania Nicol but no donor item was found from the defendant's home.

13:22 He tells the court three viscose blue fibres corresponded with those found on the body of Ms Nicol and two of the three found on Ms Nicol but he did not find a donor item from the defendant's home.

13:22 He tells the court three viscose blue fibres corresponded with those found on the body of Ms Nicol and two of the three found on Ms Nicol but he did not find a donor item from the defendant's home.

13:20 He confirms the red acrylic fibres found corresponded with those found on the bodies of Ms Nicholl's, Ms Clennell and Ms Adams.

13:18 Mr Palmer confirms numerous blue yellow viscose fibres found on the surface of the trousers matched those found on the body of Ms Nicholl's. He said he did not find a donor item from the defendant's home.

13:16 The court is shown Wright's blue tracksuit bottoms on a screen.

13:14 The court resumes, examining individual pieces of clothing taken from the defendant.

13:13 The court breaks for 10 minutes.

13:13 He added it was his opinion that these fibres had been transmitted shortly before her body was deposited.

13:12 Mr Palmer is asked to sum up the findings of Ms Nicol. "In my opinion the findings provide moderately strong support for the view that Tania Nicol had been in forceful or prolonged contact with items which are or have been present in Wright's home environment around the time of her disappearance," he said.

13:09 When questioned Mr Palmer tells the jury the matches did not occur by chance.

13:08 Nine green polyester fibres found in the hair of Ms Nicol matched with fibres found on the defendants tracksuit bottoms, the court is told.

13:06 The witness tells the court viscose blue polyester fibres found on the defendants jacket and tracksuit bottoms corresponded with fibres found in Gemma Adams' hair.

13:01 Mr Wright QC asks what the chances are of these fibres being found in Tania Nicol's hair being from a random event. Mr Palmer tells jurors "it is highly unlikely".

12:59 Mr Palmers said in his opinion these findings represent "a more forceful or sustained contact" with the carpet of the Ford Mondeo at or around the time of her disappearance.

12:56 Jurors are told that because nylon fibres are not shed easily and are tough it requires force for them to break from the donor item and transfer to the recipient.

12:54 Peter Wright QC asks: "From the swabs taken from the head rests and the back of the seats did you find any nylon carpet fibres consistent with having come from the carpet of the Mondeo car?" Mr Palmer replies "no".

12:52 Mr Palmer tells the court nylon car carpets do not generally shed fibres very well as they are "tough and durable".

12:45 He said the fibre was "indistinguishable" in terms of microscopic appearance, instrumental analysis of colour and chemical and dye composition.

12:44 He says that a single black nylon carpet fibre which matched the carpet fibres in the passenger compartment of Wright's Mondeo was found in her hair.

12:43 Mr Palmer tells the court that a number of non-ubiquitous fibres were found on Tania Nicol.

12:42 The court is told that Miss Nicol also had shoulder length hair.

12:42 Mr Wright said Tania Nicol was the first to go missing and is thought to have been immersed in the waters of Belstead Brook for a "significant period".

12:41 Mr Wright then begins asking Mr Palmer about the discovery of fibres on the body of Tania Nicol. 12:40 "Given her hair was exposed to fast flowing water it's my opinion that there was likely to have been more fibres present at the time she was deposited in the water. The fibres we found represent only a proportion of those originally transferred," he said. 12:39 Mr Palmer said there was support for the finding that Gemma Adams had been in contact with items from Wright's home on or about the time of her disappearance. 12:37 However Mr Palmer said only two of the three types of variable blue polyester fibres found on Miss Adams were detected on the body of Miss Nicol. 12:36 The court then hears that in the case of Tania Nicol no red acrylic fibres were found however variable blue polyester fibres corresponding with those on Gemma Adams were found. 12:33 "It's a more forceful direct contact," he said. 12:33 He said the presence of the fibres in Gemma Adams' hair were not consistent with casual or brief contact. 12:32 Mr Palmer said for the fibres to be lodged so deep into the hair "it would have had to be a significant contact with her hair" by the donor item.

12:31 He went on to say: "The fibres which persisted in such a hostile environment would have had to be present down near the root of the hair and the scalp where they could effectively be protected from the current of the stream."

12:29 Mr Palmer said people with longer hair tended to have fewer fibres present in their hair because they were more likely to brush or run their fingers through their hair regularly. They were also more likely have have their hair blown about by the wind.

12:28 The court heard that Gemma had shoulder length hair at the time she went missing.

12:28 Mr Palmer answered: "I think we can eliminate the stream as being the source of the fibres."

12:27 Mr Wright then goes on to ask if the 13 other fibres could have come from the fastflowing waters of Belstead Brook before lodging themselves in Miss Adams' hair.

12:26 Mr Palmer responded: "No, in my opinion that explanation can be fairly reasonably excluded."

12:25 Mr Wright then asks Mr Palmer whether the red acrylic fibre found in Gemma Adams' hair could have come from the waters of Belstead Brook.

12:24 He said no donor item - that is the item they would have originally come from - was found.

12:24 Mr Palmer said the three types of variable polyester fibres, of which there were 13 fibres in total, matched fibres found on, but not coming from, Wright's tracksuit bottoms.

12:22 He said the red acrylic fibre corresponded with red acrylic fibres found on the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell and in the area of the parcel shelf and rear seat of Wright's Mondeo, his sofa, the tracksuit bottoms he was wearing when he was arrested and his checked coat.

12:20 Mr Palmer answered: "Yes we did."

12:20 Mr Wright asked Mr Palmer: "Did you find a match between the red acrylic fibre and various items from the defendant's home environment?"

12:19 The court heard that one red acrylic fibre and 13 variable blue polyester fibres, of which there were three types, were found in Miss Adams' hair.

12:17 Mr Palmer added that given the length of time Miss Adams' body had been in the water, the fibres which were detected are likely to have been remnants of larger numbers of fibres which would originally have been deposited.

12:16 "In order for fibres to get into the deep linings of the hair there would have to have been a fair degree of contact with the donor item in question," Mr Palmer said.

12:15 He continued: "In order for fibres to persist in such a hostile environment they would likely have been present in the deep linings of the hair itself, possibly tangled around the roots."

12:13 "We were looking for collectives of fibres which stood out that may have shown commonality with the other women," Mr Palmer said.

12:12 He told the jury that it was necessary to wash her hair to clean away soil from the stream. The hair was then examined for fibres.

12:11 He said: "My understanding was Gemma Adams had been in flowing water for somewhere in the region of two weeks. In that situation there would be no expectation of finding fibres on her skin."

12:10 Mr Palmer said examinations for fibres on her body were confined to her hair.

12:09 Mr Wright then begins asking Mr Palmer about fibres found on the body of Gemma Adams, whose body was found in Belstead Brook at Hintlesham on December 2, 2006.

12:08 The jury is shown a chart showing the length of time the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell are thought to have been exposed to the elements.

12:07 Mr Wright then returns to a topic dealt with yesterday regarding the impact rain and wind would have on the retention of fibres on the skin.

12:02 Mr palmer tells jurors the skin is a non-retentive surface which does not retain fibres easily. If someone washed it would remove the fibres from the skin, he said. He tells the court in his opinion this means the fibres found on the naked bodies of the women have been transferred at the point of deposition.

11:59 The court is told it does not mean these women would have been in contact with Wright's home.

11:58 Mr Wright asks what the chances would be of a random match of having three women found each with a permutation of the fibres as they appear on the charts which match a permutation of fibres taken from the garments and items relating to the home of Wright? He replies: "It would not occur by chance."

11:55 Mr Palmer tells the court the chances of the fibres coming from someone other than Wright or his home environment would be "infinitesimally small"

11:49 Mr Wright explains to the jury that there is not one non-ubiquitous fibre being found on the body but many. He asks Mr Palmer the chances of that arising at random and is told it is "highly unlikely".

11:47 Mr Palmer tells the court that the chance of finding more colour combinations is even smaller.

11:46 He reiterates that the chances of finding these fibres by chance is extremely small.

11:45 He is asked to explain this to the court and says that it means a fibre that is relatively common, such as fibres found on jeans and white cottons.

11:43 "It therefore follows that finding more than one tape on one surface is even smaller."

11:42 "It is an unlikely event," he said.

11:42 Mr Palmer tells the court: "There have been a number of studies over the years which have consistently shown the chances of finding a non-ubiquitous fibre type colour combinations is extremely small". He suggests they cannot put figures on it.

11:39 Mr Wright QC asks if in relation to the bodies found at Nacton or Levington if there was an indication from the fibres found on the bodies of primary contact with items that had contact with Wright or his home environment. Mr Palmer says there was and confirms that there was a connection with the time the bodies were left in the wooded areas.

11:31 Mr Palmer told jurors the blue polyester micro fibres represented a "primary contact" but the others were impossible to say whether the contact was primary or secondary.

11:29 He said given the nature of the fibres it was his opinion that she had been in contact with items that have been present with Wright or his home environment "At or around the time she was deposited at the site".

11:25 Mr Palmer tells the jury he believes Ms Clennell washed or bathed on the day she disappeared, meaning those found only represented a small proportion of those originally transferred to her.

11:22 Peter Wright QC asks if three blue polyester fibres found on Ms Clennell matched the blue polyester fibres comprising of the tracksuit bottoms Wright was wearing at the time of his arrest. Mr Palmer says they did.

11:20 Mr Palmer is asked if any conclusions can be drawn as to the source of the donor item and he tells the court the red acrylic "may have been something like a travel rug or a travel throw".

11:07 Once again, the donor item was not found.

11:07 That fibre, the court was told, corresponded with fibres found either on the trousers Wright was wearing when he was arrested, in his home environment or in his car.

11:06 Tapings from Paula Clennell's body also yielded a purple-blue cotton fibre, Mr Palmer said.

11:05 However he added that the 'donor item' which they originated from was not found.

11:05 Mr Palmer said those fibres matched green-blue viscose fibres found upon a number of items from Wright's home and the trousers he was wearing at the time of his arrest.

11:03 Four green-blue viscose fibres were also found.

11:03 The court heard that the red fibre matched fibres found on items in Wright's home, the tracksuit bottoms he was wearing at the time of his arrest and in his car.

11:01 Jury members were then told that one red acrylic fibre was found on Paula Clennell's body.

11:00 The court heard that those 36 fibres matched the composite polyester tracksuit bottoms recovered from Wright's flat.

10:59 Mr Wright then asks Mr Palmer: "Did you also find some 36 blue-grey polyester microfibres?" Mr Palmer answers: "Yes we did."

10:58 One of those fibres was then further examined and found to be "indistinguishable" to the fibres in the coat on the basis of their dye and chemical composition.

10:57 Mr Palmer says the fibres were first matched to the constituent fibres of the coat through a colour test.

10:56 He says the three fibres matched the variable grey polyester fibres within a checked coat owned by Wright.

10:55 Mr Palmer tells the court that in his examination of items found on the body of Paula Clennell he found three variable grey polyester fibres.

10:53 Jury members are shown a diagram illustrating the links between fibres found on Paula Clennell's body and fibres found on items belonging to Steve Wright.

10:52 Peter Wright QC, who heads the prosecution team, asks Mr Palmer about his findings in respect of the fibres lifted from the body of Paula Clennell.

10:51 The trial resumes with forensic fibre analysis expert Ray Palmer continuing his evidence. Live coverage from February 6, 2008

11:44 The case has adjourned until tomorrow at 10.30pm. The prosecution said it was either at or very close to the closure of its case.

11:43 Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, read the statement of Detective Constable Richard Ford. He said at 9.50pm on Thursday, December 21 2006, at Stowmarket police station, he charged and cautioned Steve Wright with five offences of murder.

11:24 Wright answered "no comment" to every question put to him.

11:24 Wright was asked various questions, including whether he knew or had paid for sex with the five women, if he would ask prostitutes to remove their clothes and if his partner knew he used vice girls.

11:23 The court heard how detectives quizzing Wright after his arrest interviewed the 49year-old ten times between December 19 and 21 for a total of eight hours and ten minutes.

11:22 All were found to have consumed crack cocaine, cocaine or heroin in the hours leading up to their deaths.

11:21 The jury was told of the findings made in the toxicology report on each of the women.

11:15 The court heard the inside of London Road, Wright's home, was also examined for finger prints. Mr Spence said a number of finger prints were found from 47 locations in the house. Mr Spence said none of them matched the finger or palms of the deceased women. He said they were found to belong to Wright, his partner Pamela and Pamela's son.

11:13 The jury was told forensic scientists examined the inside of Wright's car for finger prints. The court heard none of them matched any of the five deceased women.

11:12 Mr Spence said no hairs from Tania Nichol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton or Paula Clennell were recovered from the defendant's car.

11:11 Mr Spence said it was in the opinion of the forensic scientist that the findings provided strong support for the proposition that the hairs originated from Annette Nicholls.

11:10 Simon Spence, junior prosecutor, read out a number of admissions to the jury. He said a number of hairs were recovered from the defendant's car. Two of the hairs were found to match in colour and microscopic appearance a reference hair from Annette Nicholls, he said.

11:00 Jurors are read an admission given by a former colleague of Pamela Wright, Steve Wright's partner. The Ansaback call centre employee said she could remember Ms Wright going to work and forgetting to bring her glasses. She called Wright three times but could not get hold of him. She said this could have been on December 10, 11 or 12, at around 11pm.

10:58 The case resumes. Live coverage from February 7, 2008

16:21 The court has adjourned and will resume tomorrow morning.

16:20 He was asked about another image captured, this time at 1.49am on December 4, the day after Anneli Alderton was last seen. Wright had already admitted having sex with Miss Alderton "on or around" December 3. Wright told the court he had again been unable to sleep.

16:19 He said he would often drive along London Road, down the A14 to Nacton before driving back through town to his London Road home.

16:18 Wright said "no way", adding he had been unable to sleep so he had gone for a drive.

16:18 Mr Langdale said it had been suggested he was in the process of disposing of Miss Nicol's body.

16:17 Wright was asked about pictures taken by a number plate recognition camera in London Road which captured his car heading out of Ipswich at around 1.39am on October 31.

16:16 Mr Langdale asked if he had anything to do with Tania's disappearance. "No", said Wright.

16:14 He said Pam would have noticed had he done so.

16:13 "No", Wright replied.

16:13 Mr Langdale asked: "Did you ever dispose of any items from your home environment because you thought they may connect you to those girls?"

16:11 Wright was asked about a number of fibres found upon Miss Nicol's body which were also found on his clothes, home and car.

16:06 He told the court he saw her walk towards Handford Road where he had picked her up and said she was in his car for "probably about five minutes".

16:05 "After she got out of the car I went home," Wright added.

16:03 He said Ms Nicol spent about two or three minutes trying to persuade him to reconsider his decision. He said it was not a hostile conversation.

16:02 "I drove further along Handford Road and turned into Portman Road and parked up. Basically I told her I had changed my mind," Wright said.

16:01 He said he noticed it when she first got into the car, which changed his mind, but he was driving towards Portman Road trying to build up the courage to tell her he did not want sex with her.

15:59 "As she got into the car I noticed she had acne on her face and that is what put me off quite a bit really," Wright tells the court.

15:58 Wright said he reversed the car out of Burlington Road into Handford Road because he did not know where Burlington Road would come out.

15:57 The court is told Ms Nicol came to the passenger side window and spoke to Wright and got into his car.

15:54 Mr Langdale says he will have to go into the detail of that event with Wright.

15:54 "Quite possibly, yes," replies Wright.

15:53 "Is that you picking up Tania Nicol on the corner of Handford Road and Burlington Road?" asks Mr Langdale QC.

15:50 At 11.15pm a dark blue car was seen, Mr Langdale tells the court. The jury are then showed the footage.

15:49 He was told this footage was of just after 11pm on October 1. It shows Tania Nicol standing on the junction between Handford Road and Burlington Road, he is told.

15:45 Wright was asked about CCTV footage which appeared to show his Ford Mondeo in the red light district. He accepted the car could have been his.

15:44 "No", replied Wright.

15:44 Mr Langdale asked: "Did you see pictures of a man called Tom Stephens who had been arrested by police?"

15:43 Wright was asked if Tom Stephens was someone known to him. "No", he replied.

15:42 After sex, Wright said he and the prostitute would sometimes share a hug before he would let her out of the house.

15:42 "They were quite willing," he said.

15:37 Wright told the court he did not think this cost him any extra.

15:36 He said they were clothed at that time but when they had sex in his house he requested for them to be fully undressed.

15:35 "In the bedroom we would sit on the bed and basically discuss how much they wanted," Wright told the court.

15:32 Wright tells the court he did not get the gloves out until after they had sex.

15:31 The girls never objected to having sex on the floor of his bedroom, jurors hear.

15:31 None of the girls were ever allowed to go into the lounge in Wright's home because he was worried about them stealing, the court is told.

15:30 Mr Langdale QC asks Wright if when he brought the next girl back to his house if it was still before he picked up Anneli Alderton. Wright replies it was.

15:28 From then on he used gloves in the house to dispose of the condom. He kept them in his coat pocket, the court was told.

15:28 Wright tells the court the first time he brought a girl back to the house he went to the toilet and tried to use some toilet roll but it did not work properly and his hand touched the condom.

15:27 Mr Langdale QC asks Wright what he did in the house as he had no gloves.

15:23 He said he didn't want to have sex on a "dusty carpet".

15:22 Wright said he would lay his lumber jack coat and reflective jacket on the floor and have sex with the prostitutes upon them.

15:21 He did this to be "secretive", he told the court.

15:20 He said when he took prostitutes back to his home, he would drive to the back of his house and take them in through the back doors.

15:20 Jurors were shown pictures of Wright's bedroom, taken on the day of his arrest.

15:14 Wright tells the court it was Jamie's room and although he was rarely there it had all his stuff in it.

15:14 Mr Langdale explains to the jury there were two bedrooms and asks why Wright never took a prostitute in the back bedroom.

15:13 He told the jury people could exit the house via a side gate in the back garden. This was a communal area, jurors were told.

15:12 Wright tells the court there were double bay doors at the back of the house.

15:11 The jury are taken through detailed scaled plans of Wright's home, explaining where each of the rooms was located.

15:10 Wright replied: "No, I thought it just covered the car park at the back as it was a private car park."

15:09 Mr Langdale QC says the trial has heard this was a fake camera. He asks Wright if he knew it was a fake.

15:08 He told the court it was pointing towards the carpark at the back of his home.

15:07 He asks Wright if he knew of any CCTV equipment based at his house. Wright says he was aware of a camera at the side of his house about 12 foot up on the wall.

15:06 Timothy Langdale QC reads out an admission which says Wright's home area was not covered by CCTV.

15:05 The jury are shown photos and maps of the defendant's house in London Road.

15:00 He said only once did he have sex with a prostitute in his bed. After that it was on the bedroom floor because he was worried his partner would "smell them".

14:59 He admitted having sex with Gemma Adams in his car "sometime in the middle of November". He said he had sex with Anneli Alderton in his house on or around December 3.

14:58 Wright said that he began asking prostitutes back to his home instead of having sex in his car.

14:58 Wright also told jurors how he often had trouble sleeping.

14:58 He said the latest he would get home would be at about 2.30am. He said he could survive on two or three hours sleep a night.

14:57 He said he would usually take the prostitutes back to where he picked them up after he had used their services.

14:56 Wright admitted he was someone who would sweat easily, especially while having sex.

14:56 "Never," replied Wright.

14:56 Mr Langdale asked: "Did you ever put pressure on any of the girls' necks?"

14:55 Wright said he had never had any trouble with any of the prostitutes. He also said none of the women had taken drugs while with him.

14:54 Wright said he would haggle with prostitutes over how much he would pay for sex. They would ask for between £40 and £50, but Wright would only agree to pay £20 or £30.

14:50 Wright tells the court once he disposed of the condom he would pull his trousers back up and the girl would get dressed in his car.

14:49 Mr Langdale QC asks Wright if he ever had to go out of the car to dispose of the condom. He tells the court there was one occasion and it was after he had sex with Gemma Adams. Mr Langdale tell the jury he will come back to Wright's history with the deceased girls later.

14:46 Wright explained how he would reach over to get a glove after sex from both the front and back seat.

14:45 This would not be distasteful to him, as the glove would dry, Wright told the court.

14:44 Wright told the court he would usually throw the condom out of the window of his car after sex but he would put the glove back in the side door pocket.

14:42 At any one time Wright said he would normally have two or three pairs of gloves in each place.

14:42 He would keep them in the driver's side door or in his reflective jacket, jurors heard.

14:41 He told the court the gloves came from Celotex and he would always take extra pairs while he was working there.

14:36 Wright said the gloves would sometimes be inside out, because of the way he would pull them off when he finished work.

14:35 He said removing the condom without the use of the gloves would make him "gag".

14:35 "Because I found it distasteful," he replied.

14:34 "Why not use your hand," Mr Langdale asked Wright.

14:34 He said he didn't keep tissues in the car and would use a pair of gloves to remove the condom after sex.

14:34 Wright said he would always wear a condom when engaging in sex with the girls. These would be supplied by the prostitutes themselves.

14:32 Wright would not wear his reflective jacket, though. He said he would only wear that to drive to and from work.

14:32 He would also wear his lumber-jack coat.

14:31 Wright said he would usually wear a pair of Tesco tracksuit bottoms or Lotto tracksuit bottoms when picking up sex workers.

14:28 The court heard Wright say there was never an occasion in the car when the girls were completely undressed.

14:27 If it was sex in the car Wright told the court the girl would be partially undressed. "They would just take their bottoms off," he said. Jurors also heard he would be partially undressed, with his bottoms down by his ankles.

14:25 Wright said nine times out of ten it was sex with him on top of the girl.

14:24 "Sometimes on the front passenger seat, sometimes on the back seat," he told jurors.

14:23 Wright was asked if he normally had sex with them in his car. He told the court he did.

14:22 The court heard that Wright took approximately six girls back to his house.

14:22 Judge Justice Gross asked for clarification if Wright had meant 12 girls or 12 occasions. Wright replied: "probably 13 times." Mr Langdale said: "Certainly on one occasion, but did you ever pick up the same girl?" Wright said that he did.

14:17 He said that included the five women who had been killed.

14:17 Wright said that between starting using street girls, a week into October 2006, and his arrest on December 19, he had sex with about 12 prostitutes.

14:16 There were occasions, he said, when he would not pick anybody up.

14:15 Wright told the court he would drive around the red light district looking for girls between 11pm and 2am.

14:14 The trial resumes.

13:08 The court has adjourned until 2pm.

13:07 He said he would only use prostitutes when Pamela was at work.

13:07 He said when he picked up prostitutes, he would go to a secluded spot.

13:06 But Wright told the court he was not aware that London Road was in the red light area until he was stopped while driving nearby by police in early December 2006.

13:06 He said he became aware girls worked in Handford Road, West End Road and Sir Alf Ramsay Way.

13:05 Wright said the first time he picked up a street girl was in Portman Road, two weeks after moving to London Road.

13:02 He is also asked to point out the way he drove Pamela to work. He tells the court he used routes which took in London Road, the Copdock interchange, Handford Road, Civic Road and Wherstead Road.

13:01 Mr Langdale asks Wright to explain to the jury using maps how he drove to his work places at Cellatex and Cerro Manganese Bronze from London Road.

12:55 He said the first girl he had picked up explained to him that this was not the case and there were several other roads that made up the red light district.

12:54 "I thought just Portman Road was the red light district," he told the court.

12:53 Jurors heard he would pay anywhere from £20 - £30 for normal sex and anywhere from £10 - £30 for oral sex. He said he used mostly straight sex.

12:52 He said he used them instead of the massage parlours because he thought they would be cheaper.

12:51 Wright told the court he started to pick them up after two or three days.

12:50 He said he would drive her to work early and he said he would notice girls who appeared to be prostitutes as he drove he to work.

12:49 Wright was asked about when Pamela worked. He said during the week it was starting at 11 or 12 and weekends was a later start, between 12-12.30.

12:45 He said he became aware of prostitutes working in the area after a "couple of weeks".

12:44 Wright said he was unaware London Road was in the red light district.

12:44 Wright said the couple left Bell Close because the property was being sold. They moved to London Road after Pamela had spotted it, moving in on October 1, 2006.

12:43 He would use them after golf sessions, paying between £65 and £80.

12:43 Wright said he would visit prostitutes around once every six months - "when I had the urge".

12:42 Wright was asked about his sexual relationship with partner Pamela. He said it had been healthy at first, but became "almost nonexistent when she began working night shifts.

12:41 Wright would pay for straight and oral sex, always using a condom supplied by the massage parlour.

12:40 He said he would try to use different prostitutes.

12:37 Mr Langdale asks him if when he came back to East Anglia from London, to Felixstowe, if he would use massage parlours? Wright replies: "intermittently, yes,". He says he used to go to Ipswich and used two particular parlours, called Oasis and Cleopatra's.

12:35 Mr Langdale asks when Wright first started using prostitutes in England. Wright says it was when he was working in London in the pub trade. He says he used massage parlours for normal sex.

12:34 He tells the court he engaged in oral sex very rarely.

12:33 Mr Langdale QC confirms with Wright that this happened in foreign countries when he went ashore. Wright says he engaged in "normal sexual intercourse".

12:32 Mr Langdale QC asks him about his use of prostitutes and Wright said he used used them when he was in the Merchant Navy at the age of 25. He tells jurors it was a young crew and it was normal.

12:31 He told the court he smokes.

12:30 He is asked if he drinks a lot. Wright replies: "Very rarely. I used to go months without drinking. I used to drink after golf sometimes. But only two or three."

12:28 Mr Langdale QC asks Wright about his drinking habits.

12:28 He said he would pay a monthly membership.

12:24 The court was told Wright played at the Seckford Golf Club near Woodbridge. He said he would drive along Wherstead Road and then on to the A14 to get there. The journey would take up to 30 minutes.

12:23 Wright said his clubs and other golf gear would be kept in the boot of his car.

12:23 He said he took up the sport 25 years ago, but became more serious about playing within the last four years.

12:22 Wright also told jurors how golf played a big part in his life. He would play most weekends, sometimes on a Saturday and a Sunday.

12:22 Wright said he would also vacuum clean the interior.

12:21 He said he was proud of the car and would wash it regularly.

12:21 Wright was asked questions about his Ford Mondeo. He said he bought it on November 25, 2005 - the day he got his licence back.

12:18 "I did not feel good about myself, It was a situation I got myself in," Wright tells the court.

12:17 Wright said: "She would probably have left me." He also confirms he was actively concealing his use of prostitutes from her.

12:16 Talking about Wright using prostitutes, Mr Langdale asks him what he thinks would have happened if she found out?

12:15 Mr Langdale QC asks Wright about the use of prostitutes and if Pamela knew. Wright said: "No, she did not know."

12:13 When asked how he would describe their relationship in general terms Wright replies: "When we first got together it was pretty good but when she started working nights and I was working days we were like two ships passing in the night, we never really had any time together."

12:10 Timothy Langdale QC says he will now have to start asking some very personal questions about Wright's relationship and his sex life.

12:09 During this time Wright would drive her to work and she would get a bus home, jurors hear.

12:08 Wrights says Pamela had worked at Ansaback for a period of 2-3 years. She began her night shifts about eight to nine months before the couple moved to London Road.

12:07 Pamela has a son in her late 20s who lived spasmodically with the couple in Bell Close, Wright tells the court.

12:05 Wright is asked to go through maps to indicate to the jury where Bell Close was located in Ipswich. He describes it as just off Wherstead Road.

12:01 They lived together in Felixstowe, Walton and then in Bell Close, Ipswich.

12:01 He said Pamela was eight or nine years older than him, and added that the pair had been together since 2000.

12:00 Wright said he would use Wherstead Road to reach the A14, which he would then use to get to Ransomes Industrial Estate where Ansaback is based.

12:00 Wright told the court how he would take partner Pamela Wright to work at the Ansaback call centre in Ipswich. The drive would take him ten to 15 minutes.

11:59 He began working at Cerro on the Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate on November 30, 2006.

11:58 The court heard how, in summer 2006, Wright held down two jobs. He worked in Mendlesham in the morning and then at Cellotex in the afternoon and evening.

11:56 The court heard Wright lost his driving licence in May 2005 for speeding offences. He got it back in November 2005.

11:56 He said he was not familiar with the spot where Tania Nicol was found, nor Belstead Brook in general.

11:51 Wright is asked about the A1071 road going from Ipswich to Hadleigh, near to the sites where the bodies of Tania Nicol and Gemma Adams were found. He is asked if he ever traveled along that route. Wright tells the jury he has when he was going to work for Supreme Foods and at another premises.

11:48 He is asked about the old Felixstowe Road where the bodies of Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell were found. Wright says he would "sometimes" use that road as it was a back road to Felixstowe when there is a lot of traffic.

11:46 Mr Langdale asks Wright if he would travel along the road where the body of Anneli Alderton was found? Wright says he would have when he was working in Felixstowe. He says he would have traveled along it "numerous times". But not when he was working for Gateway.

11:42 He says one was the Nacton turn off from the A14 and then towards the village.

11:42 Mr Langdale QC asks Wright how he drove to Gateway. Wright says he used two different routes.

11:40 These show the location of Gateway Recruitment and the deposition sites of the five bodies.

11:39 Timothy Langdale says he would like to talk to Wright about the location of Gateway and asks him to refer to a series of maps.

11:38 Timothy Langdale told the jury this led to him doing several different jobs, starting at Supreme Foods in Hadleigh and Wright confirmed whilst he worked for Gateway he would visit the premises in Camilla Court, Nacton two times a year.

11:36 He said this took the pressure off him and he registered with the Gateway Recruitment agency, which he was with until 2006.

11:26 Wright told the court he eventually declared himself bankrupt.

11:26 He said he went to Thailand for ten weeks, but on his return, his money problems had escalated.

11:26 The court was told he started to gamble on horses and ran up debts.

11:25 He then took over at a pub in Haverhill, Essex. He eventually returned to Suffolk, moving in with his father in Felixstowe.

11:24 He later worked in south east London and Essex, again as a manager. He told the court he did not like it because of the drug scene. "Someone who's drunk you can figure out," he said. "Someone on drugs you can't so it becomes more dangerous."

11:23 He worked as a replacement pub manager before taking over at the Ferry Boat Inn in Norwich in 1988.

11:23 After leaving the QE2, Wright bought a bungalow in Halstead, Essex. He married again after turning to the pub trade for work.

11:21 They were married for around seven years, during which time they had a child.

11:21 He later joined the merchant navy and then became a steward on the QE2 where he was to meet his first wife.

11:20 Wright left school at 16 with no qualifications. He took a job at a hotel in Aldeburgh.

11:20 The court heard his Wright's father served as an RAF policeman. Because of the nature of his job, Wright went to school in various destinations, including Malta and Singapore.

11:19 He said his mother now lives in the USA.

11:19 Wright told jurors he was born in Norfolk and revealed his parents had divorced many years ago. He said his mother and father looked after him, as did his grandparents.

11:18 He told the court he had given evidence as a prosecution witness several years ago and felt the same level of stress.

11:17 Wright was asked about his arrest on December 19. The court had earlier heard he had become unsteady on his feet. Wright said this was a result of stress.

11:16 Wright confirmed his name and address.

11:13 He calls Wright to the witness box.

11:13 He tells them he will not make a detailed opening statement but calls for them to regard Wright as "any other witness," even though there will be a special focus on him. He tells the jury Wright will explain how he came to be in Ipswich and how he came to use the services of prostitutes and how he came to encounter the victims in this case.

11:10 Timothy Langdale QC tells the jury he will be calling the defendant, Steve Wright, to give evidence as a witness.

11:09 Judge Justice Gross tells the jury that is the end of the Crown's case and we will now hear from the defence.

11:08 He tells the court that samples recovered from the sites were the bodies were found in 2006 matched Wright's DNA, he was then put under surveillance and subsequently arrested.

11:07 Mr Spence tells the court Wright's DNA was put onto a national database after he was convicted of theft in 2003. He was found guilty of stealing money from a bar that he was working, he says.

11:04 He tells the court that all refuge and charity sites around East Anglia were searched for clothing.

11:03 The court also hears that foliage taken from the sites where Ms Nicholls and Ms Clennell were found was examined but no collective fibres were found other than what the jury have already been told.

11:01 He then goes through with them a map which shows the bus route Tania Nicol took on the day of her disappearance.

11:00 Simon Spence, for the prosecution, alerts the jury to a new schedule which sets out the fibre evidence they have heard from Mr Palmer.

10:57 The trial resumes. Live coverage from February 8, 2008

14:37 The court breaks until Tuesday.

14:37 Wright denied the accusation.

14:36 "You got her into your car with a view to having sex with her and you killed her," the prosecution continued.

14:34 "No it did not," the defendant replied.

14:34 "That violence involved you squeezing the life out of her," Mr Wright said.

14:33 "Not by me," the defendant replied.

14:33 The prosecution said there was violence used against Miss Nicol.

14:32 "If you say so," Wright replied.

14:31 The prosecution said that was the reason why the nylon carpet fibre from the defendant's car was found on her body.

14:31 "No I did not," Wright replied.

14:30 "On the night of 30/31 October 2006 you took the body of Tania Nicol out past the camera and dumped it in the water into Belstead Brook," Mr Wright said.

14:29 "No I did not," Wright said.

14:28 "You murdered each of these five women and you disposed of their bodies didn't you," the prosecution said.

14:27 "The gloves swapped around on occasions," Wright said.

14:26 Mr Wright then asked the defendant how the gloves in the car came to have Miss Alderton's DNA on them - given that he had sex with her in his house so would have used the gloves from the reflective jacket to remove the condom.

14:23 "No I did not," Wright replied.

14:23 "You dumped her body there having killed her didn't you," the prosecution told Wright.

14:21 "It would appear so, yes," Wright replied.

14:21 "Those fibres are still on the front of her body or hair," the prosecution said.

14:20 Wright replied "yes".

14:20 "She left your house and walked out into the dark," the prosecution said. "Someone else picked her up. Someone else has taken her body to Nacton."

14:18 Wright said Miss Alderton must have got the fibres from the reflective jacket on her body during the time they had sex.

14:17 "No, I'm afraid you're wrong," the defendant said.

14:16 "For disposing of the bodies," Mr Wright replied.

14:16 "Cover for what," the defendant asked.

14:16 "That was all part of the cover wasn't it," Mr Wright said.

14:16 "If you say so," Wright replied.

14:15 "Of course to anybody seeing you on the streets of Ipswich driving by wearing the reflective jacket you would just look like a shift worker, wouldn't you," the prosecution continued.

14:13 "I can't say," Wright replied.

14:13 "Why are you wearing the reflective jacket," the prosecution asked.

14:13 The court was then shown an image from December 4 of the defendant driving his car while wearing the yellow reflective jacket.

14:12 Wright said he didn't remember wearing the reflective jacket.

14:11 "There wouldn't appear to be any particular reason why in the warmth and comfort of your motor vehicle that you would need to wear the reflective jacket," the prosecution said.

14:09 The prosecution told the defendant that there were two fibres from the fluorescent reflective jacket found on the body of Miss Alderton.

14:08 "No way," the defendant replied.

14:08 "Unless you were disposing of the body of Anneli Alderton," Mr Wright said.

14:07 "I couldn't say," Wright said. "Maybe depending on the weather. There's possibly no reason."

14:07 "If you were going out for a drive why would you pick up the reflective jacket," the prosecution asked.

14:06 He told the court he could not remember if he had picked up the reflective jacket.

14:05 Wright said he tried to get to sleep for about 20 minutes after Miss Alderton left his flat.

14:05 Wright said "yes", it was another coincidence.

14:04 Mr Wright said it also appeared to be a coincidence that the defendant picked up Miss Alderton on the night she went missing and again suffered from insomnia.

14:03 Wright said yes it was.

14:03 Mr Wright said it would appear it was a coincidence that the defendant tried to pick Miss Nicol up on the night of October 30, dropped her off and then suffered from insomnia.

14:01 "That's two coincidences," Mr Wright told the jury.

14:01 "it appears so, yes," Wright said.

14:00 "And there is a correspondence between Anneli Alderton and her disappearance and you driving out along the road," the prosecution continued.

13:59 "It would appear so, yes," the defendant replied.

13:59 "In terms of these women going missing it would appear there is a correspondence between the disappearance of Tania Nicol and you driving out along that road," the prosecution said.

13:57 "If you say so, yes," Wright replied.

13:57 "In those four or five there has been less than a 50% success rate in capturing your car driving along London Road," the prosecution said.

13:55 "If you say so, yes" Wright replied.

13:55 The prosecution asked if it was a coincidence the automatic number plate recognition system in London Road only picked him up twice.

13:54 Wright said that since he moved to London Road he had been out for late night drives four or five times.

13:52 He said he first started to do this when he got his first car.

13:52 He said when he could not sleep he would often go for a drive.

13:51 Wright told the court he had suffered from insomnia most of his adult life but had never sought medical treatment for it.

13:50 "Yes it is," the defendant said.

13:50 "Is that another coincidence," the prosecution asked.

13:50 "It appears so, yes," the defendant replied.

13:50 Mr Wright said: "It would appear you are familiar with the area in which the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell were found."

13:48 He said he had driven along it quite a few times but had never really paid it much attention.

13:47 He said he was not familiar with the Old Felixstowe Road at Levington, where the bodies of Miss Nicholls and Miss Clennell were found.

13:47 Wright told the court he was also familiar with the Nacton area, where the body of Miss Alderton was discovered.

13:45 Wright said yes it was a coincidence.

13:45 The prosecution asked the defendant if it was a coincidence that he was familiar with the road and that the bodies of Miss Nicol and Miss Adams may have been deposited into Belstead Brook from the road.

13:43 He said he was aware that the area was relatively secluded.

13:42 He said he often used to travel that way on his way to and from work between Ipswich and Hadleigh.

13:42 The defendant said he was "familiar" with the area where the bodies of Miss Nicol and Miss Adams were found at Belstead Brook.

13:40 Wright replied: "It would appear so, yes."

13:40 "If those five women were indeed murdered they were murdered by someone or other during the time that you were picking up prostitutes off the streets of Ipswich," the prosecution told the defendant.

13:39 "It would appear so, yes," replied Wright.

13:38 The prosecution said the five women went missing during the same period.

13:36 Wright told the court he started picking up prostitutes off the streets of Ipswich in October 2006 and that he continued to pick them up until his arrest in December that year.

13:35 "No. Like I said before I didn't have anything to do with their disappearance so why should it affect me as well," Wright said.

13:34 "Did that stop you from picking them up," the prosecution asked.

13:33 He told the prosecution that he was aware that another three women working on the streets of Ipswich had gone missing.

13:32 When given the dates that the other three girls went missing Wright replied: "It appears so, yes."

13:31 "The name didn't mean anything to me and I don't remember seeing a photograph," Wright said.

13:30 He said he was aware of the discovery of the body of Miss Adams but did not realise that she was one of the prostitutes he had used.

13:29 The defendant said he continued to use prostitutes during the period that they went missing.

13:29 "Up until that time, yes," Wright replied.

13:29 "You were completely ignorant of the fact that sex workers from Ipswich were disappearing," the prosecution asked.

13:28 The defendant said he could not remember if he was shown photographs of Miss Nicol and Miss Adams.

13:27 The prosecution then asked Wright about the night of November 20 when he was stopped by police in Ipswich's red light district.

13:27 "Apparently not," the defendant said.

13:26 "Did much cross your mind in terms of picking up these women over this period on time," the prosecution asked.

13:26 Wright said: "The thought never crossed my mind."

13:25 "You were prepared to take that risk," the prosecution replied.

13:25 "Possibly, yes," said Wright.

13:24 The prosecution continued: "In terms of these women leaving your home by the front door this was an additional risk in terms of a chance encounter."

13:23 "It may depend if they were alive or dead Mr Wright," the prosecution said.

13:22 "Why would I escort them back to my car," the defendant replied.

13:22 "What about being escorted back to your car," Mr Wright asked.

13:21 "I wouldn't have thought so, no," Wright replied.

13:21 "The camera wouldn't have captured you taking these women into your house, would it," the prosecution asked.

13:20 Wright said there was a CCTV camera at the side of his flat that picked up vehicles going into the property's car park.

13:19 "I would look out the front to see if anyone was about and let them out the front door," the defendant replied. "I can't explain it. That's just what happened."

13:18 "If the purpose of you getting them to your house unseen involved bringing them to the back door why did you let them out the front," Mr Wright asked.

13:16 He said he would taken them round to the back door.

13:15 Wright admitted that he would take the women to his home and that he would try to get them in unseen.

13:06 Mr Wright QC said women working on the streets were more vulnerable than those in massage parlours. "Women on the streets can be assaulted, they can be abused." He asked if Wright's use of street prostitutes was a question of "economy or opportunity". Steve Wright: "I suppose that factored into it." Peter Wright QC: "I suggest that opportunity was to kill." Steve Wright: "No it was not."

13:00 Peter Wright QC: "Is it that as time went by you were seeking something else, something more than just sexual gratification? Is it that when you went on you decided to kill?" Steve Wright: "No, no way."

12:53 Steve Wright said it was cheaper using prostitutes in the red light district rather than going to massage parlours. As a result he could get more girls for his money.

12:51 Mr Wright QC asked what had led Steve Wright's "urge" for using prostitutes to become more frequent.

12:50 Mr Wright QC said that between the disappearances of Tania Nicol and Gemma Adams it appeared that "prostitutes of Ipswich were not subjected to any campaign by a random psychopath." Steve Wright: "It would appear so, yes."

12:47 Mr Wright QC said there seemed to be a correspondence between the disappearance of each of the five women and the shift pattern of Wright's partner Pam.

12:46 He said that, in fact, there were no coincidences in this case. "The fact is you murdered each of these women." Steve Wright: "No, I did not."

12:44 Mr Wright QC said other coincidences including DNA evidence matching Wright to the bodies.

12:42 Peter Wright QC: "You had been singularly unfortunate." Steve Wright: "It seems so, yes."

12:41 Mr Wright QC said: "You solicited five girls from the streets of Ipswich in the order in which they died. Is that a coincidence?" Steve Wright: "It seems so, yes."

12:38 He said there were a lot of coincidences in the case. "You solicited five women from the streets of Ipswich, amongst others, and each of them are dead," he said. "Is that a coincidence?" Steve Wright said: "I would say it was a coincidence."

12:36 Mr Wright QC said all the women were petit while Steve Wright was a lot bigger.

12:35 Steve Wright said they were "prostitutes in general" but couldn't say what exactly attracted him to them.

12:33 Peter Wright QC asked Steve Wright what it was that first attracted him to the five dead women.

12:33 Cross-examination of Steve Wright begins.

12:32 Mr Langdale said that after being arrested, Wright replied no comment to all questions asked to him in police interviews. Wright said this was as a result of advice from his solicitor, a solicitor who has since been replaced.

12:30 Wright said he had slept with one other prostitute following Paula Clennell on the night of December 12/13.

12:29 Mr Langdale said it "seemed to follow" that Miss Clennell left Wright's home on December 10/11 and Wright was arrested several days later on December 19. Mr Langdale asked Wright if, after having sex with Miss Clennell, he had any sexual encounters with any other prostitutes.

12:26 Mr Langdale asked Wright if he had done anything to cause Miss Clennell injury. Wright said he had not.

12:25 Mr Langdale said her blood was found on Wrights reflective jacket. Wright said he had no idea how the blood got there and did not notice her bleeding.

12:23 Wright said he recalled Miss Clennell telling him she had bit her tongue on the day he saw her.

12:15 Wright told the court that Miss Clennell looked similar to a girl he has used before.

12:15 He said he also remembered the body Miss Nicol being discovered on December 8.

12:14 Wright said he remembered that the discovery of Miss Adams' body on December 2 was reported on the news.

12:13 "Were you aware at that stage that a body had been found," Mr Langdale asked.

12:13 "There was a lot more police presence on the street," Wright said. "I was aware of that."

12:12 Mr Langdale asked at this stage - on the 9/10 December - what the red light district was like.

12:11 Wright said he could not remember when he picked Miss Clennell up.

12:11 Mr Langdale said Miss Clennell was seen in Handford Road around 11pm on December and in the early hours of December 10.

12:09 Wright told the court that Paula Clennell was somebody he had sex with.

12:09 He said this would have been about 20 or 30 minutes after he first brought her to his London Road flat.

12:08 "That was the last I saw of her, when she left the house," he said.

12:08 He said that when she left the house Miss Nicholls was "fine".

12:07 Wright said he did not cause any injury to her at any time that would have caused her to bleed.

12:06 Wright said he did not see any blood on Miss Nicholls while they had sexual intercourse.

12:05 Mr Langdale said blood from Miss Nicholls was discovered on the reflective jacket.

12:05 Mr Wright said he would usually wear these to play golf in and that he never wore them when he went to pick up prostitutes.

12:04 Mr Langdale said fibres from a pair of Burton trousers owned by Wright were also found on Miss Nicholl's body.

12:03 "Nothing comes to mind," Wright replied.

12:03 "Do you remember anything at all about what she was wearing," he asked the defendant.

12:03 Mr Langdale said there were synthetic fur fibres found on her body, in Wright's Mondeo and on a fluorescent jacket found in his flat.

12:01 Wright said he took Miss Nicholls back to his flat in London Road and would have had sex with her in the way as previously described.

12:00 However he said if it was the 8/9 December it would have been after midnight because it was a weekend.

11:59 Wright said he could not remember the night he picked up Miss Nicholls.

11:58 "I agree," Wright replied.

11:58 "In terms of an opportunity for you to go with a prostitute it was a possibility on the 6/7 December or 8/9 December?" he asked Wright.

11:57 She was not working on the night of December 7/8, Mr Langdale said.

11:56 The court heard how Wright's partner Pamela was working on the nights of 6/7 and 8/9 December.

11:55 "No it was not," Wright replied. "There was no reason for me to be there."

11:55 "There is a suggestion that this is your car," Mr Langdale told Wright.

11:55 He said that a dark blue/black Mondeo and a silver/light blue/green Mondeo were seen parked at 8.30pm that day on the old A45 Levington layby.

11:53 Mr Langdale told the court she was believed to have been seen on December 8 "at a couple of locations."

11:52 Wright told the court that he had also had sex with Annette Nicholls.

11:52 He said he wasn't aware that there was a camera on the road.

11:52 "I was going for a drive because I couldn't sleep," Wright said.

11:50 Mr Langdale asked Wright why his car was seen by a registration recognition camera going out of Ipswich along London Road at 1.41am on the morning Miss Alderton is believed to have disappeared.

11:49 "That was the last I saw of her," he said.

11:49 He told the court that Miss Alderton would have left his home within 20 or 30 minutes of arriving.

11:48 Wright told the court he would be wearing these tracksuit bottoms on these occasions.

11:48 Mr Langdale told the court that fibres from a pair of Wright's Tesco tracksuit bottoms were found on Miss Alderton.

11:46 He said when he got the prostitutes back to his house he would ask them to strip naked.

11:45 He said she would have traveled in his car to get back to his flat and that sex would have taken place as previously described on the bedroom floor.

11:45 He said he would have taken her back to his home in London Road.

11:44 When asked by Mr Langdale what time of night Wright would have picked Miss Alderton up the defendant said it would have been between 11pm and 1am.

11:43 "It could have been on that night but I can't be 100% sure," he said.

11:42 Wright replied that it could have been on December 3 but he could not really be sure.

11:42 Mr Langdale asked Wright that - bearing in mind his DNA was found on her body and that fibres associated with his clothing and home were also discovered - if this helped him remember when he picked up Miss Alderton.

11:39 At 5pm on the same day she had a shower at her mother's house, he told the court.

11:39 Mr Langdale told the court that at about 10am on December 3 Miss Alderton had sex with her boyfriend, Mr Jefford.

11:38 Wright replied "yes".

11:37 Mr Langdale said the defendant's semen was also found on a pair of gloves found in his Mondeo car along with that of Miss Alderton's.

11:37 Wright replied "yes".

11:36 Mr Langdale said Wright's DNA was found on her body.

11:35 Mr Langdale asked Wright about Anneli Alderton.

11:29 Mr Langdale asked Wright if, when he picked up a girl or girls to take home whether he would trust them in his home. Wright said: "I wouldn't trust them 100 percent. I was always a bit wary whether they were prostitutes or anyone really."

11:28 Mr Langdale asked Wright what he did after being stopped. Wright said he didn't get a kebab because he had lost his appetite and decided to drive back home. On the way back he noticed a girl at the side of the road and picked her up after checking police weren't following him.

11:27 Wright, as a result of that stop, was asked to produce his documents which he did within the next few days.

11:26 Mr Langdale said Wright was stopped at about 12.50am on December 1 in his car on Civic Drive. He said the police had noticed you because you were driving slowly on London

Road. Were you going out to try and find a prostitute or some other reason? Wright said he was going to get something to eat from a kebab shop on Norwich Road. He saw the police vehicle on the left-hand side of the road and drove under 30 miles per hour as a result.

11:24 Wright said he would not have gone to police on recognizing the photographs because of Pam.

11:23 Mr Langdale asked Wright if he would recognise the girls from the photographs, to which Wright replied yes.

11:23 Mr Langdale asked Wright if at some stage he saw photographs of Tania Nicol and Gemma Adams. Wright said he couldn't remember what police showed him when he was stopped at the roadside. He said if he had not seen photographs on that occasion he would have seen them on TV.

11:21 Timothy Langdale asked Wright if he remembered when he first became aware of reports in the news about the girls going missing. Wright said this was around late November.

11:21 Wright said he was taking Pam to work and said police told him that two girls had gone missing but he was not aware of any report or talk of girls going missing. He said he didn't buy newspapers and very rarely watched the news. He added that if the names Gemma Adams or Tania Nicol were mentioned to him they would have "meant nothing to him".

11:19 Mr Langdale asked Wright about November 20, an occasion when he was stopped by police in his car on Handford Road. "That was an occasion when you were with Pam. At that sort of time on the 20th at 10pm where would you be going or doing?"

11:17 Wright said that he spent between 30 minutes and 45 minutes with Miss Adams.

11:17 Wright said it "must have been" after 12.45pm if he had met her that night.

11:15 Mr Langdale said that if Wright had met Gemma Adams on the night of the 14th/15th it could not have been between midnight and 1am as a previous witness, Mr C, had said he had been with Miss Adams between Midnight and shortly before 12.45pm that night. Wright agreed.

11:14 Mr Langdale asked Wright about when he believed he met Gemma Adams. Wright said he couldn't remember a definite time, only that it was some time after midnight, possibly on the night of November 13/14 or November 14/15.

11:12 Wright said the blue fibres 'meant nothing to him'.

11:12 Timothy Langdale QC said blue polyester fibres were also found on the tracksuit bottoms and Wright's fluorescent jacket. He said that no items found at Wright's home corresponded to these fibres.

11:10 Steve Wright said he could think of no item at his home that would contain that type of red acrylic.

11:09 Timothy Langdale QC said a red acrylic fibre was found in the hair of Gemma Adams. The same type of fibre was found in Steve Wright's coat and Lotto tracksuit bottoms as well as in his car.

11:02 He then drove her back to Handford Road and dropped her off he told the court.

11:01 Miss Adams then got back into the front passenger side, he said.

11:01 He then got back into the car to turn the alarm off and got back into the driver's seat.

11:00 Wright said that he went to get back in the car but forgot it was locked and the alarm went off.

11:00 After they had sex he leant over to the front door of the car to take out a pair of gloves which he then used to remove the condom. He then got out of the car to dispose of the condom. At this point Miss Adams was still in the back of the car.

10:58 He said it was not something he had done before when he had had sex with a prostitute in a car but she had requested it.

10:58 He said that when in the car they pulled over and first discussed money and she told him to lock the car doors.

10:57 Both he and Miss Adams were partially clothed he said.

10:57 The court heard that Wright had sex with Miss Adams on the back seat of his car.

10:56 Timothy Langdale QC told the court it is alleged Miss Adams disappeared at some point on November 14 or in the early hours of the 15th.

10:55 He said he picked her up his car and she told him to go to just off Wherstead Road.

10:54 He said he thinks it might have been on the night of October 13 or 14 or 14, 15.

10:53 He told the court he can't remember 100 percent when he met Gemma Adams.

10:53 Court resumes. Defendant Steve Wright continues to give his evidence. Live coverage from February 12, 2008

14:27 It will continue tomorrow when the jury is expected to hear more evidence from the defence.

14:26 Court adjourns for today.

14:26 Mr Stephens was given a harassment order and the women have not seen him since the summer of 2005.

14:25 Miss L reported the matter to the police and changed telephone numbers.

14:25 In April 2005 he told Miss M that he was "going to kill both women," the court heard.

14:24 At Easter 2005 Mr Stephens drove across the country to Miss M's home to visit Miss L.

14:24 Mr Stephens made several calls to this address and told Miss M he was "pursuing a debt and had stalkers rights," the court heard.

14:23 In February 2005 Miss L moved in with a friend - Miss M.

14:22 In late August 2004 she decided to call off the relationship and Mr Stephens told her he would wipe out the loan if she slept with him one more time.

14:21 She said in her statement that he described this as a "friendly" loan.

14:21 In August 2005 Miss L borrowed £500 from Mr Stephens to pay a debt related to council tax, the court heard.

14:20 She said Mr Stephens pinned her down with hands on her shoulders and across her neck.

14:20 She said she refused to do this but on a couple of occasions he did over power her and this made her feel uncomfortable, the court heard.

14:19 On one occasion he suggested they use "a safe word" during sex because he wanted to hold her down, Miss L said in her statement.

14:18 At this stage Mr Stephens was "polite" and "never scary", the court heard.

14:18 She said she met him through a lonely hearts column in a newspaper and that they met up for sex on five occasions.

14:17 The court hears that in 2004 she had an affair with a man called Tom Stephens.

14:16 The defence read out a statement from a woman known as Miss L.

14:12 The trial has resumed. The defence indicates it will read some written statements to the jury.

13:18 Wright finishes his evidence and the court breaks for lunch.

13:17 Other times when he did not go as far as Felixstowe Wright said he would stay in the car.

13:17 He said it was possible that he could have worn his reflective jacket.

13:17 He said he would sometimes go to Felixstowe where he would walk along the promenade for 15 minutes and have a cigarette.

13:16 Mr Langdale asked the defendant about the times he would go out for a drive after not being able to go to sleep.

13:15 The prosecutions finishes its cross examination and Wright is re-examined by his defence counsel, Timothy Langdale QC.

13:15 Wright denied this.

13:15 "The sad truth is Mr Wright you engaged in a campaign of murder for a little over six weeks. That's the truth," the prosecution said. "Selecting women with which to have sex with and kill."

13:13 "By that time I was in such a state that I couldn't think straight, I couldn't think of anything at the time," Wright replied.

13:13 "Did you not think 'I need to give my explanation'. Did that not occur to you," Mr Wright asked.

13:12 Mr Wright asked the defendant why he did not try to give his explanation of events to police officers after he was charged with murder.

13:11 "I was in such a state," he told the court.

13:11 When asked if he was concerned about the women disappearing Wright said he wasn't concerned about anything at the time.

13:10 "No it was not," Wright responded.

13:10 "In so far as your account is concerned it's an act of desperation on your part to try and explain away those suspicions between you and the murder of each of these women," the prosecution continued.

13:09 Wright said this was not true.

13:08 "Or was it that you were quite simply happy to sit behind the advice that you were then being given because the truth was you had absolutely no explanation to give?", the prosecution said. "You had not then come up with this account, seeking to tailor it to fit the forensic evidence in this case."

13:06 Wright agreed that this was true.

13:06 The prosecution said Wright could have given answers to these questions if he had decided to do so based on the evidence the defendant has given in court.

13:04 The defendant said this was true.

13:04 He said Wright was asked a serious of questions and - under advice form his solicitor declined to answer any of them.

13:03 Mr Wright then asked the defendant about when he was arrested.

13:02 He said he did not know why this was the case.

13:01 The defendant was asked why is DNA profile was found on the body of Miss Clennell.

12:58 "Did you then dispose of her body wearing the gloves and reflective jacket?" Mr Wright continued. "I did not, no," Wright answered.

12:58 "Did you then put on your gloves, leaving a deposit of semen on the inside thumb?" Peter Wright asked. "I did not, no," was Wright's reply.

12:57 Peter Wright said: "Did you kill Paula Clennell during a similar sexual encounter?" "I did not," Wright responded.

12:56 When asked about the presence of blood flecks from Paula Clennell on the back seat of his car, Wright says he did not know how they had got there and that she had not sat in the back seat.

12:55 Peter Wright said that it was later that night that Annette Nicholls' body was dumped near that road.

12:54 "No, it was not," was Wright's response.

12:54 Mr Wright continued: "Was that you out on the 8th of December on the Old Felixstowe Road? Was that you looking for a suitable place to dump your next victim?"

12:53 "It's possible, yes," Wright responded.

12:53 Mr Wright added: "On the evening of the 8th of December at about 8.30pm a dark blue Mondeo was parked on the Old Felixstowe Road."

12:52 "The blood got there when you were dumping her body," Mr Wright said. "No, I did not," Wright replied.

12:51 He says her blood was found on the reflective jacket and Wright says he has "no idea" how it got there.

12:51 Peter Wright then questions Wright on evidence relating to Paula Clennell.

12:50 "Is the reason why her blood is on your jacket that you carried her dead to where she was deposited and in carrying her there she scratched her face on the brambles and low-lying vegetation?" Peter Wright said. "No, I did not," was Wright's reply.

12:49 Peter Wright said that on Annette Nicholls' body there was a scratch on her cheek. He also said blood matching the 29-year-old's was found on the reflective jacket.

12:48 "Is that because having killed her you put on your gloves and disposed of her body?" Mr Wright asked. Steve Wright replied: "No, I did not."

12:47 Peter Wright then asks how Wright's DNA got on Annette Nicholls' body in a number of places and he asks about the semen stains found on Wright's gloves.

12:45 He says there is also a correspondence between the areas they were found and another between fibres found on the bodies. "I couldn't say," was Wright's response each time.

12:45 Peter Wright then turns his attention to Annette Nicholls. He says there is a correspondence between the way the bodies of Anneli Alderton and Annette Nicholls were posed at the deposition sites.

12:43 "The reason why your fluorescent jacket fibres are on her body is that you dumped her there," Peter Wright said. "No, I did not," Wright responded.

12:42 "Were you driving out to find a different venue?" Mr Wright asked. "No, I did not," the defendant responded.

12:42 "Were you driving out with her body in your car?" Peter Wright asked. "No, I was not," was Wright's reply.

12:41 Wright answered: "It appears so, yes."

12:41 Peter Wright said: "We know that in the early hours of the 4th of December you were captured on the ANPR wearing your fluorescent jacket. We know that don't we?"

12:40 Peter Wright then asks Wright if it was another coincidence that fibres from his clothing were found on Miss Alderton's body. He gives similar responses to his previous answers.

12:38 "I couldn't say," Wright answered.

12:38 "Is that when your 11 blue-grey polyester microfibres were shed on to her body?" Mr Wright asked.

12:37 "No, I did not," Wright answered.

12:37 Peter Wright then asked: "We know from the scene that Anneli Alderton was found that there was a considerable amount of low-lying vegetation...yet she had no drag marks or scratch marks on her body. Did you strip her at the scene?"

12:35 "I couldn't say," Wright answered.

12:35 The prosecutor continued: "We know from the evidence in the case there were no drag or snag marks on her body. That I suggest was because she was covered in something. Is that right?"

12:33 "No, I did not," Wright answered.

12:33 "Did you carry her in a blanket in order to disguise or conceal what you were doing?" the prosecutor asked.

12:32 "No, I did not," Wright replied.

12:32 "Did you carry her from the road at Nacton through the woodland to her resting place?" Mr Wright asked.

12:31 "If you say so, yes," was the defendant's reply.

12:31 "She also had your DNA on her right breast, didn't she?" Mr Wright said.

12:30 "I couldn't say," was Wright's reply.

12:30 "She also had two red acrylic fibres found on her body and hair tape lifts. Is that a coincidence," Peter Wright asked.

12:30 The prosecutor then turned his questioning to fibres found on the body of Anneli Alderton.

12:29 "No," was Wright's response.

12:29 Peter Wright said: "They came from the blanket in which you carried some of the bodies. That's where they came from, didn't they?"

12:28 "Red acrylic means nothing to me. I have no idea where they came from," Steve Wright said.

12:28 Mr Wright turned his attention to an item which shed red acrylic fibres found on some of the bodies of the women. "Where is the item that shed red acrylic fibres?" he asked.

12:26 "I couldn't say," was Wright's response.

12:26 Peter Wright said: "It would appear therefore that in the hair washings of these two women, both of whom were deposited in water in or near Belstead Brook, that they both had variable blue polyester fibres found matching two items of your clothing. Is that another coincidence?"

12:24 "I couldn't say," Wright responded.

12:24 Peter Wright asks about the variable blue polyester fibres found in the hair of Gemma Adams. "Is that another coincidence?" he asked.

12:21 Wright denied this.

12:21 "Whilst you were disposing of her body you were wearing your reflective jacket and there was a cross transference of fibres from your clothing onto her hair," the prosecution said. "Or while you were squeezing the life out of her?"

12:19 The defendant said he could not say.

12:19 The prosecution then asked how blue fibres ended up on Wright's reflective jacket.

12:18 Wright denied this.

12:18 "Not unless that happened while you were killing her," the prosecution said. "Or carrying her body in the back of your car."

12:17 Wright admitted that there was no possible reason why Miss Nicol's head would come into contact with the carpet in his car.

12:17 "If you say so, yes," Wright replied.

12:16 Mr Wright asked if it was a further coincidence that fibres found on Miss Nicol were also discovered on the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell.

12:15 He said he could not say how the fibre ended up in her hair.

12:15 He said she was in his car for a relatively short period of time and that there had been no contact between them.

12:15 Wright was then asked about the blue fibres found on Tania Nicol.

12:14 "No, I did not," he replied.

12:14 The prosecution asked Wright if he had disposed of such an item.

12:12 He said he did not own an item like that.

12:11 The defendant said he did not know how they got there.

12:11 Mr Wright then asked the defendant about red acrylic fibres found in the back of his car.

12:10 "No, I wasn't," Wright replied.

12:10 "You were prepared to use the gloves that you use during the course of your work in order to take off the condom on your penis. Were you not concerned that they might have chemicals on?", the prosecution continued.

12:08 The defendant said he did not use the wipes because he was worried that they would have "chemicals" on them.

12:07 The defendant is then shown items found in his car - one of which is a packet of wipes used to clean a car windscreen.

12:07 Wright told the court that it is because he did not have any in his car.

12:06 Mr Wright asked the defendant why he did not use any wipes to remove the condoms instead of the gloves.

12:06 The defendant said he could not say.

12:06 The prosecution ask Wright if it is a coincidence that none of the pairs of gloves discovered in his car and a reflective jacket - were found inside out.

12:04 "Sometimes when I leave work I pull the gloves off by the wrist band and the turn inside out," Mr Wright said.

12:04 Mr Wright then asked the defendant why semen staining was found on both the inside and the outside of the gloves.

12:03 Wright denied this.

12:02 "That's a nonsense isn't it? Its a feeble attempt to explain away the presence of semen staining on the inside and outside of those gloves isn't it?", the prosecution continues.

12:01 "I did, yes," Wright replied.

12:01 "The reason you used those items was that you felt repulsed by the bodily fluid that may be on the exterior," the prosecution said.

12:00 Wright replied that this is true.

12:00 Mr Wright asks the defendant if he used the gloves to remove a condom after sex.

11:59 Mr Wright then asks the defendant about the semen stained gloves found in his Mondeo.

11:58 "No way. I had nothing to do with their deaths," the defendant replied.

11:58 Mr Wright asks: "Is it that the position you had reached was this Mr Wright. So successful had you been at picking up these women and killing them that you were getting sloppy?"

11:55 Wright agrees and said he had not cleaned it for a "few days".

11:55 "It doesn't appear to be the case that this interior had been cleaned for some time," Mr Wright told the court.

11:54 The prosecution said there appears to be a Mars bar wrapper in one of front doors and also cigarette butts from Pamela Wright's son.

11:52 The defendant agrees.

11:51 Peter Wright QC said the vehicle does not appear particularly clean.

11:50 Wright is shown pictures of his car taken on the day of his arrest.

11:48 Wright answered: "It would, yes."

11:47 He then adds that he doesn't remember ever cleaning his car in the dark. Peter Wright continued: "Well, that would be an odd thing to do wouldn't it?"

11:46 Peter Wright then asked whether it was the case that Wright only cleaned his car when he had a reason to clean it. Wright answered: "No, it was cleaned regularly."

11:45 Peter Wright asks if Pamela's son visited during that time. "I can't remember," Wright said.

11:45 Peter Wright continued: "And that was in November." Wright says: "That's right, yes."

11:44 "Pamela was off work ill for a period of time," Peter Wright said. Wright responded: "That's right, yes."

11:43 Wright said: "I can't, no."

11:42 Peter Wright asked: "So is it possible to cast your mind back as to the last time he was in your company in the car?"

11:37 Wright answered: "He has done on occasions, yes."

11:37 Peter Wright said that on the cigarette ends was found a DNA profile that matched Pamela Wright's son. He then asks whether her son traveled in the car.

11:35 "If you say so, yes," Wright responded.

11:35 Peter Wright continued: "And we know that in your vehicle there were some cigarette ends. That is correct isn't it?"

11:33 Steve Wright responds: "Yes."

11:33 Peter Wright responds: "I can't remember? We know that when you were arrested your vehicle was searched. That's right, isn't it?"

11:32 Wright once again says he cannot remember. "I really can't say," he tells the prosecutor.

11:32 Wright once again says he cannot remember. "I really can't say," he tells the prosecutor.

11:30 Peter Wright asks him to specify whether Pam Wright's son last visited them days, weeks or even months before his arrest.

11:29 Wright answers: "I can't give you any specific dates."

11:28 Peter Wright QC, who is heading the prosecution team, asks Wright when, prior to his arrest, he was last in the company of Pamela Wright's son.

11:24 Steve Wright begins his third day of evidence at his trial at Ipswich Crown Court.

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12:08 The court has been adjourned until tomorrow.

12:08 The defence case has finished.

12:08 Jurors heard that Mr Stephens had never been charged with any offence arising from the police investigation.

12:07 The court was told Mr Stephens had never been able to establish an alibi. His car was seized and forensically examined, as was his house. A DNA sample of Mr Stephens was taken.

12:06 He was arrested at 8pm. He answered police questions about his knowledge of the women killed. on December 19, police asked detailed questions about his links to the women. He declined to answer the questions.

12:04 On December 18, Mr Stephens called police to say he was worried about whether he had a split personality and if he was "doing things" and did not know about them, instead going back to his normal persona.

12:03 He attended the police station the following day carrying a copy of a national newspaper which named him as a suspect. He told police he felt suicidal.

12:02 He spoke to more journalists on December 16 and later drove to the red light area. At 11pm, he was arrested in his car.

12:01 On December 15, Mr Stephens was again in the company of a journalist. He then drove to the red light area and walked around for several hours.

12:00 On December 15, Mr Stephens told his employers that he had sex with all five killed women and had acted as a taxi service for them.

11:59 He later told officers how he could drive into the red light district without being seen by CCTV cameras.

11:56 On December 14, he told police he was concerned DNA linking the women to him might be found in his car.

11:55 Just after midnight, Mr Stephens walked the streets attaching flowers to lamp posts. He told officers he thought the girls might have been drugged.

11:54 On December 13, he was seen leaving a house in the red light area and collecting something from his car.

11:54 He later spent nearly two hours in the red light area.

11:53 He drove back towards Trimley St Martin before finding an alternative route into Ipswich.

11:52 He traveled along the deposition road to get to Ipswich but performed a U-turn shortly before flashing police lights.

11:51 At 9.30pm, police saw Mr Stephens driving along a single track road towards Levington. He later spent time talking to a BBC journalist, before leaving just after 11pm.

11:49 Later that day, he was observed by police driving from his home in Trimley St Martin.

11:49 On December 12, neighbours reported seeing Mr Stephens vacuum cleaning his car, despite the weather being wet.

11:48 On December 11, Mr Stephens went to the temporary police station in London Road. He spoke to officers about the dead women. He said the girls were all on drugs and said he would have strangled the women had he been the killer.

11:46 Later, he said he felt suicidal and had been forced to give up his job.

11:45 On November 24, Mr Stephens called police to ask about the enquiry. He offered to visit massage parlours and get information for police. He was told not to.

11:43 On November 22, Mr Stephens was formally interviewed by police and his home was searched.

11:43 The court heard how on November 21, Mr Stephens called police to tell officers he did not want to be seen as the next Ian Huntley.

11:40 At 11.50pm on November 15, Mr Stephens was stopped by police. He said he had known both Miss Adams and Miss Nicol and had been in the red light area at 1am that morning but had not seen Miss Adams.

11:39 On 19 December, Nicola Brown have a statement to police. She said at 1.30am she saw Mr Stephens driving around the red light area. She said he would go around the block about half a dozen times. She also told police Mr Stephens asked her to alter the time she said she saw him.

11:37 In a statement to police on December 12 2006, Mr Stephens said he had been driving around the red light district of Ipswich for about 20 minutes at 1am. He had not seen Gemma Adams only a girl called Nicola Brown.

11:35 On November 7 and 8 2006, Mr Stephens made further calls to the police, the court heard. He was made the subject of a surveillance operation by police.

11:34 Mr Stephens said he thought he knew where Miss Nicol was going on the night she disappeared. He gave police his name and contact details. He said he was a friend of Tania.

11:33 On November 1 2006 at 1.24am, Mr Stephens car was captured by the ANPR camera. At 11.10pm that evening, he contacted a police call centre saying he had confidential information about Miss Nicol.

11:31 The court heard Mr Stephens exchanged a number of text messages with Paula Clennell in the early morning of October 30. He said he last saw Miss Nicol when he picked her up at the Kingsley Hotel on London Road. He said he took her to buy drugs.

11:29 Mr Stephens told police after Miss Nicol had seen a client, he would take her to score drugs. He told police Miss Nicol would offer to strip naked for clients to earn more money.

11:28 Tom Stephens told police he had similar arrangements with other girls but Miss Nicol had been the most "reliable" and "honest", the court heard.

11:27 The court heard in his statement to police on November 22 2006, Tom Stephens said his arrangement with Miss Nicol was that he would do small jobs for her in return for sexual favours. He said he saw her five or six times a week.

11:26 At 1.27am on October 11, the court heard Tom Stephens sent Tania Nicol a text message saying: "I have come back because you say you won't be long so hopefully see you in a minute or two. May be you will bring the shoes with you." It was signed with a kiss "from Tom".

11:24 In another admission, Mr Fenhalls said at 00.50am on October 30 2006 police attended London Road following a report of a man sitting in a parked car for some time. They spoke to a man called Tom Stephens who said he was waiting for a friend. A female got into his car and he drove away.

11:22 Mr Fenhalls said the man was questioned but answered no comment.

11:21 Mr Fenhalls reads out a number of admissions. He said on October 25 2006, Annette Nicholls attended Ipswich police station. She made an allegation a man had raped her some time between June and August 2006. She said a man had dragged her into an alleyway where the rape took place.

11:15 She said it was the first time she had seen the girl in Handford Road.

11:15 Mrs Brooks said Miss Nicol was talking on a mobile telephone.

11:14 Mrs Brooks said Miss Nicol was wearing knee-length boots, jeans and a bomber jacket. She was also wearing a jumper or dress which came down to her knee.

11:13 She described Miss Nicol as having olive coloured skin. She said she had dark hair which had been tied back.

11:13 Mrs Brooks said she contacted police following an appeal in a newspaper. She said it was Miss Nicol whom she had seen at 3.42am on October 31. Miss Nicol vanished on October 30.

11:11 That person was Tania Nicol.

11:11 She said she would often see sex workers as she rode to work and "one or two" became familiar. She said she came to recognise one particular girl who would always stand at the bottom of Burlington Road.

11:09 She said she used to cycle to work along Handford Road to start her shift at 5am. The court was shown CCTV footage of Mrs Brooks cycling along the road at around 3.42am on October 31.

11:08 The next witness to give evidence was Helen Brooks, a royal mail employee.

11:04 Mr Fenhalls asked the witness: "Are you able to recall what she was wearing that night?". Ms Land said: "Dark boots, just under the knee tucked into jeans and a jacket with a fur hood."

11:03 Mr Fenhalls asked Ms Land: "Is there any doubt it was the young lady in the appeal?". Ms Land replied: "No doubt whatsoever."

11:02 Ms Land told the court she had served Tania Nicol through the night hatch which meant it had to have been after 11.30pm. She said Miss Nicol had bought a chocolate bar.

11:01 Ms Land added: "She came in on a regular basis. We usually saw her at least one of our night shifts every week.

11:00 Ms Land said: "I called the police after seeing the appeal, remembering on that Monday I actually served who I now know to be Tania Nicol."

10:59 The court heard Ms Land had called the police on November 6 2006 after seeing an appeal about Tania Nicol, who had been reported missing.

10:57 Mr Fenhalls asked her: "Did they come in and have a chat?". Ms Land answered: "Usually".

10:57 Ms Land replied: "Yes, most of them."

10:57 Mark Fenhalls, for the defence, asked Ms Land whether she became familiar with the young women who worked the streets.

10:55 Ms Land tells the court she worked at the garage for 11 years and worked the night shift three times a week from 10pm until 6am.

10:55 The defence call Kerry Land to give evidence. Ms Land tells the court she worked at the Sainsbury's petrol garage in Hadleigh Road, Ipswich, in late 2006.

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12:08 The court has been adjourned until tomorrow.

12:08 The defence case has finished.

12:08 Jurors heard that Mr Stephens had never been charged with any offence arising from the police investigation.

12:07 The court was told Mr Stephens had never been able to establish an alibi. His car was seized and forensically examined, as was his house. A DNA sample of Mr Stephens was taken.

12:06 He was arrested at 8pm. He answered police questions about his knowledge of the women killed. on December 19, police asked detailed questions about his links to the women. He declined to answer the questions.

12:04 On December 18, Mr Stephens called police to say he was worried about whether he had a split personality and if he was "doing things" and did not know about them, instead going back to his normal persona.

12:03 He attended the police station the following day carrying a copy of a national newspaper which named him as a suspect. He told police he felt suicidal.

12:02 He spoke to more journalists on December 16 and later drove to the red light area. At 11pm, he was arrested in his car.

12:01 On December 15, Mr Stephens was again in the company of a journalist. He then drove to the red light area and walked around for several hours.

12:00 On December 15, Mr Stephens told his employers that he had sex with all five killed women and had acted as a taxi service for them.

11:59 He later told officers how he could drive into the red light district without being seen by CCTV cameras.

11:56 On December 14, he told police he was concerned DNA linking the women to him might be found in his car.

11:55 Just after midnight, Mr Stephens walked the streets attaching flowers to lamp posts. He told officers he thought the girls might have been drugged.

11:54 On December 13, he was seen leaving a house in the red light area and collecting something from his car.

11:54 He later spent nearly two hours in the red light area.

11:53 He drove back towards Trimley St Martin before finding an alternative route into Ipswich.

11:52 He traveled along the deposition road to get to Ipswich but performed a U-turn shortly before flashing police lights.

11:51 At 9.30pm, police saw Mr Stephens driving along a single track road towards Levington. He later spent time talking to a BBC journalist, before leaving just after 11pm.

11:49 Later that day, he was observed by police driving from his home in Trimley St Martin.

11:49 On December 12, neighbours reported seeing Mr Stephens vacuum cleaning his car, despite the weather being wet.

11:48 On December 11, Mr Stephens went to the temporary police station in London Road. He spoke to officers about the dead women. He said the girls were all on drugs and said he would have strangled the women had he been the killer.

11:46 Later, he said he felt suicidal and had been forced to give up his job.

11:45 On November 24, Mr Stephens called police to ask about the enquiry. He offered to visit massage parlours and get information for police. He was told not to.

11:43 On November 22, Mr Stephens was formally interviewed by police and his home was searched.

11:43 The court heard how on November 21, Mr Stephens called police to tell officers he did not want to be seen as the next Ian Huntley.

11:40 At 11.50pm on November 15, Mr Stephens was stopped by police. He said he had known both Miss Adams and Miss Nicol and had been in the red light area at 1am that morning but had not seen Miss Adams.

11:39 On 19 December, Nicola Brown have a statement to police. She said at 1.30am she saw Mr Stephens driving around the red light area. She said he would go around the block about half a dozen times. She also told police Mr Stephens asked her to alter the time she said she saw him.

11:37 In a statement to police on December 12 2006, Mr Stephens said he had been driving around the red light district of Ipswich for about 20 minutes at 1am. He had not seen Gemma Adams only a girl called Nicola Brown.

11:35 On November 7 and 8 2006, Mr Stephens made further calls to the police, the court heard. He was made the subject of a surveillance operation by police.

11:34 Mr Stephens said he thought he knew where Miss Nicol was going on the night she disappeared. He gave police his name and contact details. He said he was a friend of Tania.

11:33 On November 1 2006 at 1.24am, Mr Stephens car was captured by the ANPR camera. At 11.10pm that evening, he contacted a police call centre saying he had confidential information about Miss Nicol.

11:31 The court heard Mr Stephens exchanged a number of text messages with Paula Clennell in the early morning of October 30. He said he last saw Miss Nicol when he picked her up at the Kingsley Hotel on London Road. He said he took her to buy drugs.

11:29 Mr Stephens told police after Miss Nicol had seen a client, he would take her to score drugs. He told police Miss Nicol would offer to strip naked for clients to earn more money.

11:28 Tom Stephens told police he had similar arrangements with other girls but Miss Nicol had been the most "reliable" and "honest", the court heard.

11:27 The court heard in his statement to police on November 22 2006, Tom Stephens said his arrangement with Miss Nicol was that he would do small jobs for her in return for sexual favours. He said he saw her five or six times a week.

11:26 At 1.27am on October 11, the court heard Tom Stephens sent Tania Nicol a text message saying: "I have come back because you say you won't be long so hopefully see you in a minute or two. May be you will bring the shoes with you." It was signed with a kiss "from Tom".

11:24 In another admission, Mr Fenhalls said at 00.50am on October 30 2006 police attended London Road following a report of a man sitting in a parked car for some time. They spoke to a man called Tom Stephens who said he was waiting for a friend. A female got into his car and he drove away.

11:22 Mr Fenhalls said the man was questioned but answered no comment.

11:21 Mr Fenhalls reads out a number of admissions. He said on October 25 2006, Annette Nicholls attended Ipswich police station. She made an allegation a man had raped her some time between June and August 2006. She said a man had dragged her into an alleyway where the rape took place.

11:15 She said it was the first time she had seen the girl in Handford Road.

11:15 Mrs Brooks said Miss Nicol was talking on a mobile telephone.

11:14 Mrs Brooks said Miss Nicol was wearing knee-length boots, jeans and a bomber jacket. She was also wearing a jumper or dress which came down to her knee.

11:13 She described Miss Nicol as having olive coloured skin. She said she had dark hair which had been tied back.

11:13 Mrs Brooks said she contacted police following an appeal in a newspaper. She said it was Miss Nicol whom she had seen at 3.42am on October 31. Miss Nicol vanished on October 30.

11:11 That person was Tania Nicol.

11:11 She said she would often see sex workers as she rode to work and "one or two" became familiar. She said she came to recognise one particular girl who would always stand at the bottom of Burlington Road.

11:09 She said she used to cycle to work along Handford Road to start her shift at 5am. The court was shown CCTV footage of Mrs Brooks cycling along the road at around 3.42am on October 31.

11:08 The next witness to give evidence was Helen Brooks, a royal mail employee.

11:04 Mr Fenhalls asked the witness: "Are you able to recall what she was wearing that night?". Ms Land said: "Dark boots, just under the knee tucked into jeans and a jacket with a fur hood."

11:03 Mr Fenhalls asked Ms Land: "Is there any doubt it was the young lady in the appeal?". Ms Land replied: "No doubt whatsoever."

11:02 Ms Land told the court she had served Tania Nicol through the night hatch which meant it had to have been after 11.30pm. She said Miss Nicol had bought a chocolate bar.

11:01 Ms Land added: "She came in on a regular basis. We usually saw her at least one of our night shifts every week.

11:00 Ms Land said: "I called the police after seeing the appeal, remembering on that Monday I actually served who I now know to be Tania Nicol."

10:59 The court heard Ms Land had called the police on November 6 2006 after seeing an appeal about Tania Nicol, who had been reported missing.

10:57 Mr Fenhalls asked her: "Did they come in and have a chat?". Ms Land answered: "Usually".

10:57 Ms Land replied: "Yes, most of them."

10:57 Mark Fenhalls, for the defence, asked Ms Land whether she became familiar with the young women who worked the streets.

10:55 Ms Land tells the court she worked at the garage for 11 years and worked the night shift three times a week from 10pm until 6am.

10:55 The defence call Kerry Land to give evidence. Ms Land tells the court she worked at the Sainsbury's petrol garage in Hadleigh Road, Ipswich, in late 2006.

10:54 The trial resumes. Live coverage from February 14, 2008

16:25 The court adjourned and the case will resume at 10.30am tomorrow.

16:24 And he said there were several prostitutes who had engaged in sex with Wright who had not "ended up dead".

16:23 He said there was not a large number of prostitutes working at the time, meaning the number of potential victims fell.

16:22 Mr Langdale said a number of coincidences involving Wright which had been suggested by the prosecution were not actually coincidences at all.

16:20 Mr Langdale said: "Is it just coincidence that Tom Stephens can not be excluded?"

16:18 Mr Langdale described Tom Stephens as a "real, live candidate". He said Mr Stephens was a candidate even the prosecution could not eliminate.

16:16 He said the way in which the women were killed - especially as they were intoxicated by drugs - made this easier.

16:15 He said it was also possible to not leave any significant fibres.

16:14 However he said it was possible to kill someone without leaving a DNA profile on the body.

16:13 He said much had been made by the prosecution of DNA and fibre evidence found on the bodies of the five girls.

16:11 "Is that not an indication that Steve Wright, who has nothing to do with drugs, was not the last person to see them?" Mr Langdale asked the jury.

16:10 He said there was no suggestion that he was a supplier and no suggestion he had anything to do with the women taking drugs.

16:09 He said that there had been no suggestion whatsoever in this case that his client was involved in drugs.

16:08 Mr Langdale said all five women met their deaths when they were heavily intoxicated by drugs.

16:08 He added that it was therefore a "perfectly sensible possibility" that Wright was not the person who killed the young women and that another or others were responsible.

16:06 "It may be recognition of the fact that it is difficult to see, if not impossible to see, how Steve Wright could have done all this on his own," Mr Langdale said.

16:02 He said this acknowledgement could be recognition that "something doesn't quite add up" in the case against the defendant.

16:00 He said this has been repeatedly raised time and again by the prosecution.

15:58 Mr Langdale said there was a real possibility that there was more than one person involved.

15:57 "There's no smoking gun," Mr Langdale said.

15:56 He added: "The evidence certainly raises the a suspicion that he could be the man but that's very far from proving he was the man."

15:55 Mr Langdale said: "What the body of evidence does not do is demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that Steve Wright is the person responsible for their deaths."

15:53 He said all the evidence suggested was Steve Wright had a close association between the women in the hours leading up to their deaths.

15:52 He admitted the prosecution had provided an overwhelming amount of evidence. But he said: "We ask an overwhelming case of what?"

15:51 Mr Langdale referred to the case as remarkable and unusual.

15:37 Timothy Langdale QC starts the closing speech for the defence.

15:36 Mr Wright finishes the closing speech for the prosecution.

15:36 Mr Wright concluded: "The sad fact is - and for reasons known only to himself - as we said at the outset of this case, Steve Wright embarked on a deadly campaign in late 2006 that ended in the murder of these five women of which he is guilty."

15:33 He added that there were an "innumerable" series of consequences linking Wright to the murder of each of the women.

15:32 However even that floundered, Mr Wright said, as the defendant could not come up for a reason why the blood of some of the women was on his jacket, why his DNA was on the bodies, for his "nocturnal" cleaning of his car and why he was wearing his reflective jacket during his "nocturnal wanderings".

15:29 He said Wright needed "time and inspiration" in order to come up with an explanation that would fit and give "an air of plausibility to his protestations of innocence."

15:27 Mr Wright said the defendant's silence when questioned by police was not the product of legal advice - but of a man with no explanation.

15:26 He said the "enormity" of what the defendant had done soon became apparent.

15:25 However Mr Wright said he got "sloppy".

15:25 He said that when the finger of suspicion failed to fall on the defendant straight away "it fortified him in his belief that he could get away with it."

15:23 Mr Wright said the defendant - as a familiar figure driving around the red light district wearing his reflective jacket - felt he would attract little attention to himself.

15:22 "He achieved it at their expense," Mr Wright said.

15:21 Mr Wright said just to have sex with these women was not enough for the defendant he needed more.

15:20 "The reality is Steve Wright simply couldn't restrain himself," he continued. "He embarked on a course of conduct that deprived these women of their lives."

15:18 "We have a variation on that ladies and gentleman that is closer to the truth," Mr Wright told the jury. "It is so, yes."

15:18 He said the defendant's response when asked about this links was: "It would appear so, yes."

15:17 Mr Wright again drew forensic links between the women.

15:15 He referred to a statement which was given by Paula Clennell shortly before she was killed. Mr Wright said Ms Clennell had spoken of Miss Nicol not staying out after 2am, which contradicted the evidence of Helen Brooks who said she thought she saw the 19-yearold after 3am on October 31.

15:13 He said evidence which suggested Miss Nicol had been seen after Wright picked her up on October 30 could be discounted because it may have been inaccurate.

15:12 Mr Wright drew the jury's attention to evidence relating to the last time Tania Nicol was seen.

15:09 Mr Wright added that both these times were consistent with the deposition of the bodies of Miss Nicol and Miss Alderton.

15:09 He said the automatic number plate recognition system showed the defendant driving along London road at 1.39am on October 31 and 1.42am on December 4 while wearing his reflective jacket.

15:07 He said the fact that the defendant's car was caught leaving Ipswich on the nights when two of the women are believed to have gone missing was "no coincidence."

15:06 He said the fibres link the offences together and link them to one man.

15:06 Mr Wright said if this was right then the jury could "sensibly exclude" that the defendant was the "undertaker" of the bodies and that instead he was the "common denominator responsible for the murder of these women."

15:04 He said there was much evidence to support the view that the fibres were transferred the bodies of the women close to the time their bodies were deposited.

15:03 He added: "The defendant's ingenuity in terms of seeking to explain away the individual fibres in this case is complete and utter nonsense."

15:02 "Because they tell the tale," Mr Wright continued. "They tell the tale of death and deposition. Similar to the blood on his jacket and the semen stains inside and outside of his gloves. It depicts the process of what went on in the period leading up the murder of these women."

14:59 "What was it that occupied the parcel shelf and rear seat of his Mondeo?," he asked the jury. "Why has it never been found? Why are such matching fibres found on three of the women in this case - Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell?"

14:58 Mr Wright then addressed the issue of the red acrylic fibres that were found on the back seat and parcel shelf of the defendant's car, his tracksuit bottoms, his coat and his sofa.

14:56 "Singular misfortune or significant fact," he asked.

14:56 Mr Wright said fibres discovered on the bodies of the women matched the defendant's clothing, his home environment and his car.

14:55 "Singular misfortune or significant fact," he asked the jury.

14:55 Mr Wright said the bodies of all five women were found in locations or close to locations known to the defendant through his employment.

14:54 "Singular misfortune or significant fact?", he asked again.

14:54 Mr Wright said when two of the women went missing the defendant's vehicle was seen cruising the red light district looking to pick up prostitutes.

14:53 "Singular misfortune or significant fact?", Mr Wright asked.

14:52 He said the women only went missing when the defendant's partner was at work. No one went missing when she was not working.

14:52 He asked the jury if this was "singular misfortune or significant fact."

14:51 Mr Wright said the women only started to go missing once the defendant began using prostitutes in Ipswich and stopped in mid-December.

14:47 Mr Wright asked the jury to consider whether the connections were "singular misfortune or significant fact".

14:46 He also pointed to the evidence relating to Wright's semen-stained gloves.

14:45 Mr Wright said the defendant admitted picking up each of the women and in the order that they died. He said Wright's DNA was found upon the bodies of three of the women, while blood from two was found on his clothing and in his car.

14:43 "That's not what happened here," he said. "He was the killer."

14:43 He said the chances of Wright being only the disposer of the bodies was so unlikely it could be dismissed.

14:42 Mr Wright said Steve Wright was the common denominator in the disappearance and murder of the women.

14:40 Jurors were told that even if more than one person was involved, the chances of them acting independently were so slim they could be discounted.

14:39 Mr Wright said: "The central issue is not whether Tom Stephens played a part in the murder of these women but whether Steve Wright played a part."

14:38 Mr Wright said the defence was entitled to raise the question of any involvement from Tom Stephens, but said it would not resolve the central issue in the case.

14:33 "His role is not central to the issues in this case," Mr Wright told the jury.

14:32 He added that Mr Stephens was arrested, samples of his DNA taken, his home and car searched and interviewed by police as part of the investigation but he was never charged with any offence.

14:31 "A lack of evidence proving innocence cannot be created into evidence proving guilt however skillfully its presented," he continued.

14:30 "But in terms of evidence of wrong doing on his part and his possible involvement in these matters it is merely a matter of conjecture," Mr Wright said.

14:28 He said that he had links with all the girls, made "unusual and disturbing" remarks, regularly attended the red light district and frequently visited the police unit that had been set up in the area.

14:27 Mr Wright said Mr Stephens did act suspiciously and irregularly during this period.

14:26 However he said the "spectre" of Mr Stephens had been raised by the defence and they had to deal with it.

14:25 "The absence of evidence proving innocence is rather different to the presence of evidence proving guilt," Mr Wright said.

14:24 He said the crown could not eliminate Mr Stephens from the possibility of involvement because there was no evidence that could give him an alibi.

14:22 However he said this would be "complete speculation".

14:22 "No one saw the crimes being committed and the offences may have been the work of one man," he said. "We cannot exclude the possibility that another or others may have had a hand in each of these deaths."

14:20 Mr Wright said we may never know if another person was involved.

14:20 "You have heard a lot of evidence throughout this case in terms of the possibility that this may have been a series of offences committed by a man or men and you have also had brought to your consideration a particular individual called Tom Stephens," he said.

14:17 Peter Wright QC, for the prosecution, told the jury he would like to turn their attention to a third subsidiary issue of if there was more than one person involved in the murder of the five women.

14:16 The hearing resumes after lunch.

13:13 The court has adjourned and the case will resume at 2pm.

13:13 "The coincidences are multiple," he said. "This was not misadventure. This was murder and part of a pattern. It started with the disappearance of Tania Nicol and concluded with the death of Paula Clennell."

13:12 He highlighted the fibre evidence which linked each of the victims.

13:11 He said the women had been left within a period of weeks in rural locations not far from Ipswich.

13:10 Mr Wright said that when the evidence was viewed as a whole, it suggested murder by one man or men.

13:08 Mr Wright said: "We say these deaths were not unconnected and unrelated incidents of misadventure. Their links were linked and entirely deliberate."

13:06 Mr Wright said three things were common to each of the victims - they were addicted to drugs, they turned to prostitution to fund their habit and they all met the defendant on the night of their deaths.

13:05 The degree of their intoxication would depend upon their tolerance to drugs.

13:04 He said there were high levels of morphine found in all the women but this was only significant in terms of their vulnerability.

13:03 He said it was the prosecutions case that the women had "died with drugs on board" rather than as a result of an overdose.

13:02 All five were also found in rural or semi-rural locations, Mr Wright said.

13:02 He added that all the women were relatively uninjured, none had a pre-existing natural condition that could have caused their deaths and all five were naked when found. 13:00 In each case death was consistent with asphyxiation or an interference with the "normal mechanics of breathing," he said.

12:58 He added that all five had suffered either hyper-inflation of the lungs or injuries consistent and corresponding with compression of the neck.

12:57 All five women died within six and a half weeks of each other and died suddenly and in unusual circumstances, Mr Wright said.

12:56 All five were slim, relatively young with long or shoulder length hair.

12:56 All five women were sex workers in Ipswich, he told the jury.

12:55 However he said this wasn't the sole cause of their demise - it was just a "fact of their lives".

12:54 Mr Wright said all five women took drugs leading up to the time of their deaths.

12:52 Mr Wright turns his attention to the first issue - were the five women's deaths murder or misadventure.

12:49 And finally, was the defendant responsible in respect of each of the five counts.

12:48 Fourthly, were they acting together or acting independently.

12:47 Thirdly, was one person involved or another or others.

12:46 Secondly, If they were murders, were they connected.

12:46 Mr Wright said there were five key issues for the jury to consider. Firstly, was the deaths of the five women murder or misadventure.

12:45 He said: "Let us start by considering the most important document in the entire case the indictment. It's the document which you will be invited to return verdicts upon."

12:44 Mr Wright tells the jury they have heard all the evidence and it is now their responsibility to reach a verdict.

12:36 Peter Wright QC starts the closing speech for the prosecution.

12:36 Mr Langdale formally closes the case for the defence.

12:35 He said he wanted to be sure the documents were in the correct order in the jury's evidence bundle.

12:21 Timothy Langdale QC, for the defence, told the jury there are one or two small matters he would like to address before the prosecution starts its closing speech.

12:20 The trial resumes. Live coverage from February 15, 2008

14:03 Mr Langdale concluded his closing speech and the proceedings finished for the day. The judge will sum up from noon on Monday.

14:02 "If these points make sense the proper verdict is not guilty," Mr Langdale said.

14:00 The evidence allowed a reasonable possibility that someone other than Wright, who had nothing to do with him, had committed the murders, Mr Langdale said.

13:54 There is no evidence to show Wright knew Tom Stephens, Mr Langdale said.

13:52 Tom Stephens did not have an alibi for the days in question, Mr Langdale said.

13:50 An ex-girlfriend of Tom Stephens said he had threatened to kill her after they broke up, Mr Langdale said.

13:48 Mr Langdale said Tom Stephens had said: "Would the girls still go out and do what they do if one got murdered?"

13:46 Mr Langdale said a witness had told the court that Tom Stephens would give lifts to the girls so they could score drugs.

13:44 Mr Langdale cast doubt on the DNA analysis provided by scientists who have given evidence.

13:42 Mr Langdale said Paula had got drugs from someone else after she had been with Wright.

13:39 Mr Langdale said Annette had cocaine or crack cocaine in her body when she was killed.

13:37 Mr Langdale cast doubt on the suggestion that it was Wright who dumped Annette's body near the old Felixstowe Road.

13:35 Mr Langdale said areas of Wright's jacket and gloves which were not stained were not tested for DNA.

13:32 Mr Langdale said Anneli had drugs in her system on the day she died.

13:29 Mr Langdale said there was DNA of an unknown man on her body and asked when it got there.

13:28 Mr Langdale said it was not the case that Wright's DNA was the only person's DNA on the body of Anneli.

13:23 "There is no evidence at all to discount the possibility that these fibres got on her body and hair after the fibres connecting Steve Wright got on her hair and body," said Mr Langdale.

13:22 He told the jury there were "hundreds" of other fibres found on Miss Alderton's hair and body apart from Wright's. "Where did they come from and when did they get on her body and hair?"

13:21 Mr Langdale also tells the jury that Mr Palmer did not say which fibres were on the hair and which on the body. "Again it has an enormously significant impact on the fibre evidence".

13:19 He makes the same point as with Gemma Adams about the fibre evidence.

13:18 Mr Langdale turns to the fact the prosecution allege he disposed of a donor item, such as a rug. He asks the jury to consider why he did not get rid of anything else connecting him with them.

13:17 He goes through the fibre evidence found on Anneli Alderton.

13:16 Mr Langdale said it follows that he picked her up soon after but was not seen leaving Ipswich in is car until 1.41am. He again asks the jury what Wright would have been doing, if he was the killer, during that time.

13:15 He said that shortly after 11.55pm on the night of her disappearance Wright's car was seen in Portman Road and that was not disputed.

13:13 He moves onto Anneli Alderton.

13:13 "Why does the camera not pick his car up or coming back?" he said.

13:12 He says all the same questions arise with regard to Miss Adams as he explained with Miss Nicol.

13:11 Mr Langdale asks if Wright would really have made up the story about the car alarm on that night. "Is that fiction? or is that the truth? You may think it is clearly the latter," Mr Langdale said.

13:10 Mr Langdale said Wright's account to the jury was that he was with Gemma Adams on either the 13-14 of November or 14-15. He asked if Wright was someone trying to tailor his account to fit the evidence why he did not say it was the 13-14. He added he could easily have done this but he said he was not sure when it was.

13:06 He repeated from earlier in the trial that Mr Palmer could not say whether the other fibres got into her hair before or after contact with Wright.

13:02 "What a pity those were not mentioned by Mr Palmer," said Mr Langdale. He continued by saying they could so easily have been misled.

13:01 Mr Langdale said the fibre expert, Mr Palmer, told the jury the fibres from Wright were deposited at or around the time the body was deposited. He said it seemed

overwhelming evidence until his cross-examination "bolt from the blue" when he told them she had "at least 216 other fibres in her hair".

12:58 He tells the jury that they cannot rule out the possibility that those fibres and any others did not get there as a result of Steve Wright having sex with her.

12:57 He turns to Gemma Adams. He asks the jury to refer to their schedule of fibres found on Miss Adams.

12:56 He adds: "Steve Wright did not kill Tania Nicol, someone else did after she left his car."

12:55 Mr Langdale reads parts of her statement to the court and asks if it does not show that "Tania Nicol was on the streets after the time Steve Wright had anything to do with her?"

12:52 Miss Clennell had asked Tania Nicol if she was alright as she got into the car, which drove into Handford Road, turning left into town, Mr Langdale said.

12:51 He asks the jury why Paula Clennell should have got the date wrong.

12:51 This referred to between 12.30am and 1am on October 31, 2006 when she saw her approach a silver coloured estate car.

12:49 He then tells the jury they must ask themselves if they can agree with all the evidence that Tania Nicol was seen later that night. He goes through Paula Clennell's statement to the police about seeing Miss Nicol.

12:47 "There was no indication she took drugs with her," he tells the court.

12:47 Mr Langdale said Tania Nicol must have gone somewhere on the night of her disappearance to get drugs, as a port mortem showed she was intoxicated.

12:45 Mr Langdale refers to the CCTV images of Anneli Alderton at a train station with a hold all bag. "It is not unheard of for someone to have a change of clothing," he tells the jury.

12:44 He also refers to the clothing a man called Tom Stephens told police he saw her wearing and puts to the jury that prostitutes have "access to a place or places where they can change".

12:43 Mr Langdale recalls to the jury how the court has heard how prostitutes may have had different mobile phones available to them.

12:42 He goes through the evidence of Royal Mail worker Helen Brooks, who told the court she saw who she thought to be Tania Nicol on a mobile phone at 3.45am in the morning on October 31.

12:40 He goes through the evidence of Kerry Land, who worked in the garage at Sainsbury's and claimed to have seen Miss Nicol, who she knew by sight, at 11.45pm, but in different clothing. He tells the jury the woman was "85% sure" it was her.

12:34 Mr Langdale put to the jury: "Is it possible that Jane Leighton saw her (Tania Nicol) at 11.20 after that encounter having got out of that car? It cannot be dismissed."

12:32 Wright had told the court that Miss Nicol got out of his car five or so minutes later.

12:31 Mr Langdale goes through Wright's evidence of Miss Nicol getting into his car at 11.09, of which CCTV footage was shown to the jury earlier in the trial.

12:30 He goes through Jane Leighton's evidence from earlier in the trial about seeing a woman she thought to be Tania Nicol at between 11.00pm and 11.20pm talking to men in a "posh car" on the night she of her disappearance.

12:28 "We suggest there is a body of evidence to suggest Tania Nicol was still alive after she got into Steve Wright's care."

12:26 He moves onto Tania Nicol's death.

12:26 Mr Langdale suggests a greater degree of planning and skill was involved in the murders than Steve Wright is capable of.

12:24 He tells the jury they may not think the killing of Tania Nicol was a spare of the moment thing but the prosecution allege Steve Wright started doing this on the spare of the moment and "could not not killing".

12:23 "At the same time the man who is so 'sloppy' leaves blood on his reflective jacket and does not even bother to take that off. How does that square with common sense?" Mr Langdale continued.

12:21 "What on earth is it about Steve Wright that enables him, as a pretty ordinary sort of bloke, to dispose of the clothing of all of these women without leaving a trace?" Mr Langdale said.

12:20 Mr Langdale said despite a thorough search by police there was no trace of the clothing of the women.

12:18 He tells the jury that if they think Wright is responsible for her murder he would want to get her out of Ipswich as quick as possible.

12:17 Mr Langdale said: "It is the prosecution's case that Tania Nicol was murdered not long after she got into Wright's car at around 11pm on October 30. What is he doing waiting till 1.30am in the morning to drive her body out of town? What is taking all the time?"

12:14 He asks what more a man could do to aim attention at himself. "You will have to look carefully at those suggestions," he tells the jury.

12:12 He turns to the reflective jacket. Mr Langdale said it did not make "any sense at all" to wear a reflective jacket when dropping off a body in the countryside.

12:09 He refers to the camera footage which shows Wright's Mondeo driving out of Ipswich at 1.39am in the morning on November 1. He tells the jury if indeed Wright was driving out to dispose of Ms Nicol's body: "The camera seems to have missed him coming back. It seems also to have missed him taking Gemma Adams' body out on the 15th of November - that is another thing the prosecution suggest."

12:05 Mr Langdale asks the jury "why on earth" Steve Wright would tell them Tania Nicol was in his car hours before she disappeared if he was tailoring his evidence to fit the scientific evidence heard in the trial. He asks why Wright would not just say he had sex with her in the back of his car instead of saying he was with her for five minutes before making her get out.

12:00 He tells the court that the prosecution's claim of "forceful contact" required for her hair to obtain the fibre in the car seems to him to be no more than speculation.

11:58 "These girls were hardly strangers to the interiors of other people's cars and it is not as if Wright's car was some special breed of car with special material," Mr Langdale tells the jury. "God knows how many would be using the same carpet," he adds.

11:56 He turns to the fibre evidence given by Mr Palmer. He tells the jury it is important that the prosecution could not rule out that the carpet fibre evidence found in Tania Nicol's hair could have come from the back seat of the car. He said: "It is perhaps very important Mr Palmer cannot rule out the possibility that the fibre came from another car altogether".

11:45 Mr Langdale said Annette Nicholls made an allegation that a man dragged her off the street and raped her.

11:42 Mr Langdale said: "You may feel there is a great deal of hypocrisy when people talk about the sex lives of others."

11:38 He said those who sold their bodies faced many risks.

11:37 Mr Langdale said the risk of hiring prostitutes may be such a thrill that it takes over people's lives.

11:35 Mr Langdale said prostitution goes on "all over the world".

11:33 Mr Langdale said: "People may have a relaxed attitude or a hostile attitude or may find the whole thing utterly repugnant."

11:31 Mr Langdale said the jury would have to consider "the topic of prostitution and the world in which these young ladies lived their lives."

11:28 Mr Langdale told the jury: "You would have amazing powers of self-control if you were not putting on the TV or reading something about these issue."

11:26 Mr Langdale said the great attention paid to the case puts the jury in an unusual position.

11:24 Mr Langdale said Tom Stephens knew the stretch of road to Nacton.

11:21 Mr Langdale said the jury may feel hundreds or thousands of people living around Ipswich may know the areas being considered.

11:19 Mr Langdale said there was no evidence Wright went for walks in the countryside.

11:18 Mr Langdale said Wright was not someone who was familiar with those spots other than having driven past them.

11:16 Mr Langdale said: "The prosecution says the defendant knew those locations well - I suggest he did not."

11:12 Mr Langdale said: "It is almost as if somebody was trying to draw attention to the bodies being deposited in that way."

11:10 Mr Langdale said whoever dumped the bodies of the last three victims made no attempt to conceal them.

11:01 Mr Langdale said: "The prosecution allege it is the same killer, or killers, and allege the discovery of Gemma Adams' body caused him to change the locations of the bodies. You will have to consider that evidence." 10:59 He suggests this evidence shows inconsistencies between the first two victims and the other three. 10:57 He tells the court that it was the prosecution's case that Ms Clennell did not end up in that pose because "the person responsible was disturbed in some way". 10:55 Mr Langdale told the jury the bodies of the remaining three bodies were found in "very different locations" and posed in what has been termed a trademark way.

10:53 The court hears that this was to prevent detection of the bodies for "as long as possible" and to wash away evidence.

10:51 "No doubt you will conclude that was done for a reason that the person or people who did it had something specific in mind," Mr Langdale continues.

10:50 "Quite clearly you may think that the bodies of Tania Nicol and Gemma Adams were deliberately placed into the water of Belstead Brook," he said.

10:48 "It may well be that it was not the same person," Mr Langdale tells the jury.

10:48 He tells the jury that although he may agree with some of the prosecution's approach, they must ask themselves what conclusions they can draw from the prosecution's route and was it the same person or people who are responsible for the victims.

10:43 Timothy Langdale QC, for the defence, continues with his closing speech.

10:43 The trial resumes. Live coverage from February 14, 2008

16:25 The court adjourned and the case will resume at 10.30am tomorrow.

16:24 And he said there were several prostitutes who had engaged in sex with Wright who had not "ended up dead".

16:23 He said there was not a large number of prostitutes working at the time, meaning the number of potential victims fell.

16:22 Mr Langdale said a number of coincidences involving Wright which had been suggested by the prosecution were not actually coincidences at all.

16:20 Mr Langdale said: "Is it just coincidence that Tom Stephens can not be excluded?"

16:18 Mr Langdale described Tom Stephens as a "real, live candidate". He said Mr Stephens was a candidate even the prosecution could not eliminate.

16:16 He said the way in which the women were killed - especially as they were intoxicated by drugs - made this easier.

16:15 He said it was also possible to not leave any significant fibres.

16:14 However he said it was possible to kill someone without leaving a DNA profile on the body.

16:13 He said much had been made by the prosecution of DNA and fibre evidence found on the bodies of the five girls.

16:11 "Is that not an indication that Steve Wright, who has nothing to do with drugs, was not the last person to see them?" Mr Langdale asked the jury.

16:10 He said there was no suggestion that he was a supplier and no suggestion he had anything to do with the women taking drugs.

16:09 He said that there had been no suggestion whatsoever in this case that his client was involved in drugs.

16:08 Mr Langdale said all five women met their deaths when they were heavily intoxicated by drugs.

16:08 He added that it was therefore a "perfectly sensible possibility" that Wright was not the person who killed the young women and that another or others were responsible.

16:06 "It may be recognition of the fact that it is difficult to see, if not impossible to see, how Steve Wright could have done all this on his own," Mr Langdale said.

16:02 He said this acknowledgement could be recognition that "something doesn't quite add up" in the case against the defendant.

16:00 He said this has been repeatedly raised time and again by the prosecution.

15:58 Mr Langdale said there was a real possibility that there was more than one person involved.

15:57 "There's no smoking gun," Mr Langdale said.

15:56 He added: "The evidence certainly raises the a suspicion that he could be the man but that's very far from proving he was the man."

15:55 Mr Langdale said: "What the body of evidence does not do is demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that Steve Wright is the person responsible for their deaths."

15:53 He said all the evidence suggested was Steve Wright had a close association between the women in the hours leading up to their deaths.

15:52 He admitted the prosecution had provided an overwhelming amount of evidence. But he said: "We ask an overwhelming case of what?"

15:51 Mr Langdale referred to the case as remarkable and unusual.

15:37 Timothy Langdale QC starts the closing speech for the defence.

15:36 Mr Wright finishes the closing speech for the prosecution.

15:36 Mr Wright concluded: "The sad fact is - and for reasons known only to himself - as we said at the outset of this case, Steve Wright embarked on a deadly campaign in late 2006 that ended in the murder of these five women of which he is guilty."

15:33 He added that there were an "innumerable" series of consequences linking Wright to the murder of each of the women.

15:32 However even that floundered, Mr Wright said, as the defendant could not come up for a reason why the blood of some of the women was on his jacket, why his DNA was on the bodies, for his "nocturnal" cleaning of his car and why he was wearing his reflective jacket during his "nocturnal wanderings".

15:29 He said Wright needed "time and inspiration" in order to come up with an explanation that would fit and give "an air of plausibility to his protestations of innocence."

15:27 Mr Wright said the defendant's silence when questioned by police was not the product of legal advice - but of a man with no explanation.

15:26 He said the "enormity" of what the defendant had done soon became apparent.

15:25 However Mr Wright said he got "sloppy".

15:25 He said that when the finger of suspicion failed to fall on the defendant straight away "it fortified him in his belief that he could get away with it."

15:23 Mr Wright said the defendant - as a familiar figure driving around the red light district wearing his reflective jacket - felt he would attract little attention to himself.

15:22 "He achieved it at their expense," Mr Wright said.

15:21 Mr Wright said just to have sex with these women was not enough for the defendant he needed more.

15:20 "The reality is Steve Wright simply couldn't restrain himself," he continued. "He embarked on a course of conduct that deprived these women of their lives."

15:18 "We have a variation on that ladies and gentleman that is closer to the truth," Mr Wright told the jury. "It is so, yes."

15:18 He said the defendant's response when asked about this links was: "It would appear so, yes."

15:17 Mr Wright again drew forensic links between the women.

15:15 He referred to a statement which was given by Paula Clennell shortly before she was killed. Mr Wright said Ms Clennell had spoken of Miss Nicol not staying out after 2am, which contradicted the evidence of Helen Brooks who said she thought she saw the 19-yearold after 3am on October 31.

15:13 He said evidence which suggested Miss Nicol had been seen after Wright picked her up on October 30 could be discounted because it may have been inaccurate.

15:12 Mr Wright drew the jury's attention to evidence relating to the last time Tania Nicol was seen.

15:09 Mr Wright added that both these times were consistent with the deposition of the bodies of Miss Nicol and Miss Alderton.

15:09 He said the automatic number plate recognition system showed the defendant driving along London road at 1.39am on October 31 and 1.42am on December 4 while wearing his reflective jacket.

15:07 He said the fact that the defendant's car was caught leaving Ipswich on the nights when two of the women are believed to have gone missing was "no coincidence."

15:06 He said the fibres link the offences together and link them to one man.

15:06 Mr Wright said if this was right then the jury could "sensibly exclude" that the defendant was the "undertaker" of the bodies and that instead he was the "common denominator responsible for the murder of these women."

15:04 He said there was much evidence to support the view that the fibres were transferred the bodies of the women close to the time their bodies were deposited.

15:03 He added: "The defendant's ingenuity in terms of seeking to explain away the individual fibres in this case is complete and utter nonsense."

15:02 "Because they tell the tale," Mr Wright continued. "They tell the tale of death and deposition. Similar to the blood on his jacket and the semen stains inside and outside of his gloves. It depicts the process of what went on in the period leading up the murder of these women."

14:59 "What was it that occupied the parcel shelf and rear seat of his Mondeo?," he asked the jury. "Why has it never been found? Why are such matching fibres found on three of the women in this case - Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell?"

14:58 Mr Wright then addressed the issue of the red acrylic fibres that were found on the back seat and parcel shelf of the defendant's car, his tracksuit bottoms, his coat and his sofa.

14:56 "Singular misfortune or significant fact," he asked.

14:56 Mr Wright said fibres discovered on the bodies of the women matched the defendant's clothing, his home environment and his car.

14:55 "Singular misfortune or significant fact," he asked the jury.

14:55 Mr Wright said the bodies of all five women were found in locations or close to locations known to the defendant through his employment.

14:54 "Singular misfortune or significant fact?", he asked again.

14:54 Mr Wright said when two of the women went missing the defendant's vehicle was seen cruising the red light district looking to pick up prostitutes.

14:53 "Singular misfortune or significant fact?", Mr Wright asked.

14:52 He said the women only went missing when the defendant's partner was at work. No one went missing when she was not working.

14:52 He asked the jury if this was "singular misfortune or significant fact."

14:51 Mr Wright said the women only started to go missing once the defendant began using prostitutes in Ipswich and stopped in mid-December.

14:47 Mr Wright asked the jury to consider whether the connections were "singular misfortune or significant fact".

14:46 He also pointed to the evidence relating to Wright's semen-stained gloves.

14:45 Mr Wright said the defendant admitted picking up each of the women and in the order that they died. He said Wright's DNA was found upon the bodies of three of the women, while blood from two was found on his clothing and in his car.

14:43 "That's not what happened here," he said. "He was the killer."

14:43 He said the chances of Wright being only the disposer of the bodies was so unlikely it could be dismissed.

14:42 Mr Wright said Steve Wright was the common denominator in the disappearance and murder of the women.

14:40 Jurors were told that even if more than one person was involved, the chances of them acting independently were so slim they could be discounted.

14:39 Mr Wright said: "The central issue is not whether Tom Stephens played a part in the murder of these women but whether Steve Wright played a part."

14:38 Mr Wright said the defence was entitled to raise the question of any involvement from Tom Stephens, but said it would not resolve the central issue in the case.

14:33 "His role is not central to the issues in this case," Mr Wright told the jury.

14:32 He added that Mr Stephens was arrested, samples of his DNA taken, his home and car searched and interviewed by police as part of the investigation but he was never charged with any offence.

14:31 "A lack of evidence proving innocence cannot be created into evidence proving guilt however skillfully its presented," he continued.

14:30 "But in terms of evidence of wrong doing on his part and his possible involvement in these matters it is merely a matter of conjecture," Mr Wright said.

14:28 He said that he had links with all the girls, made "unusual and disturbing" remarks, regularly attended the red light district and frequently visited the police unit that had been set up in the area.

14:27 Mr Wright said Mr Stephens did act suspiciously and irregularly during this period.

14:26 However he said the "spectre" of Mr Stephens had been raised by the defence and they had to deal with it.

14:25 "The absence of evidence proving innocence is rather different to the presence of evidence proving guilt," Mr Wright said.

14:24 He said the crown could not eliminate Mr Stephens from the possibility of involvement because there was no evidence that could give him an alibi.

14:22 However he said this would be "complete speculation".

14:22 "No one saw the crimes being committed and the offences may have been the work of one man," he said. "We cannot exclude the possibility that another or others may have had a hand in each of these deaths."

14:20 Mr Wright said we may never know if another person was involved.

14:20 "You have heard a lot of evidence throughout this case in terms of the possibility that this may have been a series of offences committed by a man or men and you have also had brought to your consideration a particular individual called Tom Stephens," he said.

14:17 Peter Wright QC, for the prosecution, told the jury he would like to turn their attention to a third subsidiary issue of if there was more than one person involved in the murder of the five women.

14:16 The hearing resumes after lunch.

13:13 The court has adjourned and the case will resume at 2pm.

13:13 "The coincidences are multiple," he said. "This was not misadventure. This was murder and part of a pattern. It started with the disappearance of Tania Nicol and concluded with the death of Paula Clennell."

13:12 He highlighted the fibre evidence which linked each of the victims.

13:11 He said the women had been left within a period of weeks in rural locations not far from Ipswich.

13:10 Mr Wright said that when the evidence was viewed as a whole, it suggested murder by one man or men.

13:08 Mr Wright said: "We say these deaths were not unconnected and unrelated incidents of misadventure. Their links were linked and entirely deliberate."

13:06 Mr Wright said three things were common to each of the victims - they were addicted to drugs, they turned to prostitution to fund their habit and they all met the defendant on the night of their deaths.

13:05 The degree of their intoxication would depend upon their tolerance to drugs.

13:04 He said there were high levels of morphine found in all the women but this was only significant in terms of their vulnerability.

13:03 He said it was the prosecutions case that the women had "died with drugs on board" rather than as a result of an overdose.

13:02 All five were also found in rural or semi-rural locations, Mr Wright said.

13:02 He added that all the women were relatively uninjured, none had a pre-existing natural condition that could have caused their deaths and all five were naked when found. 13:00 In each case death was consistent with asphyxiation or an interference with the "normal mechanics of breathing," he said.

12:58 He added that all five had suffered either hyper-inflation of the lungs or injuries consistent and corresponding with compression of the neck.

12:57 All five women died within six and a half weeks of each other and died suddenly and in unusual circumstances, Mr Wright said.

12:56 All five were slim, relatively young with long or shoulder length hair.

12:56 All five women were sex workers in Ipswich, he told the jury.

12:55 However he said this wasn't the sole cause of their demise - it was just a "fact of their lives".

12:54 Mr Wright said all five women took drugs leading up to the time of their deaths.

12:52 Mr Wright turns his attention to the first issue - were the five women's deaths murder or misadventure.

12:49 And finally, was the defendant responsible in respect of each of the five counts.

12:48 Fourthly, were they acting together or acting independently.

12:47 Thirdly, was one person involved or another or others.

12:46 Secondly, If they were murders, were they connected.

12:46 Mr Wright said there were five key issues for the jury to consider. Firstly, was the deaths of the five women murder or misadventure.

12:45 He said: "Let us start by considering the most important document in the entire case the indictment. It's the document which you will be invited to return verdicts upon."

12:44 Mr Wright tells the jury they have heard all the evidence and it is now their responsibility to reach a verdict.

12:36 Peter Wright QC starts the closing speech for the prosecution.

12:36 Mr Langdale formally closes the case for the defence.

12:35 He said he wanted to be sure the documents were in the correct order in the jury's evidence bundle.

12:21 Timothy Langdale QC, for the defence, told the jury there are one or two small matters he would like to address before the prosecution starts its closing speech.

12:20 The trial resumes. Live coverage from February 15, 2008

14:03 Mr Langdale concluded his closing speech and the proceedings finished for the day. The judge will sum up from noon on Monday.

14:02 "If these points make sense the proper verdict is not guilty," Mr Langdale said.

14:00 The evidence allowed a reasonable possibility that someone other than Wright, who had nothing to do with him, had committed the murders, Mr Langdale said.

13:54 There is no evidence to show Wright knew Tom Stephens, Mr Langdale said.

13:52 Tom Stephens did not have an alibi for the days in question, Mr Langdale said.

13:50 An ex-girlfriend of Tom Stephens said he had threatened to kill her after they broke up, Mr Langdale said.

13:48 Mr Langdale said Tom Stephens had said: "Would the girls still go out and do what they do if one got murdered?"

13:46 Mr Langdale said a witness had told the court that Tom Stephens would give lifts to the girls so they could score drugs.

13:44 Mr Langdale cast doubt on the DNA analysis provided by scientists who have given evidence.

13:42 Mr Langdale said Paula had got drugs from someone else after she had been with Wright.

13:39 Mr Langdale said Annette had cocaine or crack cocaine in her body when she was killed.

13:37 Mr Langdale cast doubt on the suggestion that it was Wright who dumped Annette's body near the old Felixstowe Road.

13:35 Mr Langdale said areas of Wright's jacket and gloves which were not stained were not tested for DNA.

13:32 Mr Langdale said Anneli had drugs in her system on the day she died.

13:29 Mr Langdale said there was DNA of an unknown man on her body and asked when it got there.

13:28 Mr Langdale said it was not the case that Wright's DNA was the only person's DNA on the body of Anneli.

13:23 "There is no evidence at all to discount the possibility that these fibres got on her body and hair after the fibres connecting Steve Wright got on her hair and body," said Mr Langdale.

13:22 He told the jury there were "hundreds" of other fibres found on Miss Alderton's hair and body apart from Wright's. "Where did they come from and when did they get on her body and hair?"

13:21 Mr Langdale also tells the jury that Mr Palmer did not say which fibres were on the hair and which on the body. "Again it has an enormously significant impact on the fibre evidence".

13:19 He makes the same point as with Gemma Adams about the fibre evidence.

13:18 Mr Langdale turns to the fact the prosecution allege he disposed of a donor item, such as a rug. He asks the jury to consider why he did not get rid of anything else connecting him with them.

13:17 He goes through the fibre evidence found on Anneli Alderton.

13:16 Mr Langdale said it follows that he picked her up soon after but was not seen leaving Ipswich in is car until 1.41am. He again asks the jury what Wright would have been doing, if he was the killer, during that time.

13:15 He said that shortly after 11.55pm on the night of her disappearance Wright's car was seen in Portman Road and that was not disputed.

13:13 He moves onto Anneli Alderton.

13:13 "Why does the camera not pick his car up or coming back?" he said.

13:12 He says all the same questions arise with regard to Miss Adams as he explained with Miss Nicol.

13:11 Mr Langdale asks if Wright would really have made up the story about the car alarm on that night. "Is that fiction? or is that the truth? You may think it is clearly the latter," Mr Langdale said.

13:10 Mr Langdale said Wright's account to the jury was that he was with Gemma Adams on either the 13-14 of November or 14-15. He asked if Wright was someone trying to tailor his account to fit the evidence why he did not say it was the 13-14. He added he could easily have done this but he said he was not sure when it was.

13:06 He repeated from earlier in the trial that Mr Palmer could not say whether the other fibres got into her hair before or after contact with Wright.

13:02 "What a pity those were not mentioned by Mr Palmer," said Mr Langdale. He continued by saying they could so easily have been misled.

13:01 Mr Langdale said the fibre expert, Mr Palmer, told the jury the fibres from Wright were deposited at or around the time the body was deposited. He said it seemed overwhelming evidence until his cross-examination "bolt from the blue" when he told them she had "at least 216 other fibres in her hair".

12:58 He tells the jury that they cannot rule out the possibility that those fibres and any others did not get there as a result of Steve Wright having sex with her.

12:57 He turns to Gemma Adams. He asks the jury to refer to their schedule of fibres found on Miss Adams.

12:56 He adds: "Steve Wright did not kill Tania Nicol, someone else did after she left his car."

12:55 Mr Langdale reads parts of her statement to the court and asks if it does not show that "Tania Nicol was on the streets after the time Steve Wright had anything to do with her?"

12:52 Miss Clennell had asked Tania Nicol if she was alright as she got into the car, which drove into Handford Road, turning left into town, Mr Langdale said.

12:51 He asks the jury why Paula Clennell should have got the date wrong.

12:51 This referred to between 12.30am and 1am on October 31, 2006 when she saw her approach a silver coloured estate car.

12:49 He then tells the jury they must ask themselves if they can agree with all the evidence that Tania Nicol was seen later that night. He goes through Paula Clennell's statement to the police about seeing Miss Nicol.

12:47 "There was no indication she took drugs with her," he tells the court.

12:47 Mr Langdale said Tania Nicol must have gone somewhere on the night of her disappearance to get drugs, as a port mortem showed she was intoxicated.

12:45 Mr Langdale refers to the CCTV images of Anneli Alderton at a train station with a hold all bag. "It is not unheard of for someone to have a change of clothing," he tells the jury.

12:44 He also refers to the clothing a man called Tom Stephens told police he saw her wearing and puts to the jury that prostitutes have "access to a place or places where they can change".

12:43 Mr Langdale recalls to the jury how the court has heard how prostitutes may have had different mobile phones available to them.

12:42 He goes through the evidence of Royal Mail worker Helen Brooks, who told the court she saw who she thought to be Tania Nicol on a mobile phone at 3.45am in the morning on October 31.

12:40 He goes through the evidence of Kerry Land, who worked in the garage at Sainsbury's and claimed to have seen Miss Nicol, who she knew by sight, at 11.45pm, but in different clothing. He tells the jury the woman was "85% sure" it was her.

12:34 Mr Langdale put to the jury: "Is it possible that Jane Leighton saw her (Tania Nicol) at 11.20 after that encounter having got out of that car? It cannot be dismissed."

12:32 Wright had told the court that Miss Nicol got out of his car five or so minutes later.

12:31 Mr Langdale goes through Wright's evidence of Miss Nicol getting into his car at 11.09, of which CCTV footage was shown to the jury earlier in the trial.

12:30 He goes through Jane Leighton's evidence from earlier in the trial about seeing a woman she thought to be Tania Nicol at between 11.00pm and 11.20pm talking to men in a "posh car" on the night she of her disappearance.

12:28 "We suggest there is a body of evidence to suggest Tania Nicol was still alive after she got into Steve Wright's care."

12:26 He moves onto Tania Nicol's death.

12:26 Mr Langdale suggests a greater degree of planning and skill was involved in the murders than Steve Wright is capable of.

12:24 He tells the jury they may not think the killing of Tania Nicol was a spare of the moment thing but the prosecution allege Steve Wright started doing this on the spare of the moment and "could not not killing".

12:23 "At the same time the man who is so 'sloppy' leaves blood on his reflective jacket and does not even bother to take that off. How does that square with common sense?" Mr Langdale continued.

12:21 "What on earth is it about Steve Wright that enables him, as a pretty ordinary sort of bloke, to dispose of the clothing of all of these women without leaving a trace?" Mr Langdale said.

12:20 Mr Langdale said despite a thorough search by police there was no trace of the clothing of the women.

12:18 He tells the jury that if they think Wright is responsible for her murder he would want to get her out of Ipswich as quick as possible.

12:17 Mr Langdale said: "It is the prosecution's case that Tania Nicol was murdered not long after she got into Wright's car at around 11pm on October 30. What is he doing waiting till 1.30am in the morning to drive her body out of town? What is taking all the time?"

12:14 He asks what more a man could do to aim attention at himself. "You will have to look carefully at those suggestions," he tells the jury.

12:12 He turns to the reflective jacket. Mr Langdale said it did not make "any sense at all" to wear a reflective jacket when dropping off a body in the countryside.

12:09 He refers to the camera footage which shows Wright's Mondeo driving out of Ipswich at 1.39am in the morning on November 1. He tells the jury if indeed Wright was driving out to dispose of Ms Nicol's body: "The camera seems to have missed him coming back. It seems also to have missed him taking Gemma Adams' body out on the 15th of November - that is another thing the prosecution suggest."

12:05 Mr Langdale asks the jury "why on earth" Steve Wright would tell them Tania Nicol was in his car hours before she disappeared if he was tailoring his evidence to fit the scientific evidence heard in the trial. He asks why Wright would not just say he had sex with her in the back of his car instead of saying he was with her for five minutes before making her get out.

12:00 He tells the court that the prosecution's claim of "forceful contact" required for her hair to obtain the fibre in the car seems to him to be no more than speculation.

11:58 "These girls were hardly strangers to the interiors of other people's cars and it is not as if Wright's car was some special breed of car with special material," Mr Langdale tells the jury. "God knows how many would be using the same carpet," he adds.

11:56 He turns to the fibre evidence given by Mr Palmer. He tells the jury it is important that the prosecution could not rule out that the carpet fibre evidence found in Tania Nicol's hair could have come from the back seat of the car. He said: "It is perhaps very important Mr Palmer cannot rule out the possibility that the fibre came from another car altogether".

11:45 Mr Langdale said Annette Nicholls made an allegation that a man dragged her off the street and raped her.

11:42 Mr Langdale said: "You may feel there is a great deal of hypocrisy when people talk about the sex lives of others."

11:38 He said those who sold their bodies faced many risks.

11:37 Mr Langdale said the risk of hiring prostitutes may be such a thrill that it takes over people's lives.

11:35 Mr Langdale said prostitution goes on "all over the world".

11:33 Mr Langdale said: "People may have a relaxed attitude or a hostile attitude or may find the whole thing utterly repugnant."

11:31 Mr Langdale said the jury would have to consider "the topic of prostitution and the world in which these young ladies lived their lives."

11:28 Mr Langdale told the jury: "You would have amazing powers of self-control if you were not putting on the TV or reading something about these issue."

11:26 Mr Langdale said the great attention paid to the case puts the jury in an unusual position.

11:24 Mr Langdale said Tom Stephens knew the stretch of road to Nacton.

11:21 Mr Langdale said the jury may feel hundreds or thousands of people living around Ipswich may know the areas being considered.

11:19 Mr Langdale said there was no evidence Wright went for walks in the countryside.

11:18 Mr Langdale said Wright was not someone who was familiar with those spots other than having driven past them.

11:16 Mr Langdale said: "The prosecution says the defendant knew those locations well - I suggest he did not."

11:12 Mr Langdale said: "It is almost as if somebody was trying to draw attention to the bodies being deposited in that way."

11:10 Mr Langdale said whoever dumped the bodies of the last three victims made no attempt to conceal them.

11:01 Mr Langdale said: "The prosecution allege it is the same killer, or killers, and allege the discovery of Gemma Adams' body caused him to change the locations of the bodies. You will have to consider that evidence."

10:59 He suggests this evidence shows inconsistencies between the first two victims and the other three.

10:57 He tells the court that it was the prosecution's case that Ms Clennell did not end up in that pose because "the person responsible was disturbed in some way".

10:55 Mr Langdale told the jury the bodies of the remaining three bodies were found in "very different locations" and posed in what has been termed a trademark way.

10:53 The court hears that this was to prevent detection of the bodies for "as long as possible" and to wash away evidence.

10:51 "No doubt you will conclude that was done for a reason that the person or people who did it had something specific in mind," Mr Langdale continues.

10:50 "Quite clearly you may think that the bodies of Tania Nicol and Gemma Adams were deliberately placed into the water of Belstead Brook," he said.

10:48 "It may well be that it was not the same person," Mr Langdale tells the jury.

10:48 He tells the jury that although he may agree with some of the prosecution's approach, they must ask themselves what conclusions they can draw from the prosecution's route and was it the same person or people who are responsible for the victims.

10:43 Timothy Langdale QC, for the defence, continues with his closing speech.

10:43 The trial resumes. Live coverage from February 18, 2008

16:34 Mr Justice Gross said he will continue to sum up for the jury at 10.30am tomorrow.

16:33 The court finishes for the day.

16:33 He said the jury had also heard from a neighbour who described banging coming from Wright's flat late at night and that the washing machine would also be on at this time.

16:32 Some of this was at unusual times such as early in the morning or late at night he said.

16:31 He said a number of neghbours and people working in the area described the defendant regularly cleaning both the inside and outside of his car.

16:31 Mr Justice Gross said the defendant and his partner moved to a rented flat in London Road, Ipswich, in October 2006.

16:30 However he said work colleagues had said Ms Wright was unable to contact the defendant between 11.40pm and 1.30am.

16:30 Mr Justice Gross said on one occassion Ms Wright had forgotten to take her glasses to work and tried phoning Wright to get them brought to her.

16:29 He also referred them to the shift patterns of Pamela Wright.

16:28 He referred the jury to the defendant's shift patterns.

16:28 In December 2006 he was employed by Staffbank recruitment agency in Ipswich but had previously been on the books at Gateway Recruitment in Nacton, he said.

16:27 Mr Justice Gross then referred the jury to the defendant's work records.

16:17 He said the helicopter which had been dispatched to locate the body then discovered Annette Nicholls not far from Ms Clennell.

16:17 The judge told jurors that Ms Clennell's naked body was found on December 12 at Levington. It appeared to have been dumped hurriedly.

16:16 After consuming crack, he dropped Ms Clennell off in Elliot Street.

16:16 A witness known as Mr J told the court how he had seen Ms Clennell on December 10, shortly before nightfall. The pair had gone, in his car, to buy drugs.

16:15 It was the last time Miss F had seen Ms Clennell.

16:14 When Ms Clennell asked for more money for drugs, the man refuses. Ms Clennell became angry and decided to go out on to the streets to tout for business.

16:13 Ms Clennell had bathed and washed her hair.

16:13 Miss F said the pair had taken drugs together, borrowing money to get more from a male friend of Ms Clennell.

16:12 Paula had bought five wraps of crack and heroin, priced at £15 each.

16:12 She had met up with Ms Clennell on December 8 on the Nacton estate where both women had gone to buy drugs.

16:11 Evidence given by Miss F was read to the court. She was a working girl who knew Paula Clennell.

16:04 On Dcember 9 another witness was walking along Old Felixstowe Road and noticed what she thought was a mannequin, Mr Justice Gross said.

16:04 He said the witness noticed the cars becasue she thought it was an unusual place to stop and the Mondeo had an interior light on but no headlights.

16:03 He said they also heard evidence of a dark coloured Ford Mondeo and a silver/light blue/green Renault parked at the side of the Old Felixstowe Road around 8.30pm on December 8.

16:02 Mr Justice Gross said there was also evidence of how Miss Nicholl's had said she was fearful of some clients, including an allegation of rape.

16:01 He said she told the court that her sister was proud of her appearance and obsessed with cleanliness.

16:00 Mr Justice Gross reminded the jury they had heard from Miss Nicholl's sister.

16:00 The last time he saw her was December 3/4 2006, he said.

15:59 He said he would see her infrequently and she could go missing for "weeks on end."

15:59 Mr Justice Gross said the man had suspicions that Miss Nicholls was a drug taker and that he would give her money for which she used to buy drugs.

15:57 He said the jury heard evidence from an Ipswich taxi driver who had a relationship with Miss Nicholls in 2003.

15:56 Mr Justice Gross then turns to the evidence relating to Annette Nicholls.

15:30 The court also heard evidence given by Sam Jefford, Miss Alderton's boyfriend. He said the pair had engaged in sex on the morning of her disappearance.

15:29 Evidence given my Miss D was read to jurors. She had told the court how she knew Tom Stephens as a man who would drive and park up in the red light district. She said he had a Renault Clio.

15:28 The court heard how Anneli failed to attend a probation appointment on December 4.

15:27 Jurors were reminded of evidence given by Anneli's mother relating to the last time she saw her, on December 3.

15:26 Mr Justice Gross said evidence had been given which suggested she could be physically violent.

15:25 After her latest spell behind bars, she moved in with her mother in Harwich. This was unsuccesful and she eventually met and began living with her boyfriend, Sam Jefford.

15:24 Attempts to get her off drugs were numerous but always unsuccesful.

15:23 Her behaviour went into a downward spiral at 14 when she began to use drugs.

15:22 The judge next discussed Anneli Alderton. He said she was born in March 1982 and had been educated in Ipswich until 1992 when she moved with her mother to live in Cyprus.

15:17 He said there had been a lot of rain in recent weeks that caused the water level to be higher than normal, Mr Justice Gross said.

15:16 He said the water baliff believes the body was deposited further upstream and carried by the current downstream to the location where he found it.

15:15 It was found naked and in water in Belstead Brook, Mr Justice Gross said.

15:14 He said her body was discovered by the water baliff at Hintlesham Fisheries on December 2.

15:14 He said Miss Adams collected her methodone - as she did everyday - for the last time on November 14.

15:13 Mr Justice Gross said if this is correct it could not have been the body of Miss Adams becasue she was still alive but it could be Miss Nicol.

15:12 When it got to Bburstall Bridge he said she saw what she thought was a body lying in the water.

15:12 He said the jury had also heard a statement from a student travelling on the top of a double decker bus towards Hadleigh on November 8.

15:11 Mr Justice Gross added that when the witness had to leave work shortly after 1am he went past the spot where he had left Miss Adams and she was no longer there.

15:11 He said the witness was relatively sure about this becasue he started work at 1am.

15:10 He said he picked her up at 12.15am in November 15 and had sex with her close to the Holiday Inn hotel before returning her to outisde the BMW garage at 12.45am.

15:09 Mr Justice Gross reminded the jury that they had heard evidence from three men who had used Miss Adams - the last of these on the night of November 14/15.

15:08 He said she had "sporadic" contact with her parents and that they had no idea she was a prostitute.

15:07 Mr Justice Gross then turns his attention to the evidence regarding Gemma Adams.

15:07 He said a worker at Sainsbury's garage was "85% sure" she'd seen Miss Nicol at around 11.45pm on October 30 while a postal worker thought she saw her using her mobile phone between Elliott Street and Handford Road at 3.42am on October 31.

15:05 Mr Justice Gross said there had also been evidence from the defence with regards to Miss Nicol's whereabouts on October 30/31.

14:50 An admission containing evidence given by Paula Clennell suggested Miss Nicol had been on the streets of the red light area on October 31 at around 1am. Ms Clennell said Miss Nicol got into a silver coloured car, the driver of which Ms Clennell did not recognise.

14:48 Evidence given by Miss Leighton was also referred to by Mr Justice Gross. She said she had seen Miss Nicol on Handford Road at around 11.15pm on October 30, talking to two men in a dark-coloured car. She later said the car was a Peugeot.

14:46 The judge said the defendant accepted this probably was his car.

14:46 Jurors were again shown footage of a car, which appeared to match the defendant's Ford Mondeo, picking up Tania Nicol on October 31, shortly after 11pm.

14:44 The judge reminded jurors of evidence given by a volunteer from the Bridge Project. Tania Nicol was said to have been spotted with two different men in October and Novemeber 2006, one of whom led her into a house in London Road.

14:39 He said Ms Nicol also recieved a phone call from Mr Stephens on the day Gemma Adams' body was discovered, after which she had no more contact with him.

14:38 During these conversations Mr Stepehens advised Ms Nicol to call the police and said: "Would the girls go out and do what they do if one of them got murdered," Mr Justice Gross said.

14:37 Mr Justice Gross said Ms Nicol said she did not know who he was but he claimed to be friends with Tania.

14:36 She also said she haad a series of phone calls from a man called Tom Stephens.

14:36 She said the name meant nothing to her and she used the 1471 service after which she found out the number was for a massage parlour called Cleopatra's.

14:35 In cross examination Mr Justice Gross said Ms Nicol said she once had a phone call to the hosue asking for someone named "Chantelle".

14:34 He said she spoke to her just before 1pm on the night she went missing but never again after that - her phone just kept going to voice mail.

14:33 Six months before she went missing Mr Justice Gross said her mother noticed a change in her appearance - bad skin and weight loss - whic she put down to drugs.

14:32 When she was 17 Tania moved away from home but by December 2005 had moved back with her mother and brother.

14:31 He said she last saw her at 10.45pm on October 30 and did not know she was working as a prostitute.

14:31 He said their relationship was "fine" but Miss Nicol believed her daughter to be taking drugs, although she didn't want to interfere for fear of upsetting Tania.

14:30 Mr Justice Gross then turned to the evidence about Tania Nicol and that given by her mother.

14:29 He said one of those areas was Belstead Brook however they were not known to go to Nacton.

14:28 He said it was known for prostitutes to take their clients out of the area for sexual favours.

14:28 He said drug dealers were close at hand.

14:27 He said in the 2000s there were 15-20 full time prostitutes and 30-50 who woukd work there occassionally.

14:26 He said it grew during the 1980s and that by the late 1990s some of the sex workers had moved to more residential areas.

14:26 He then went into the evidence about Ipswich's red light district.

14:25 He said the pair were not married.

14:25 Mr Justice Gross said Steve Wright lived with his partner Pamela Wright in London Road, Ipswich - the heart of the town's red light district.

14:11 Annette Nicholls, 29, went missing on December 8 and was found near Levington on December 12. Paula Clennell, 24, went missing on December 10 and was found on December 12.

14:10 He said Anneli Alderton was 24 and went missing on December 3, found near Nacton on December 10.

14:09 He spoke of the victims. He said Tania Nicol, 19, went missing on October 30 and was found in Belstead Brook on December 8. Gemma Adams, 25, went missing on November 15 and was found in the same brook, further upstream, on December 2.

14:08 Mr Justice Gross said the case centred on the deaths of five young women, each of whom were prostitutes working in Ipswich's red light district. They were all users of hard drugs, he added.

14:07 The case resumes.

13:19 The court breaks for lunch and will resume at 2pm when Mr Justice Gross is expected to turn to the facts of the case.

13:17 He said it was up to the jury to decide if this was true or if Wright simply did not have a reliable excuse, as claimed by the prosecution.

13:15 Mr Justice Gross said all these were matters the defendant could have said in police interview but chose not to becasue of legal advice.

13:14 He said Wright has relied on the following nine points: 1. Some girls had been to his home address. 2. He knew all five girls. 3. He used the services of four of them. 4. He used prostitutes. 5. Each of this girls had been in his car. 6. The women had taken off their clothes at his house. 7. He drove late at night because of insomnia. 8. He had connections with Nacton and Hintlesham, knew something of Levington but nothing of Copdock. 9. He had an innocent explanation for the DNA findings.

13:11 He said Wright was warned that it he did not mention something that he later relied on in court then it could harm his defence.

13:10 He then turned his attention to the night the defendant was arrested and answered "no comment" to police questions.

13:10 He said the jury should give Steve Wright credit for this.

13:09 He said the defendant was 49-years-old and had one previous conviction for theft but no convctions for violence.

13:08 He said it was up to the jury to decide how important this was.

13:08 Mr Justice Gross said the defence did not seek to discredit the DNA and fibre evidence - they simply highlighted certain additional findings.

13:07 The judge said jurors did not have to consider the five killings "in isolation".

13:06 Another link was the fact each of the five were intoxicated on drugs at the time of their deaths.

13:05 The judge highlighted the similarities the crown had drawn which linked the five deaths. He said the fact they were all sex workers, all found naked, all were young women with long hair and all were deposited in rural locations linked the deaths.

13:03 He said the defence was that the evidence "fell well short" of proving guilt on the part of Wright.

13:03 Nine, the locations of the deposition sites were familiar to the defendant.

13:02 Eight, of the two women who shed blood, traces were found on his clothing.

13:02 Seven, the fact the women started disappearing shortly after Wright began using street prostitutes - and ended after his arrest.

13:01 Six, the various coincidences suggested by the crown.

13:00 Five, the fibres linking Wright to all five of the women.

13:00 Four, the DNA links between three of the women and the defendant.

13:00 Three, The CCTV and vehicle number plate recognition evidence.

12:59 Two, Wright had an opportunity to commot the offences because his partner was at work.

12:59 One, the fact that the defendant picked up the women in the order they went missing and at times around their disappearance.

12:58 The judge listed nine points which, he said, the prosecution relied upon.

12:58 "Circumstantial evidence can be powerful," he said, "but it's important you examine it with care and be sure it is reliable."

12:57 Mr Justice Gross said the prosecution relied upon circumstantial evidence.

12:56 "You have not had the opportunity to assess them as witnesses," he said.

12:55 The judge said evidence given by Paula Clennell, Nicola Brown and Tom Stephens which was read to them were agreed by prosecution and defence that they had been said, but not agreed as fact.

12:50 Mr Justice Gross said this would be a difficult conclusion as there were five deaths.

12:50 He said manslaughter was defined as an unlawful killing but the person concerned had no intention to kill or cause serious bodily harm.

12:49 He said both the prosecution and defence agreed this was not a case of manslaughter.

12:49 He then approached the issue of manslaughter.

12:48 Mr Justice Gross said if they were to convict the defendant the jury had to be sure he participated in some manner in the attack on the women concerned, that when he did so he shared the killer or killers intention to kill or cause serious bodily harm or realised there was a possibility the women would be killed but carried on the attack regardless.

12:43 He said the defendant's presence at the crime scene was not enough - they jury had to be sure he encouraged others in the offence.

12:43 "The essence of joint responsibility for a criminal offence is that each participant shared the intention to commit the offence and had some part in it however great or small," he said.

12:41 He said if the jury thought the defendant was "in it together" with another or others as part of a joint plan then they must find him guilty.

12:40 "However of the prosecution have made you sure the killings were the work of more than one person and the defendant was one of those persons but you're not sure that the defendant killed the woman concerned then questions of joint responsibility arise," he told the jury.

12:38 He said if the jury were sure the defendant killed the women and intended to kill the women then this issue was "neither here nor there".

12:37 He said it was the prosecutions case that Steve Wright killed the women either on his own or with another or others.

12:36 Mr Justice Gross then explained to the jury about joint responsibility.

12:35 He said that before the jury convicted the defendant of murder they had to be sure of two things - that he killed the woman in question and that he intended to kill her or cause her really serious injury.

12:34 "Look at his actions before and after the alleged offence," he said. "All these things may shed light on his intention at the critical time."

12:33 He added the jury decide intent by considering all the defendant did and did not do.

12:32 "If you are sure the defendant caused the death of the women when you are considering them you must be sure that when he pressed their neck he intended to kill her or cause her grevious bodily harm," Mr Justice Gross told the jury.

12:30 He said there was no question of self defence in this case.

12:29 He said murder was defined as one person unlawfully killing another with the intention to kill or cause grevious bodily harm.

12:28 "The evidence is different and your verdicts need not be the same," he said.

12:28 Mr Justice Gross said the defendant faces five counts of murder and the jury must consider each count seperately.

12:24 Mr Justice Gross said the prosecution did not have to prove a motive. "A case of murder is, and often is, made good without any clear motive," he said.

12:23 Jurors were reminded that the burden was on the prosecution to prove Steve Wright was guilty of the murders.

12:22 He said their decision should not be swayed by the intense media interest in the trial.

12:21 The judge urged the jury not to carry out their own research on the internet. Instead, they should try the case on only the evidence they have heard.

12:20 He said Mr Stephens was "not on trial", but said the defence could not rule out the possibility of his involvement.

12:19 Mr Justice Gross referred to Tom Stephens, the man arrested in connection with the killings, but who was never charged.

12:18 But he added: "Whatever the drugs they took, whatever the work did, no one was entitled to do these women any harm."

12:17 The judge said jurors had "come upon a bleak landscape - in simple, brutal terms, the funding of drug abuse by prostitution."

12:16 "The loss of five young ladies is a tragedy," he said. "You are likely to have sympathy for the deceased and their families but this must not sway you."

12:15 Mr Justice Gross said: "You must try this case on the evidence which has been placed before you."

12:07 Mr Justice Gross begins to sum up the evidence for the jury. Live coverage from February 19, 2008

16:09 The case has been adjourned until tomorrow.

16:07 An ANPR camera caught Wright driving along London Road at 1.41am on December 4. He said this was because he could not sleep.

16:06 Wright said he picked up Anneli Alderton on one evening in early December. This took place at his home in London Road.

16:05 He said he could have had sex with Gemma Adams on the evening of the 13th and 14th of November, or the night of the 14th and 15th. This took place in his car.

16:03 With regards to fibre evidence, Wright denied deliberately disposing of donor items. He said if he had got rid of a garment, Pamela would have noticed.

16:02 When asked about Tom Stephens, Wright said he did not know him and had never had anything to do with him.

16:01 He said he had sex with the girls while they were completely naked. He said sometimes there would be contact between the naked girls and his clothing.

16:01 He kept the girls clear of the lounge as he was concerned about valuables. As to the removal of the condom after sex, he said he would get up in a kneeling position and get gloves in his reflective coat. He would remove the condom with his glove but before flushing it down the toilet.

15:55 He would take the girls in through the back door, but would let them out of the front door, only after checking there was nobody about.

15:54 He could survive on two to three hours' sleep a night and had suffered from insomnia for many years.

15:53 He said he had sex with Anneli Alderton at his home, but she had not been the first at the address.

15:52 After using his bed to have sex with one sex worker, he decided he would only do it on the floor. He used his reflective jacket and lumber-jack coat on which to have sex because the floor was dusty.

15:52 At first he would have sex in the car, but decided to take them back to his house because he suffered from cramp.

15:51 Between October and December 2006, he picked up 12 girls, including the five women who were killed.

15:50 He would pick girls up between midnight and 2am.

15:49 When looking for a prostitute, he would sometimes drive two or three circuits of the red light district.

15:44 He would only pick up prostitutes when his partner was working a night shift at work.

15:43 He started using street girls when he moved with his partner to London Road in Ipswich. He said he had very little knowledge of the red light district to start with. He first noticed girls working the streets about two weeks after moving to the area.

15:42 He would go after golf in the day time. He had not encountered any of the women in the case in a massage parlour.

15:41 The court heard when he first met Pam Wright, he stopped using prostitutes. However, his sexual relationship declined and he began using prostitutes again. About six months after he moved to Ipswich with Pam, he began to use massage parlours every six months.

15:39 When he returned to this country, he began using prostitutes in massage parlours every six months. He would use different girls.

15:38 Wright said he started using prostitutes at the age of 25 or 26 while in the merchant navy. He said there was a young crew on the QE2 and it was quite normal. He used them while ashore in foreign countries.

15:36 He revealed he had concealed his use of prostitutes from Pamela. Wright said he "did not feel good about it".

15:35 He began working at Cerro in Ipswich in October 2006, shortly after he moved to London Road with partner Pamela Wright.

15:34 He lost his driving licence in May 2005, getting it back six months later, at which point he bought his Ford Mondeo on hire purchase. He said he was proud of the car and would clean it regularly.

15:33 He worked at a hotel in Felixstowe in 2000, before registering with Gateway recruitment agency in 2001.

15:32 In the late 1990s, he encountered financial problems, eventually declaring himself bankrupt.

15:32 Wright was married twice.

15:32 Wright later worked on the QE2. He later turned to the pub trade for work.

15:31 Leaving school at 16 with no qualifications, he worked in hotels and then at sea as a steward.

15:30 Born in Norfolk, Wright is 49. The court was told he had little contact with his mother. He had various siblings, while his father was a former RAF policeman.

15:29 Wright said he became unsteady on his feet when arrested. This was a familiar occurance when he became stressed.

15:29 Mr Justice Gross referred next to evidence given by Steve Wright.

15:17 Referring to fibres found upon women which had come from the footwell of Wright's car, Mr Palmer said he could not be sure of how many other cars had similar carpets.

15:06 The court has adjourned for a short break.

15:06 Mr Palmer was adament the majority of these other fibres would have come from clothing the women had been wearing.

15:05 The judge recalled the evidence Mr Palmer gave under cross-examination. He said 360 other fibres unrelated to the defendant had been found on Miss Nicol and 216 different types of fibres on Miss Adams. Mr Palmer could not say when they got into their hair. He said it was most likely the majority came from what the women were wearing or from their home environment.

14:59 The court heard carpets in cars do not commonly shed fibres. Mr Palmer concluded that Miss Nicol had been in forced or sustained contact with the carpet in the defendant's Mondeo rather than brief contact.

14:57 The court heard the carpet fibre was identical in colour, microscopic appearance, chemical composition and dye.

14:57 Moving on to Tania Nicol, the judge said a single black carpet fibre was found in her hair. This was "indistinguishable" from carpet fibres found in the defendant's car, the court heard.

14:51 A fair degree of contact was required for these fibres to become entangled in Miss Adams' hair.

14:51 Further fibre evidence was found in the hair of Gemma Adams. This had been washed to remove silt.

14:50 Mr Palmer said the chances of it being coincidence that fibres linking Wright to the women was very remote. Mr Justice Gross said Mr Palmer had suggested each of these women had been in contact with Wright shortly before they died.

14:48 Mr Palmer said fibres found upon her body were also remnants of a larger deposit. Again, these would have been transferred at the time of her death.

14:47 Paula Clennell had also washed shortly before going missing.

14:47 Similar evidence was given in respect of Annette Nicholls.

14:46 Jurors were told she showered on the day she went missing.

14:46 Fibres found upon the body of Anneli Alderton which linked her to the defendant were likely to have been deposited at or around the time of her death. She would have already been naked and the fibres would have been transferred on a primary rather than secondary basis.

14:41 He referred to evidence given by expert Ray Palmer.

14:37 The judge moved on to fibre evidence.

14:36 Mr Hau said the dry blood was a "contact" stain which meant the jacket had been in contact with wet blood or a surface with wet blood.

14:33 The court heard blood staining on the lower right sleeve could have come from Annette Nicholls and the match probability was one in a billion.

14:32 The court heard blood staining on the back of the left shoulder showed the presence of DNA from probably two people. The jury was told it could have been explained by the

presence of DNA from Paula Clennell and the defendant but no statistical evaluation was carried out.

14:31 The judge tells the court three areas of blood staining were discovered on the defendant's reflective jacket. He said blood tested on the upper back of the left sleeve could have originated from Paula Clennell and the match probability was "one in a billion".

14:26 Mr Justice Gross continues summing up the evidence.

13:10 The court has adjourned until 2pm.

13:01 Semen stains were found on the inside and outside of the gloves.

13:01 Next, Mr Justice Gross moved on to evidence relating to gloves found in Wright's car and in the pockets of his reflective jacket.

13:01 Next, Mr Justice Gross moved on to evidence relating to gloves found in Wright's car and in the pockets of his reflective jacket.

13:00 Cigarette ends found in the defendant's car did not come from Tom Stephens, the court was told. Instead, they came from Pamela Wright's son.

12:59 Dr Hau said he found no DNA on Miss Adams and Miss Nicol. This was expected, he said, because they had been in water for a prolonged period.

12:58 Jurors were told how Dr Hau had changed his opinion in the days leading up to his giving evidence. He at first said the DNA could have come from the blood, but later decided it had come from the blood. The judge said: "An expert is entitled to give his view. He is duty bound to make that known. The expert who revises his opinion exposes himself to questions as to why he came to revise his opinion."

12:55 Dr Hau said blood found in Wright's Mondeo car probably came from Ms Clennell. The match probability was one in 56,000.

12:54 The same could be said of Paula Clennell, he said. Traces of an unknown male were found at low levels on her neck.

12:51 Dr Hau said the DNA recovered from Annette Nicholls was likely to be the remnants of what was originally left. He said body fluid rich in DNA would have been deposited while still wet.

12:45 The judge reminded the jury that Dr Hau was asked during cross-examination about the unknown DNA material found on the body. The judge said the typical answer given by Dr Hau was that the DNA recovered was of too low a level to draw any meaningful comparisons.

12:43 Dr Hau's findings suggested there was strong support that the defendant had been in some form of close contact with Anneli Alderton and the DNA was deposited since she last washed or bathed.

12:41 The court heard that Dr Hau said it was likely the DNA came from a body fluid rich in DNA and deposited while still wet. Body fluids rich in DNA included saliva, sweat, semen and blood, the court heard.

12:39 The court was told a full DNA profile matching the defendant's was recovered from a swab of Miss Alderton's right nipple and breast.

12:38 The court heard no full DNA profile was found on the women other than the defendant's.

12:37 Mr Justice Gross reminded the jury that DNA from unknown individuals was also discovered on Miss Clennell's body. He said no DNA matching Tom Stephens was found and all other individuals known to the investigation.

12:36 The court heard more DNA than expected was discovered on the body of Miss Clennell. Dr Hau's view was that this did not come from "casual contact". It was through contact with a naked body.

12:34 Dr Hau agreed that it was possible to carry out a "murderous" attack and leave no DNA.

12:34 The court heard the amount of DNA discovered on Paula Clennell was relatively strong. Some people shed more DNA than others such as people who sweat a lot, the court heard.

12:25 Next, evidence given by Dr Hau was considered. Dr Hau is a forensic scientist who analysed the DNA found upon the bodies of Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell.

12:22 Miss Adams and Miss Nicol were probably placed in the water dead, rather than them drowning.

12:06 Dr Cary said Miss Clennell had been "significantly" under the influence of morphine probably derived from heroin but in his opinion she died "with drugs not of or from drugs".

12:04 In Dr Cary's opinion, Paula Clennell died as a result of compression to the neck by a third party by using a forearm or the crook of an elbow.

12:03 The court heard Dr Cary concluded the body had been dumped rather than posed. A post-mortem was carried out on December 13, 2006. Blood had been found on the nose and mouth which is consistent with asphyxia.

12:01 Mr Justice Gross said Paula Clennell was found on December 12, 2006, and the last possible sighting of her was on December 10. He said her body was found face down, with her hair caught in brambles.

11:59 The court heard it was possible there was interference with the normal mechanics of breathing but the cause of death was unascertained.

11:57 The judge said the favoured view by Dr Cary was that the scratch had been caused by being taken through vegetation after death.

11:56 The jury was reminded there had been a scratch on the left side of Miss Nicholls cheek, which could have been caused either before or around the time of her death.

11:55 Dr Cary formed the view the body had not been left long after death. There was no evidence clothing had been forcibly removed and the condition of the body led Dr Cary to conclude Miss Nicholls died withn an hour or so after the possible last sighting on December 8.

11:53 The court heard Annette Nicholls was possibly last seen on December 8, 2006, and her body was found on December 12. Mr Justice Gross said her hair was almost "symmetrically straight up". He said Dr Cary formed the view the body had been posed, along with the hair.

11:43 Her body and even her hair had been posed.

11:43 It was probable that an arm lock, using the crook of an elbow, had blocked the airways. Dr Cary such a technique was called a "sleeper hold".

11:42 Dr Cary said this was unlikely to have caused her death.

11:42 Cocaine was detected in her system, as was a product created by the consumption of alcohol and cocaine.

11:41 Miss Alderton was three months pregnant.

11:41 Pinkish bruising was found around her neck, while blood spots in her eyes and mouth suggested an interference with the machanics of breathing.

11:40 Next, Mr Justice Gross spoke of Anneli Alderton. He said her body had been found on its back, her arms outstretched, her left palm was facing up, the right palm facing down, her right leg was outstretched and her left leg was slightly bent at the knee.

11:38 High levels of heroin were found in Miss Nicol's system.

11:38 Although her the exact cause of her death could not be found, Dr Cary found there had been an interference with the normal mechanics of breathing.

11:36 Bruising was also found on the back of her knee, which could have come from someone kneeling on her.

11:35 Mr Justice Gross next referred to the death of Tania Nicol. He said Dr Cary's post mortem had found that her lungs were expanded. Bruising was also found on her right arm, possibly the result of gripping.

11:34 The court heard she had taken heroin in the hours leading up to her death.

11:33 It was most likely Miss Adams died with drugs in her system, but not as a result of drugs.

11:22 Dr Carey could not rule out Miss Adams had died as a result of the use of an arm lock or a crook of the elbow over the mouth or nose, the court heard.

11:20 The court heard the state of the body was consistent with Miss Adams having died possibly soon after she was last seen or within a few days of the last sighting of her on November 15, 2006.

11:18 The judge moved on to the evidence of home officer pathologist, Dr Nat Carey. Recalling the first part of Dr Carey's evidence, he said the body of Gemma Adams was discovered in a stream at Hintlesham on December 2, 2006.

11:16 The court was told Mr Wooller examined CCTV footage taken from Ipswich Town Football Club on December 3, 2006. The jury was reminded that Mr Wooller identified two features of the car in question - an item hanging from the rear view mirror and the location of a tax disc. The judge said Mr Wooller had concluded that car was a Mark III Mondeo and the defendant accepts that it was his car.

11:14 The court heard Mr Wooller also analysed CCTV footage of a car doing a circuit of Portman Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way. Again, Mr Wooller was certain the car in question was a Mark III Mondeo. The judge said the defence do not challenge this evidence.

11:12 The judge told the jury the defence had accepted the car was the defendant's.

11:12 The judge said Mr Wooller was asked if he could identify a car shown on CCTV on October 31, 2006, which appeared to pick up Tania Nicol. The judge said he concluded it was a Mark III Mondeo.

11:10 The judge recalled the evidence of vehicle identification expert Mr Wooller. He said the three principle matters in which Mr Wooller concentrates were not in dispute.

11:05 Images of Wright's car driving out of town along London Road were also shown to jurors.

11:04 Jurors were previously shown a car similar to Wright's making circuits around the red light area on October 30 between 10.58pm and 11.05pm.

11:03 The court was reminded of CCTV evidence, which was not disputed by the crown or the defence.

11:03 On December 21, at 9.50pm, Wright was charged with five counts of murder.

11:02 Wright was interviewed for more than eight hours over two days. He answered "no comment" to every question asked of him.

11:01 He was arrested and became unsteady on his feet. Wright was taken to Stowmarket police station. During the journey, officers noticed he was sweating. He regularly closed his eyes.

11:00 The judge told jurors officers had attended his London Road home. They noticed a light was on. The defendant answered the door wearing a pair of Lotto tracksuit bottoms.

10:59 Wright was watched from the early hours of the 18th until his arrest early on the 19th of December.

10:58 Wright was convicted of theft in 2003 and, as a result, his DNA was stored on a national database. The judge said the DNA link between three of the women and Wright was established on December 17.

10:57 Wright told them he was not aware he had been driving in the red light area and had gone for a drive because he could not sleep.

10:56 They noticed he was driving slowly through the red light district and pulled him over in Civic Drive.

10:55 Mr Justice Gross reminded jurors of the evidence given by two police officers who stopped Wright in the early hours of December 1.

10:55 Wright was asked if he had been in the area on October 30. He said he had taken his partner to work on that evening. He said he had never seen Miss Nicol before.

10:53 The court is reminded how defendant Steve Wright was stopped in Handford Road on November 20. His partner Pamela Wright was in the car with him at the time.

10:53 The judge, Mr Justice Gross, refers to evidence given by officers who carried out anniversary checks following the disappearance of Tania Nicol.

10:51 The court resumes. Live coverage from February 20, 2008

16:18 The judge has sent the jury home, to return at 10.30am tomorrow morning.

15:16 "If you are not sure it was an unlawful killing, that it was or might have been an accident, then the simple answer is not guilty," he said.

15:16 "It is the time of causing the fatal injury that counts," the judge said.

15:15 The judge said: "Assuming you are sure you go on to answer the question about killing with intent. "If you are sure, that is murder. If you are not sure about that, it is manslaughter, regardless of what happened subsequently."

15:15 Are you sure this was an unlawful killing, he then told them to ask themselves.

15:14 He said: "Have the prosecution made you sure that the defendant unlawfully killed the woman in question? If the answer is yes, you have to be sure it is not an accident. "Then you go to question two. The second question is: have the prosecution made you sure that the defendant unlawfully killed the woman in question intending to kill her or to cause really serious injury? “Assuming that you would answer that second question no i.e. that you are not sure that the defendant killed the person in question, intending to kill her or to cause her really serious injury then your verdict must be manslaughter."

15:12 The judge spent time instructing them on how their decision-making should unfold through a series of steps.

15:12 In a written note which was read out to the court the jury asked: "If a person caused the death of Tania Nicol not intentionally (with intent) but during his time with her and then disposed of her body, is this murder or manslaughter?"

15:11 The jury returned to court at about 2.50pm after asking a question about the deliberations.

12:42 The jury goes out to begin its deliberations.

12:41 Mr Justice Gross tells the jury they must reach a verdict upon which they are all agreed.

12:41 The defence said it was possible someone could have seen the women after the defendant. Someone who could have been responsible for their "drug intoxication".

12:40 The defence said if the defendant was forensically aware the failure to clean his gloves was "astounding".

12:39 Mr Langdale said Tom Stephens had an unusual and obsessive interest in the case. The defence claim the police had not ignored this as he had been arrested. He couldn't be written off as a "harmless eccentric", Mr Langdale had said.

12:37 The defence claim the suggestion that Tom Stephens was involved was not entirely fanciful. They say there is evidence to his presence in the red light district and there was evidence from Tania Nicol's mother, Kerry, about "odd calls which then stopped".

12:28 The jury was reminded of the defence's comments that this was not a trial of Tom Stephens but asked was it a coincidence he couldn't be excluded and was in the red light district on each of the nights the girl's died.

12:27 Mr Langdale said if the defendant was presented to be obsessively clean, why had he left DNA?

12:26 The judge reminded the jury that the defence stated it was possible for someone to kill a young woman without leaving any trace of DNA or fibres.

12:26 The judge reminded the jury that the defence stated it was possible for someone to kill a young woman without leaving any trace of DNA or fibres.

12:25 But the defence said there was no suggestion the defendant was linked to the supply of drugs. Mr Langdale said was it or might it have been the case the defendant was not the last person to see them.

12:23 The defence had said all of the women who died had been heavily intoxicated with drugs.

12:23 The defence had said all of the women who died had been heavily intoxicated with drugs.

12:22 Mr Langdale said the defendant had no involvement whatsoever in these deaths. He said the reason the prosecution had raised the possibility of another or others being involved was because something didn't add up.

12:22 Mr Langdale said the defendant had no involvement whatsoever in these deaths. He said the reason the prosecution had raised the possibility of another or others being involved was because something didn't add up.

12:21 The defence said the prosecution had to face the fact that there may have been another man or others involved. Mr Langdale had said it was a reasonable possibility that another psychopath was at large.

12:19 The jury was reminded of Mr Langdales comments that there was "no smoking gun".

12:19 Timothy Langdale QC, defending, said the evidence raised suspicion but it did not prove the defendant killed the women.

12:14 The judge said the defence's case was that the prosecution's evidence showed a close association between the defendant and the five women but it did not demonstrate that he was responsible for their deaths.

12:12 Mr Justice Gross began to summarise the defence case.

11:54 The judge took a ten-minute break before summing up the defence's case.

11:53 Mr Wright concluded that Wright murdered all five women and disposed of their bodies.

11:53 After he was arrested, he was interviewed by police but did not respond to any of their questions. He claimed this was because he had no account to give at that time.

11:51 Mr Wright suggested that the defendant was a local man and familar figure and thought he could get away with it.

11:50 Referring to Paula Clennell, the court heard that there was both DNA and fibre evidence found on her.

11:48 Referring to Annette Nichols, Mr Wright said the DNA found on her right ankle belonged to the defendant, and not Tom Stephens. It was suggested her blood got on his jacket after she was cut by a low hanging branch while her body was being disposed of.

11:45 Referring to Anneli Alderton, Mr Wright said there was a link with the yellow fibres found on her and Wright's jacket.

11:43 Referring to Gemma Adams, Mr Wright pointed to links revealed by the fibre analysis. He said there defendant resumed his night-time activities at the same time as Miss Adam's disappearance.

11:41 The ANPR showed that the defendant's car was spotted at 1.39am on October 31 and 1.42am on December 4. This was consistent with timings for the disposal of two bodies.

11:39 Referring to Tania Nicol, Mr Wright questioned how the fibres could have got into her hair, other than her being killed and then dumped.

11:36 Mr Wright said the defendant's attempt to explain these links was "nonsense".

11:35 He had fibre links with all five victims from his clothing and car, the court heard.

11:34 Wright claimed he suffered from insomnia and was only spotted by an ANPR system driving in his car in the early hours of the morning on two occasions.

11:31 Jurors were asked to consider the overall picture of the defendant beginning to pick up the women in October 2006 and the offences beginning in October 2006.

11:30 Prosecuting Mr Wright claimed that Wright was the common denominator in the deaths of all five women.

11:22 The prosecution claimed Tom Stephens conduct had been suspicious and irregular.

11:20 The prosecution could not eliminate Tom Stephens from involvement in the murders because of the absence of an alibi that conclusively ruled him out. But the court heard no DNA evidence had been found linking Tom Stephens to the murders.

11:18 The prosecution could not exclude the possibility more than one man was involved but it was "speculation".

11:17 The judge said the prosecution's case was that the question of whether more than one man was involved was not critical to the jury's conclusions about the defendant.

11:16 Five: Was the defendant responsible alone or with others for each offence?

11:15 Four: If more than one man was involved were the men acting independently or together?

11:14 Three: If this was murder, was more than one man involved?

11:13 Two: If this was murder, were the murders connected and part of a series committed by the same man or men?

11:12 One: In respect of each of the women, was it murder or misadventure?

11:12 One: In respect of each of the women, was it murder or misadventure?

11:12 The judge said the prosecution suggests there are five real issues in the case.

11:11 The judge begins summing up the rival cases.

11:11 When asked about why he did not answer any questions duirng his police interview, he said he was in a state.

11:10 The DNA links between Wright and the women was mentioned. Wright accepted he had had sex with the women and could not explain why flecks of Paula Clennell's blood was found on his jacket.

11:09 Wright said he used gloves to remove his condom as he could not use screenwipes because of the chemicals.

11:08 The court heard that fibre evidence was then given, during which Wright said he regularly cleaned his car but not for any sinister reason.

11:06 Mr Justice Gross said Wright denied killing each of the women and dumping their bodies.

11:05 When put to him that he killed Anneli Alderton and dumped her when wearing his jacket, he said "no way".

11:03 The court heard that Wright was asked about the yellow fibres found on Anneli's body. He suggested they got there when they had sex on his jacket.

11:01 Mr Justice Gross said when Wright was asked if he wore his yellow jacket while he disposed of the body of Anneli Alderton, he said ""no way".

10:56 The court heard the news of the prostitutes' disappearance had not stopped Wright from continuing to pick them up. Wright had said why would that have stopped him as he said he was not responsible.

10:54 Mr Justice Gross said to all questions put by Mr Wright, the defendant replied "if you say so" or "it seems so, yes".

10:53 Eight: DNA profiles corresponding to three of the five women who died were found on the gloves.

10:53 Number seven: Gloves in his car bore semen strains both inside and out.

10:52 Number six: Two of the five women may have shed blood on his jacket.

10:51 Number five: Fibres found on each of the five women were connected to him and his home environment.

10:51 Number four: His full DNA profile was found on three of the women whose bodies were found on dry land.

10:50 Number three: He had selected the five women in the order in which they had died.

10:50 Number two: All had died, on Wright's own account, very shortly after they left his company.

10:49 Number one: Five of the women he had selected from the streets of Ipswich had died.

10:48 The court heard Mr Wright put it to the defendant that there were a large number of coincidences. The judge outlined eight of these.

10:47 He said Wright agreed he was attracted to the women because they were slim and petite. He said it was a coincidence each had long hair.

10:47 Mr Justice Gross recalls the evidence Steve Wright gave under cross-examination by Peter Wright QC.

10:46 The judge continues summing up the case.

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15:03 He added: "None of the (points) I seek to advance on his behalf suggest for a moment these are not offences of the greatest seriousness."

15:02 Mr Langdale said there were indications that the defendant was doing very little if anything to conceal the killings. "It is almost as if nothing he was being more and more obvious. Whether that indicates somebody who was wanting to be caught is something which your Lordship can take into account."

15:00 Mr Langdale said the period between October and December 19 was "an extraordinary episode" in the defendant's life.

14:59 Mr Langdale added: "It is a matter of speculation as to what caused him to act as the jury have found that he did. But that trouble free history does give ground for there being a real prospect he no longer represents any threat."

14:57 Mr Langdale said: "Until this man had reached the age of 48 he had never committed any crime remotely approaching those in this case. There had been no sign of violence or of any sexual obsession until late 2006."

14:56 He suggested that instead of a life order a lengthy finite term would suffice.

14:55 Timothy Langdale, for Wright, questioned whether the vulnerability of the victims and the concealment of the bodies were aggravating features.

14:55 The court was told Wright had spent 424 days in remand.

14:54 Peter Wright said that the aggravating factors included the conduct of the defendant "post-death" in terms of the deposition of the bodies the posing of the bodies and the circumstances surrounding their disappearance.

14:53 He added: "We place particular emphasis on the significant degree of planning and pre-meditation, the vulnerability of the victims by virtue of their occupation and intoxication and the concealment of the bodies."

14:52 Peter Wright QC said: "so far as these offences are concerned the criteria in respect of a life order are met."

14:45 Mr Justice Gross tells the court the chances are it will be early tomorrow.

14:43 Peter Wright QC, for the prosecution asks the judge, Mr Justice Gross, if he is likely to sentence today.

14:43 He is asked on count five, regarding the murder of Paula Clennell, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies "guilty". He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. "Yes," he replies.

14:42 He is asked on count four, regarding the murder of Anneli Alderton, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies "guilty". He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. "Yes," he replies.

14:42 He is asked on count three, regarding the murder of Annette Nicholls, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies "guilty". He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. "Yes," he replies.

14:41 He is asked on count two, regarding the murder of Gemma Adams, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies "guilty". He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. "It is," he replies.

14:40 He is asked on count one, regarding the murder of Tania Nicol, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies "guilty". He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. "Yes," he replies.

14:39 "Yes," replies the foreman.

14:38 "Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict you are all agreed upon?" she says.

14:37 The foreman for the jury and the defendant are asked to stand by the court officials.

14:36 The jury come into the court.

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11:08 Mr Justice Gross adjourned the court, thus ending one of the biggest trials ever staged in Suffolk.

11:07 Mr Justice Gross thanked counsel, court staff and Suffolk police.

11:06 "It demands a whole life order and that's the order that I make. You may go down."

11:05 "Two of them in the macabre pose in which they were found."

11:05 He told Wright: "You selected the victims for sexual activity while they were incapable of resistance and killed them, stripped them and abandoned their bodies."

11:04 Mr Justice Gross added they involved a substantial degree of planning.

11:04 He said the murders had caused "public revulsion".

11:03 Mr Gross said it was a targeted campaign of murder involving five deaths.

11:03 The judge said he "reached this somber conclusion" for a combination of reasons.

11:01 Wright was told the offences were so serious he would have to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

11:01 He said the murders of the women had caused much sorrow in their families. "As a result, there is only one sentence - that of life imprisonment."

11:00 "Why you did it may never be known but as the jury have concluded disbelieving your denials, murder them you did."

10:59 "You are responsible for their deaths," he added. "You killed them, stripped them and left them in rural or semi-rural locations."

10:59 The judge said: "The five women were addicted to drugs that led them to prostitution in order to fund their addictions. Drugs and prostitution exposed them to risk, but neither killed them. You did."

10:58 He added they were especially vulnerable because of their dependence on drugs.

10:58 Mr Justice Gross said: "The women in question were vulnerable in the sense they were exposed to the risk of their occupation."

10:57 He said between October and December 2006, Wright conducted a campaign of murder, selecting five prostitutes from the streets of Ipswich.

10:57 Mr Justice Gross sentenced Steve Wright to a whole life order. He will spend the rest of his life in prison.