Here's a good 'un!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Wright: I'm victim of coincidences

Press Assoc. - 39 minutes agoThe man accused of murdering five prostitutes has told a court that he was the unlucky victim of dozens of coincidences.

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Steve Wright, 49, of Ipswich, Suffolk, said he began picking up prostitutes on streets near his home less than two weeks before vice girls started vanishing.

Wright accepted that he could have been with all the women on the nights they disappeared.

He said he had sex with four of the women and was intending to have sex with the fifth before changing his mind. And he agreed that forensic evidence connected him to every victim's body.

But he told Ipswich Crown Court that he was not "any random psychopath" subjecting Ipswich prostitutes to "any campaign". He said he had nothing to do with the murders - and agreed that he seemed to have been "singularly unfortunate".

Wright denies murdering Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, Anneli Alderton, 24, Paula Clennell, 24 and Annette Nicholls, 29.

The naked bodies of the women, who all worked as prostitutes in Ipswich, were found in remote locations near the town between December 2 and December 12 2006. Detectives began an inquiry after Miss Nicol disappeared on October 30 2006.

Prosecutor Peter Wright QC suggested to Wright: "It would seem that in terms of picking up prostitutes in Ipswich you have been singularly unfortunate." Wright replied: "It would seem so, yes."

Time after time Mr Wright outlined a piece of evidence and asked: "Is that a coincidence?"

More than 50 times Wright replied either "it would seem so, yes", or "it would appear so, yes" or "if you say so, yes". The trial continues.

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[Tom Storer]

The naked bodies of the women, who all worked as prostitutes in Ipswich, were found in remote locations near the town between December 2 and December 12 2006.

Just to be a nitpicker, if a location is "near the town" how can it also be "remote"?

[Christiern]

I guess a place can be near something, yet remote in the sense that few people go there.

[Jazzmoose]

...a mug shot of the unfortunate victim:

[robviti]

that would make him a victim of soycumstance!

nyuck, nyuck

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Five life sentences

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Wright guilty of prostitute murders

Press Assoc. - 54 minutes agoSteve Wright is facing life in jail after being found guilty of murdering five prostitutes.

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Wright, 49, was convicted after a six-week trial at Ipswich Crown Court.

Wright, from Ipswich, who once worked as a steward on the QE2, had denied killing Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, Anneli Alderton, 24, Paula Clennell, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29.

He will be given five mandatory life sentences. But the trial judge Mr Justice Gross must decide if and when he could apply for parole.

Prosecutor Peter Wright QC told the judge that Wright's "campaign of murder" justified a "whole life term".

But defence barrister Timothy Langdale QC said Wright should serve no more than 30 years before release was considered.

Prosecution lawyers said they had no evidence linking Wright to any other crimes - and no evidence that anyone else was involved in the Ipswich killings.

But detectives will re-check outstanding cases to see whether Wright could have more blood on his hands.

The remains of the five women, who all worked as prostitutes in Ipswich, were found in isolated spots near the town during a 10-day period in December 2006.

Detectives launched an inquiry after Miss Nicol vanished in late October 2006. Prosecutors said Wright "systematically selected and murdered" the prostitutes over a six-and-a-half-week period.

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