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| Nicola Payne death: Mum 'abducted and murdered' in 1991 | Nicola Payne death: Mum 'abducted and murdered' in 1991 |
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| A teenage mother was abducted and murdered as she crossed wasteland to her parents' house more than 23 years ago, a court has heard. | |
| Nicola Payne, 18, disappeared after leaving her partner and baby son at home in December 1991. Her body has never been found. | Nicola Payne, 18, disappeared after leaving her partner and baby son at home in December 1991. Her body has never been found. |
| Nigel Barwell and his brother-in-law, Thomas O'Reilly, from Coventry, both deny murdering her. | |
| Prosecutor Andrew Smith QC said: "It was a journey she never completed." | Prosecutor Andrew Smith QC said: "It was a journey she never completed." |
| Opening the case against the men, Mr Smith said teenager's journey across the patch of land, known as the Black Pad, should have taken a few minutes. | |
| 'Tried it on' | 'Tried it on' |
| "The prosecution case is that Nicola Payne was abducted as she walked across the waste ground," he said. | "The prosecution case is that Nicola Payne was abducted as she walked across the waste ground," he said. |
| "At some point thereafter she was was murdered and her body disposed of." | "At some point thereafter she was was murdered and her body disposed of." |
| Birmingham Crown Court heard Mr Barwell, of Copperas Street, and Mr O'Reilly, of Ribble Road, are now aged 51 but were both 27 at the time of her disappearance, on 14 December. | Birmingham Crown Court heard Mr Barwell, of Copperas Street, and Mr O'Reilly, of Ribble Road, are now aged 51 but were both 27 at the time of her disappearance, on 14 December. |
| They were first arrested three days after Ms Payne, who had a seven-month-old son, Owen, with her boyfriend Jason Cook, disappeared. | They were first arrested three days after Ms Payne, who had a seven-month-old son, Owen, with her boyfriend Jason Cook, disappeared. |
| Mr Smith told the jury that Mr Barwell had "tried it on" with Ms Payne in a pub two months before she disappeared. | |
| The court was told that on 14 December a dog walker on Black Pad heard a woman scream and later on another witness described seeing the defendants parked near a river with what appeared to be a full black bin bag. | |
| Mr Barwell owned a distinctive blue 1980 Ford Capri at the time of Ms Payne's disappearance. | |
| On the day she vanished, dog-walker Patrick Carter saw a figure hiding in bushes on the wasteland and heard a car engine nearby, the jury were told. | |
| As he walked on he saw a metallic blue Ford Capri and, after passing the vehicle, heard a woman scream. | |
| "The scream came from the direction of the bushes where he had seen the figure hiding," Mr Smith said. "The prosecution invite you to conclude, that came from Nicola Payne." | |
| The court was told witness Louise Sambrook, who knew both defendants by sight, saw them next to a blue Capri near the River Sowe. | |
| "Between them, partly on the lip of the boot, was what appeared to Miss Sambrook to be a full black bin bag. | |
| "The prosecution suggest that Miss Sambrook was in fact observing the ground sheet of a tent that contained the body of Nicola Payne." | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |