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Kayleigh Haywood trial: Murdered girl 'fled house half-naked' | Kayleigh Haywood trial: Murdered girl 'fled house half-naked' |
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A 15-year-old girl was seen fleeing a house half-naked before a man chased, raped and murdered her, a court heard. | A 15-year-old girl was seen fleeing a house half-naked before a man chased, raped and murdered her, a court heard. |
Kayleigh Haywood, from Measham in Leicestershire, was found dead last November. | Kayleigh Haywood, from Measham in Leicestershire, was found dead last November. |
Stephen Beadman, 29, of George Avenue, Ibstock, admitted raping and murdering the teenager at a hearing in April. | Stephen Beadman, 29, of George Avenue, Ibstock, admitted raping and murdering the teenager at a hearing in April. |
He and Luke Harlow, 27, also of George Avenue, are on trial at Nottingham Crown Court after both denied a charge of false imprisonment. | He and Luke Harlow, 27, also of George Avenue, are on trial at Nottingham Crown Court after both denied a charge of false imprisonment. |
Harlow had also previously pleaded guilty to sexual grooming and two counts of sexual activity with a child. | Harlow had also previously pleaded guilty to sexual grooming and two counts of sexual activity with a child. |
Miranda Moore QC, prosecuting, told the jury that Kayleigh went willingly to Harlow's flat in Ibstock, Leicestershire on 13 November. | |
She believed they were in a "secret relationship" after chatting on Facebook for about a fortnight, the court heard, and had told her family she was staying with her best friend. | |
Harlow - who called himself "LukefuntimesHarlow" online - told the teenager she was his "princess" who he would "love and treasure forever". | Harlow - who called himself "LukefuntimesHarlow" online - told the teenager she was his "princess" who he would "love and treasure forever". |
"On that night Kayleigh had been given substantial amounts of alcohol and she had been sexually touched by Luke Harlow," said Ms Moore. | |
"She was underage and he knew it. He was later to lie about that, pretending to people that she was much older." | |
Ms Moore said the false imprisonment charge centred around what happened to Kayleigh between 21:00 and 03:00 BST on 14 and 15 November. | |
Both men are alleged to have held Kayleigh against her will. | |
The jury heard that at one point, Kayleigh had tried to escape Harlow's flat and was seen by a witness leaving the property naked from the waist down. | The jury heard that at one point, Kayleigh had tried to escape Harlow's flat and was seen by a witness leaving the property naked from the waist down. |
"What happened to her in that property to make her flee into the night?" Ms Moore said. | |
"What we know is that she was chased by Mr Beadman and pinned to the ground. This was seen by somebody from their upstairs window. | |
"At some point, far from being this drunken, compliant girl, Kayleigh became somebody who wanted to get out of that flat." | |
Ms Moore said that the witness mistook Beadman for a policeman. | |
Beadman then took her "off into the night, where she was raped and murdered by him". | |
After Beadman had been by interviewed by police for three days and directed officers to a location on the outskirts of Ibstock. | |
Her body was then discovered in thick undergrowth near a stream. | |
Following examinations of Harlow's phone, police discovered he had sought to groom other girls. | |
His intention was to kidnap them, get them drunk, have sex and keep them in his flat, the jury was told. | |
"Kayleigh Haywood was not the only girl Luke Harlow groomed," Ms Moore said. "She was the last in the line." | |
He has also admitted attempting to meet two other underage girls for sexual purposes. | |
Police from across the East Midlands helped with the hunt for the teenager after she went missing on 13 November. | Police from across the East Midlands helped with the hunt for the teenager after she went missing on 13 November. |
A passerby found Kayleigh's smashed phone on the ground in Ibstock. The last number she had dialled was the number of the friend she said she was staying with. | |
An inquest heard she died from head and facial injuries. | An inquest heard she died from head and facial injuries. |
The trial - which is expected to last until next week - continues. | The trial - which is expected to last until next week - continues. |