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| Kayleigh Haywood: Cries of 'mummy' heard on night of murder | Kayleigh Haywood: Cries of 'mummy' heard on night of murder |
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| Witnesses have told a court they heard a "frightened girl screaming mummy" on the night a 15-year-old schoolgirl was raped and murdered. | Witnesses have told a court they heard a "frightened girl screaming mummy" on the night a 15-year-old schoolgirl was raped and murdered. |
| Kayleigh Haywood, from Leicestershire, was found dead in undergrowth near Ibstock in November. | Kayleigh Haywood, from Leicestershire, was found dead in undergrowth near Ibstock in November. |
| Stephen Beadman, 29, of Ibstock, has admitted raping and murdering Kayleigh but denies false imprisonment. | Stephen Beadman, 29, of Ibstock, has admitted raping and murdering Kayleigh but denies false imprisonment. |
| Luke Harlow, 27, of Ibstock, has admitted two counts of sexual grooming but also denies false imprisonment. | Luke Harlow, 27, of Ibstock, has admitted two counts of sexual grooming but also denies false imprisonment. |
| Updates on this story and more from Leicestershire | Updates on this story and more from Leicestershire |
| Neighbours Beadman and Harlow, both of George Avenue, are alleged to have held Kayleigh against her will at Harlow's home between about 21:00 BST on Saturday, November 14 and 03:00 on Sunday, November 15. | |
| 'Sounded frightened' | |
| Witnesses Samuel Green and Amy Dearden, who live together near Ibstock's Sence Valley Forest Park, told the court they heard a loud scream in the early hours of November 15. | |
| Mr Green said he had gone to bed just before midnight. | Mr Green said he had gone to bed just before midnight. |
| "I was lying there. I can't be 100% sure how long I lay there and then all of a sudden I heard a loud scream, someone screaming 'mummy'," Mr Green said. | "I was lying there. I can't be 100% sure how long I lay there and then all of a sudden I heard a loud scream, someone screaming 'mummy'," Mr Green said. |
| "It sounded like a female to me, and if I'm honest, whoever it was sounded frightened." | "It sounded like a female to me, and if I'm honest, whoever it was sounded frightened." |
| Ms Dearden said the scream of "mummy" sounded so close, she thought someone was in her garden. | Ms Dearden said the scream of "mummy" sounded so close, she thought someone was in her garden. |
| "It sounded like a young child. Sam opened the window and shouted but nobody replied," she said. | |
| The court also heard a man with a bloodied face was seen near to where Kayleigh's body was found. | The court also heard a man with a bloodied face was seen near to where Kayleigh's body was found. |
| In a police interview played to Nottingham Crown Court, Harlow claimed Kayleigh had drunk a bottle of wine after being dropped off by her dad at Ibstock leisure centre the previous Friday because she was "nervous" about meeting him. | |
| Harlow said Kayleigh had drunk "a considerable amount of vodka" in his flat while he and Beadman had gone to the shops to get more alcohol. | |
| On Sunday morning, Harlow said he woke up feeling "quite groggy" and did not know where Kayleigh was, although her shoes were still in his flat. | |
| He then went to see Beadman. | |
| "He [Beadman] had scratches all over his face which he didn't have on Friday night," Harlow said. | |
| "He said he had got them at work, he is a landscape gardener. I didn't think anything of it at the time. | |
| "I asked Stephen Beadman if he had seen her leave he said no." | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |