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| Suffolk defendant gives evidence | Suffolk defendant gives evidence |
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| A man accused of murdering five women in Suffolk has begun giving evidence at his trial. | A man accused of murdering five women in Suffolk has begun giving evidence at his trial. |
| Steve Wright, 49, is expected to take three days giving his account after the defence opened its case at Ipswich Crown Court. | Steve Wright, 49, is expected to take three days giving his account after the defence opened its case at Ipswich Crown Court. |
| The bodies of Paula Clennell, Anneli Alderton, Gemma Adams, Annette Nicholls and Tania Nicol were all found in the Ipswich area in December 2006. | The bodies of Paula Clennell, Anneli Alderton, Gemma Adams, Annette Nicholls and Tania Nicol were all found in the Ipswich area in December 2006. |
| Mr Wright, from Ipswich, denies killing the women who worked as prostitutes. | Mr Wright, from Ipswich, denies killing the women who worked as prostitutes. |
| Their bodies were found at remote locations around the town over a 10-day period. | |
| 'Unsteady on feet' | |
| Defence barrister Timothy Langdale QC asked Mr Wright about when he was arrested on suspicion of the five murders on 19 December, 2006. | |
| Jurors were previously told Mr Wright felt "unsteady on his feet" at the time of his arrest and asked if he could sit down before he fell. | |
| Mr Langdale said: "Does that indicate you feeling as if you were about to faint?" | |
| Mr Wright answered: "Yes, it was." | |
| Mr Langdale asked if a similar incident had happened in the past and Mr Wright replied that it had. | |
| He said: "When I become under stress." | |
| 'Stressful experience' | |
| Jurors heard Mr Wright had once given evidence in court as a prosecution witness and had had problems. | |
| "When I was in the witness box giving my evidence, I found the whole experience very stressful and frightening and I just came over all faint and I passed out," Mr Wright said. | |
| The court then heard from the defendant about his home life. | |
| Mr Wright told jurors he was born in Norfolk and after his parents divorced he was brought up by a mixture of his father, mother and grandparents. | |
| The trial continues. |