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image captionSamantha Class (left) and Alena Grlakova were both strangled, jurors have been told
A man accused of murdering two women 21 years apart has denied washing blood-stained clothes after his encounter with one of them.
Gary Allen denies strangling Samantha Class, 29, in Hull in 1997 and Alena Grlakova, 38, in Rotherham in 2018.
Jurors at Sheffield Crown Court were told Mr Allen had sex with Ms Class on the night of 25 October and her body was found on a riverbank the next day.
Mr Allen said he had expected to get arrested at some stage .
Traces of her blood were also detected at the scene on Brickyard Lane.
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A man accused of two murders 21 years apart told a probation officer that he fantasised about hurting and killing sex workers, a court has heard.
Gary Allen, 47, is currently standing trial accused of the murders of Samantha Class in 1997 in Hull and Alena Grlakova in 2018.
Jurors at Sheffield Crown Court heard Allen had a strong dislike of sex workers , and both women had worked in the sex industry at the time of their deaths.
Samantha s body was found by schoolchildren on the banks of the River Humber near North Ferriby. She had been beaten, strangled and run over.
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image captionLibby Squire was not seen alive after travelling to Oak Road playing fields with Pawel Relowicz, a court heard
A man accused of raping and murdering a student committed a string of sexually motivated burglaries in the months before her death, a court has heard.
Pawel Relowicz, 26, denies killing Libby Squire and dumping her body.
Jurors heard trophies - underwear and sex toys - stolen from other women were found after his arrest.
Prosecutors claim he was prowling the streets of Hull s student area in search of a victim when he intercepted the extremely vulnerable Ms Squire.