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Sat 12 Dec 2006Ipswich suspect remanded over five murdersBRITAIN:Stephen Wright (48) has been remanded in custody charged with the murders of five women who worked as prostitutes and whose bodies were discovered in the Suffolk countryside over a 10-day period.Just three days after his pre-dawn arrest at his home on the edge of the town's red-light district, Wright made a five-minute appearance at Ipswich Magistrates' Court, where he was remanded to appear again on January 2nd. He is accused of murdering Gemma Adams (25), Anneli Alderton (24), Tania Nicol (19), Paula Clennell (24), and Annette Nicholls (29).