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13 October 2011
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A neighbour of Jo Yeates heard a scream on the night the Bristol landscape architect was killed, a court heard.
Harry Walker told Bristol Crown Court he heard the scream on the evening of 17 December last year.
He heard the "human noise" between 20:15 and 20:50. "At the time I thought it might be students after a party but it was a bit early for that," he said.
Vincent Tabak, 33, and engineer originally from the Netherlands, admits manslaughter but denies murder.
Colleagues of Miss Yeates, who had seen her on the day she died, gave evidence on Thursday.
Elizabeth Chandler, an office manager at BDP, said: "Jo did tell me that she was dreading the weekend because it was the first time she was going to be left on her own.
"Her partner Greg [Reardon] was going away."
Darragh Bellew, who saw Miss Yeates at the Bristol Ram pub after work, said she planned to go home and bake cakes and bread.
'Usual self' The 25-year-old disappeared after leaving the pub in Park Street and walking back to her Clifton flat.
When prosecution barrister Nicholas Rowland asked Mr Bellew whether she was drunk, he told the jury: "Not at all. Just jovial, her usual self."
He told the court that he was first alerted that something might have happened to Miss Yeates when Mr Reardon called him at midnight on the Sunday.
"He said he had got back to the flat and found it strange that all Jo's belongings were there," Mr Bellew said.
He was later called by police at 03:00 on the Monday.
Michael Brown, who also worked with Miss Yeates, gave a differing view of her mood.
He told the court: "She said she didn't have any plans for the weekend and appeared bored and she planned to do baking."
Seen in street He said that colleagues had bought Miss Yeates a pint-and-a-half of cider but added she was not slurring her words and did not appear unsteady on her feet.
Another witness, Father George Henwood, said the pair had met near her flat on the night she disappeared.
He was walking his Labrador in Clifton near the junction of Canynge Road and saw a young woman, he told the court.
"She was alone. She was somewhere between 10 and five yards away. She was walking on the road," he said.
"I said 'it's slippy, isn't it?' as I was struggling to find my feet. She said 'yes it is' and turned and looked at me."
Miss Yeates then carried on walking along Canynge Road, he said.
On 20 December, he saw news reports of Miss Yeates's disappearance.
"I was very certain that this was the individual that I had met whilst walking the dog," he said.
The trial continues.
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Harry Walker told Bristol Crown Court he heard the scream on the evening of 17 December last year.
He heard the "human noise" between 20:15 and 20:50. "At the time I thought it might be students after a party but it was a bit early for that," he said.
Vincent Tabak, 33, and engineer originally from the Netherlands, admits manslaughter but denies murder.
Colleagues of Miss Yeates, who had seen her on the day she died, gave evidence on Thursday.
Elizabeth Chandler, an office manager at BDP, said: "Jo did tell me that she was dreading the weekend because it was the first time she was going to be left on her own.
"Her partner Greg [Reardon] was going away."
Darragh Bellew, who saw Miss Yeates at the Bristol Ram pub after work, said she planned to go home and bake cakes and bread.
'Usual self' The 25-year-old disappeared after leaving the pub in Park Street and walking back to her Clifton flat.
When prosecution barrister Nicholas Rowland asked Mr Bellew whether she was drunk, he told the jury: "Not at all. Just jovial, her usual self."
He told the court that he was first alerted that something might have happened to Miss Yeates when Mr Reardon called him at midnight on the Sunday.
"He said he had got back to the flat and found it strange that all Jo's belongings were there," Mr Bellew said.
He was later called by police at 03:00 on the Monday.
Michael Brown, who also worked with Miss Yeates, gave a differing view of her mood.
He told the court: "She said she didn't have any plans for the weekend and appeared bored and she planned to do baking."
Seen in street He said that colleagues had bought Miss Yeates a pint-and-a-half of cider but added she was not slurring her words and did not appear unsteady on her feet.
Another witness, Father George Henwood, said the pair had met near her flat on the night she disappeared.
He was walking his Labrador in Clifton near the junction of Canynge Road and saw a young woman, he told the court.
"She was alone. She was somewhere between 10 and five yards away. She was walking on the road," he said.
"I said 'it's slippy, isn't it?' as I was struggling to find my feet. She said 'yes it is' and turned and looked at me."
Miss Yeates then carried on walking along Canynge Road, he said.
On 20 December, he saw news reports of Miss Yeates's disappearance.
"I was very certain that this was the individual that I had met whilst walking the dog," he said.
The trial continues.
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