The Evening Star is running late presses to capture the verdicts from the Suffolk murder trial.

The five guilty verdicts on Steve Wright were broken on the paper’s website at 2.25pm today after the late edition press had already started.

The print room replated the newspaper to carry the verdict for tonight’s edition.

An extra 5,000 copies are being printed to cater for the expected interest in the story.

Editor Nigel Pickover told holdthefrontpage: “We were the first to break the verdict on our SMS (text message) service.

“And we’ve had line by line coverage of the trial on our website.

“In tomorrow’s paper we will have a 32-page supplement containing everything from the trial. It will be the dog’s bollocks.”

Reporters at the Evening Star and the East Anglian Daily Times – who work from the same Ipswich office – have been working flat out to cover the trial of Steve Wright.

The papers have joined forces and dispatched four reporters to court to provide rolling copy for the two websites and newspapers.

The Star has been covering the trial live on its website. These are the final few dramatic moments as seen by readers following proceedings on their PC.

10:43 The jury are continuing their deliberations for a second day.

14:36 The jury come into the court.

14:37 The foreman for the jury and the defendant are asked to stand by the court officials.

14:38 “Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict you are all agreed upon?” she says.

14:39 “Yes,” replies the foreman.

14:40 He is asked on count one, regarding the murder of Tania Nicol, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies “guilty”. He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. “Yes,” he replies.

14:41 He is asked on count two, regarding the murder of Gemma Adams, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies “guilty”. He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. “It is,” he replies.

14:42 He is asked on count three, regarding the murder of Annette Nicholls, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies “guilty”. He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. “Yes,” he replies.

14:42 He is asked on count four, regarding the murder of Anneli Alderton, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies “guilty”. He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. “Yes,” he replies.

14:43 He is asked on count five, regarding the murder of Paula Clennell, if they have found the defendant guilty or not guilty. He replies “guilty”. He is asked if they have found the defendant guilty and if it is a verdict upon which they are all agreed. “Yes,” he replies.

14:43 Peter Wright QC, for the prosecution asks the judge, Mr Justice Gross, if he is likely to sentence today.

14:45 Mr Justice Gross tells the court the chances are it will be early tomorrow.

The papers have carried extensive backgrounders to the case while readers can view online interactive maps of the crime scenes and a timeline of the key moments in the case.

Online map of the key crime scenes

Comments

º¤ø,¸¸,¤ºDAVEº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º (21/02/2008 15:11:46)
Go for it Nigel – dog’s b*ll*cks hehe – there’s a man who enjoys his work!