Report from Wolverhampton Crown Court about sex worker murder trial

The jury in the murder trial of Wolverhampton sex worker Helen Kempster has heard evidence of her lifestyle though witness statements

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00:00A jury at Wolverhampton Crown Court has heard murder victim Helen Kempster lived on the

00:05streets and spent her days begging in Wolverhampton city centre and evenings working as a prostitute

00:11in the Whitmore Reins area. A witness statement by her boyfriend of four months Paul Clemson

00:17said she was a good person who would help anyone but took heroin and cracked cocaine

00:22funding the habits with her daytime and night time activities. He said he only learned of

00:26her death two days after it happened and he'd been shaken by it and still was. The

00:32witness statement also said Miss Kempster had admitted to him she sometimes robbed clients

00:37of money. Rahul Sharma is on trial at the court accused of the murder and rape of Miss

00:43Kempster on June 16th 2022. There's more at ExpressandStar.com