The final few hours of prostitute Maureen Stepan's life were described at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday.

Convicted pimp Nazakat Dad, who had a previous conviction for living off the earnings of prostitution, told how he spent several hours with Maureen on the night of June 8 and the early hours of June 9.

He told the court he had met Maureen several days earlier and met with her again that night before driving her to a house in Fearnsides Street to buy drugs for her.

They then went to her home in Washington Street where they talked before having sex, and he dropped her back on Thornton Road about 3am so she could earn more money.

He said he saw this episode as a "one night stand", but Mr Franz Muller QC, the barrister defending George Naylor, said Mr Dad was returning to his old ways of pimping and procuring prostitutes.

Mr Dad denied this, saying he had in fact married a prostitute and they now had a son. He had stayed out of trouble since his conviction in 1993.

The court was painted a grim picture of life as a prostitute for Maureen on Bradford's streets.

Caroline Styslo, Sharon Ainsworth and Katherine McConnell, all prostitutes at the time of Maureen's death and who were friendly with her, told of how the girls tried to look out for one another in the City Road and Jowett Street area of Thornton Road.

Miss McConnell described how she had been involved in a hit-and-run accident when a group of Asian vigilantes ran her over in Church Street.

And Khalil Ahmed, a friend of Maureen's who stayed at her house, described in a written statement how the door of her home was smashed by vigilantes protesting against her work as a prostitute.

The court also heard that Maureen had been raped and beaten while working only days before her death.

George Naylor denies murdering Maureen Stepan on June 8, 1995.

The case continues.

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