A dad-of-twelve went happy and smartly dressed to meet the woman accused of murdering him, a jury heard.
Family members told a Court that Leonard Fulbirg washed and shaved before setting off to walk in pouring rain to meet Tracey Cameron at a Bradford McDonalds. His family never saw him again.
Cameron, 40, a mother-of-three, of Dunsford Avenue, Bierley, Bradford, and Graham Haylett, also 40, of Wilson Wood Street, Batley, deny murdering Mr Fulbirg.
They are accused of killing Mr Fulbirg, whose body was dismembered and burned, because he was an obstacle to their new relationship.
Mr Fulbirg, 49, a scrap metal dealer and horse trader, vanished overnight after leaving his brother Robert's house in Coldbeck Drive, Buttershaw, at about 7pm on Sunday, August 11, 1996.
His dismembered remains were found high on the moors above Keighley in March 1997.
Robert's partner of 32 years, Lorraine Rigby, told the jury at Leeds Crown Court that Fulbirg was living temporarily at their home after he was released from prison ten days earlier.
Miss Rigby, a mother-of-five, said she was unhappy with the arrangement as she feared for her daughters while Leonard was in their home.
She said he had been jailed for indecently exposing himself to a child while he was living in London.
Miss Rigby said that Leonard and Tracey Cameron were in a relationship but she had stopped visiting him while he was on remand in Armley Prison charged with sexually abusing a girl from Keighley.
His case was set to be tried at Bradford Crown Court but it was dropped and he was released on August 1. Miss Rigby said that Robert assured her his brother would not be in their house for long. She said he found a flat in Stainton Close, Bradford, and paid for furniture from a housing charity.
Miss Rigby said Leonard met Tracey on the night of August 8. He came back at between 1am and 1.30am the following day. "He was jolly, happy that he had seen Tracey," she said.
He told her they had driven down a country lane and had sex in Tracey's car.
Three days later they had arranged another date, this time at McDonalds in Rooley Lane, Miss Rigby said. She told how Leonard washed and changed before heading off to walk at 7pm, even though it was pouring down with rain.
"That was it. I have never heard or seen him since," she said.
She said Tracey rang her the next morning to ask if Leonard had come home.
Cameron rang again the same day but was abrupt with her. "I had never heard her like that. She was always a nice person," Miss Rigby said.
She told the jury that Leonard always kept in regular contact with his family and Robert called the police when they heard nothing from him.
The trial continues.
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