A CONVICTED paedophile accused of the Babes in the Woods murders stood up in court to complain as sexually explicit letters to a child were read out in court.
Russell Bishop, 52, wrote a series of notes to a 13-year-old girl while in custody at HMP Brixton awaiting trial for the murders of nine-year-olds Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway in 1987.
As the prosecution started to read intimate letters, Bishop spoke out from the dock, saying: “It’s not agreed evidence.
“Stop it right now.
“I’m not having this s*** or I’m having a retrial.”
The trial at the Old Bailey was briefly halted before Brian Altman QC continued to read the letters to the jury.
They were littered with hearts, kisses and expressions of love as well as warnings to keep their relationship a secret.
Bishop talked about spending time at a B&B with the girl and asked her to confirm she was still a “V”.
He told her he could not send her any “dirty rhymes” as his letters were monitored but that the authorities could not bar “dirty” post back.
He wrote: “I know how old you are baby, he he. 16 or 17 more weeks and I will be out up to no good again.”
Bishop urged the girl to go on “the pill” for when he was released.
He told the girl: “I just hope you can handle it because I’m a man not a boy.
“I know you’ve been looking for it for a long time from me.”
Earlier, the court heard a statement from one of Bishop’s football team-mates in 1986.
William Cutting said Bishop would watch young girls doing handstands and say “wait until she is 13 or 14”.
Mr Cutting said he would put the comments down to “lustiness” but the girls were so young.
Bishop went on to be acquitted of sexually assaulting and strangling Nicola and Karen in Wild Park, Brighton.
Within three years of his release, Bishop was convicted of the kidnap, sexual assault and attempted murder of a seven-year-old girl at Devil’s Dyke.
He was ordered to stand trial for the double murder a second time in light of new evidence.
Bishop, a roofer, from Moulsecoomb, Brighton, denies two counts of murder.
The Old Bailey jury was sent away until tomorrow when the defence case is due to start.
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