12:17
Defence barrister now asking questions
Brown's barrister, Ian Henderson KC, is now asking questions of Leah's mum.
12:20
Mum 'doesn't know' when she last saw Leah before March 2021
Mr Henderson KC asks Leah's mum, Rebecca, to give the jury "some flavour of the level of contact" she'd had with Leah before the pair lost contact in March 2021.
Rebecca says: "I had not been allowed to see her but not through choice."
She adds that they had not spoken directly but had exchanged emails in the six months prior to March 2021.
Mr Henderson KC asks Rebecca when she had last seen Leah before March 2021 - Rebecca replies: "I really don't know."
12:27
Leah became 'jealous' after birth of mum's third child
Leah is said to have become "jealous" after the birth of her mum's third child. The court hears that she became "manipulative", but her mum says this was no more than any other child, adding - "They all do it".
Again, Leah's mum is asked about her daughter's drug use.
Mr Henderson KC is also asking Leah's mum to talk about some of her daughter's past relationships, including one "difficult and violent" one.
It is also confirmed by her mum that Leah spent some time in hospital with mental health concerns.
After a few more questions, Leah's mum finishes her evidence.
12:45
Last had contact with Leah in February 2021
Leah's cousin last had contact with her in February 2021, she says after then she'd send messages without getting a reply from Leah.
Mr Henderson KC asks Leah's cousin when the last time she saw Leah was - the cousin replies that she "can't remember" but then adds that the last time was just after her grandad had died, in 2019.
She says: "The day after he had died I went to see her."
12:59
Next witness - man who rented Hastings property to Brown and Leah
The next witness is a man who rented a property to Mark Brown and Leah Ware, who moved in before Christmas of 2018.
He says about their tenancy in 2019:
They were noisier than other tenants had been and they clearly smoked inside the property. To start with we assumed it was just smoking but then there was a definite smell of cannabis sometimes.
By February or March of 2019, he says Mark Brown had moved out but Leah still lived there. Brown would also come to visit.
Regarding other people visiting the flat, the landlord says:
Yes there was clearly another male who came to the house. He turned up on a motorbike. Fairly regular, and I would say he stayed overnight on several occasions.
The landlord says that Leah would "rarely" go out while she lived in the property.
Mr Henderson KC puts it to the landlord that he couldn't have been certain who was coming and going from the flat. The landlord says the man "definitely lived there to start with".
The trial has focused on the disappearances of Alex Morgan and Leah Ware
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