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Steve Wright, a convicted serial killer, has received an additional sentence of 40 years in prison for the abduction and murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall, along with the attempted kidnapping of another woman over two decades ago. Wright, who is currently serving a whole life term for killing five women around Ipswich in 2006, was said to have been “on the prowl” in Felixstowe, Suffolk, in September 1999, as detailed in the proceedings at the Old Bailey.
The sequence of events revealed that Wright first tried to abduct 22-year-old Emily Doherty at a nightclub but failed when she escaped and alerted the police. The following night, he kidnapped Victoria Hall, an “innocent schoolgirl” studying for her A-levels. Victoria’s body was later discovered naked in a ditch approximately five days after her disappearance. The court heard that she was asphyxiated shortly after the abduction and had been sexually assaulted, with DNA evidence linking Wright to the crime. During sentencing, Mr Justice Bennathan told Wright, “For reasons only you know, you snatched her away and you crushed that young life.”
Victoria’s final night involved time spent with a friend, Gemma Algar, at the Bandbox nightclub, after which they parted ways near their homes. Witnesses heard screams and a car speeding away shortly after, raising immediate suspicions. Wright was already serving a life sentence for the murders of five sex workers in Ipswich in 2006: Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell, and Gemma Adams. The judge commented that the new sentence would “almost certainly make no difference” to Wright’s overall incarceration but stated it was necessary to impose a proper sentence despite the inability to heal the families’ suffering.
Emily Doherty provided a victim impact statement describing the terror she experienced during the attempted abduction, recounting how she ran and sought help. She expressed frustration that authorities initially did not believe her reports and questioned her credibility. The judge acknowledged the lasting psychological effects on Doherty, including ongoing anxiety and misplaced guilt. Wright’s DNA had been in the national database since 2001 and had linked him to the Ipswich murders. Advances in forensic science later connected him to the evidence collected from Victoria’s body. Suffolk Police are considering an inquiry into investigative shortcomings during the initial stages. Wright’s guilty plea, the
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