“Suffolk Strangler” Steve Wright has been sentenced to an extra life in jail with a minimal time period of 40 years for the homicide of 17-year-old Victoria Hall in 1999. Wright, 67, kidnapped schoolgirl Hall, sexually assaulted and killed her, then dumped her bare physique in a ditch.
He admitted the kidnap and homicide after {the teenager} disappeared greater than 25 years in the past in a village on the outskirts of Felixstowe. He additionally pleaded responsible to the tried kidnap of Emily Doherty, then aged 22, within the Suffolk port city the day earlier than.
Delivering his sentencing remarks, Mr Justice Bennathan mentioned: “Victoria Hall was a typical bright, lively teenager. Her father described her as having been a happy, loving child.
“She spent hours on the telephone to her finest good friend, she was finding out for her A-levels, she had a part-time job and liked to exit dancing.
“For reasons only you know, and most people will never start to comprehend, you snatched Victoria away and you crushed her young life.”
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