{"id":27839,"date":"2024-06-03T05:38:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T09:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=27839"},"modified":"2024-06-03T05:38:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T09:38:41","slug":"steve-wright-in-court-charged-with-1999-kidnap-and-murder-of-victoria-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/06\/03\/steve-wright-in-court-charged-with-1999-kidnap-and-murder-of-victoria-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Wright in court charged with 1999 kidnap and murder of Victoria Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steve Wright has appeared in court, charged with the murder and kidnap of a 17-year-old girl in 1999.<\/b><\/p>\n

Victoria Hall’s body was found in a ditch about 25 miles (40km) from where she was last seen alive in High Road, Trimley St Mary, Suffolk, on 19 September that year.<\/p>\n

Mr Wright, 66, previously of London Road, Ipswich, has also been charged with the attempted kidnap of a 22-year-old woman the previous night.<\/p>\n

He appeared before Ipswich Magistrates’ Court via video link from HMP Long Lartin and is due to appear again at Ipswich Crown Court on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The defendant wore a grey T-shirt and glasses.<\/p>\n

He spoke only to confirm his full name, date of birth and to confirm he was not recording proceedings.<\/p>\n

Suffolk Police said Victoria was just yards away from her home in Trimley when she disappeared.<\/p>\n

She had been at Bandbox nightclub in neighbouring Felixstowe with a friend, who she parted ways with at about 02:20 BST.<\/p>\n

Mr Wright has also been charged with the unlawful kidnap of Ms Hall – by force or fraud before being taken or carried away against her will.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Steve Wright appeared at Ipswich Magistrates’ Court via a video link<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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When Victoria’s parents woke up, they found she had not returned home and called the police.<\/p>\n

Five days into searches for her, Victoria’s naked body was found by a dog walker in a ditch beside a field on Creeting Lane, Creeting St Peter.<\/p>\n

Mr Wright, a former forklift truck driver, has also been charged with one count of attempted kidnap in connection with a separate incident the night before Victoria’s disappearance.<\/p>\n

A 22-year-old woman reported that a man approached and followed her between 03:00 and 04:00 on 18 September 1999 in High Road East, Felixstowe.<\/p>\n

The charges followed police announcing they would be fully reinvestigating the case with new detectives in September 2019.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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