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Judge Lets Jury Hear Steve Wright’s Prior Murder Convictions in Victoria Hall Case

The defendant denies the charges ahead of a month-long Old Bailey trial starting February 2.

Overview

  • Steve Wright appeared by videolink from HMP Long Lartin for a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday.
  • Mr Justice Bennathan ruled that jurors may hear about Wright’s convictions for five other murders.
  • Wright has pleaded not guilty to the kidnap and murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall in 1999.
  • He also faces an allegation of attempting to kidnap a 22-year-old woman on September 18, 1999.
  • Hall vanished after leaving Felixstowe’s Bandbox nightclub and was found five days later in a ditch at Creeting St Peter about 25 miles away.