Jun 3, 2024, 1:22 PM
Jun 3, 2024, 12:00 AM

Steve Wright faces charges in court for the 1999 murder of Victoria Hall

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Highlights
  • Steve Wright, a 66-year-old defendant, is appearing in court charged with murdering 17-year-old Victoria Hall.
  • The prosecution came after a cold-case review, 20 years after the tragic death of the teenager.
  • Wright also faces charges of attempted kidnapping of another woman.
Story

Steve Wright is in court for the murder of a 17-year-old girl named Victoria Hall in 1999. He is also accused of kidnapping her on the same day in Suffolk. Another charge is for trying to kidnap a 22-year-old woman named Emily Doherty the day before. Wright did not enter a plea and was kept in custody for a court appearance on Monday. Victoria Hall went out with her friend Gemma Algar on the night of September 18, 1999, but never made it home. Her body was found five days later in a ditch far from where she was last seen. The police reopened the case in 2019 due to new information from witnesses. Steve Wright is accused of kidnapping and killing Victoria Hall. Her body was found days after she went missing in 1999. Wright appeared in court via video link and is also charged with trying to kidnap another woman. He confirmed his identity during the short hearing. Wright is accused of kidnapping Victoria in Felixstowe and killing her in Stowupland on the same day. He is also charged with trying to kidnap Emily Doherty in Felixstowe the day before. Wright did not enter a plea and will appear in court again. Victoria Hall was last seen near her home in Trimley St Mary before disappearing. She was out with a friend at a nightclub in Felixstowe before parting ways. Wright, a former forklift driver, is also accused of trying to kidnap another woman in Felixstowe.

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