Serial killer Steve Wright has been handed an additional 40-year prison sentence for the 1999 murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall and the attempted kidnapping of 22-year-old Emily Doherty. Wright was already serving a whole-life sentence, meaning he would never be released, for killing five other women. He changed his plea to guilty just as his trial was set to begin this week. Prosecutors described Wright as a predator who stalked his victims in Felixstowe, Suffolk. They noted that he kidnapped and killed Hall shortly after Doherty managed to escape him.

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Steve Wright sentenced to 40 years for 1999 murder and attempted kidnapping

February 6, 2026
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