The trial of a man accused of murdering and kidnapping a 17-year-old girl as she walked home is due to start this morning.
Steve Wright, formerly of London Road, Ipswich, is due to appear the Old Bailey in this morning (Monday) for the beginning of a trial expected to last four weeks.
Wright has pleaded not guilty to the kidnap and murder of Victoria Hall, as well as the attempted kidnap of a second female in Felixstowe.
Victoria, who was 17 at the time, left her home in Trimley St Mary on the evening of September 18, 1999, for a night out at the Bandbox nightclub, Felixstowe.
She and her friend walked home from the club, parting company at about 2.20am on September 19.
Victoria never returned home, and five days later, her body was found in a ditch in Creeting St Peter, around 25 miles from where she was last seen.
Wright was charged in 2024, having denied murder, kidnap and a further count of attempted kidnap.
Ahead of the trial, Mr Justice Bennathan ruled that the jury in the case could be told of Wright’s conviction for the murders of five women in 2006.
The trial is expected to begin at 10.30am this morning.
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