A serial killer who has just admitted to his sixth murder described himself as “quiet and placid” in a letter to his father.
Nobody could have predicted that Steve Wright would admit to murdering teenager Victoria Hall on Monday, which should have been the first day of a four-week trial.
The 67-year-old had continued to protest his innocence throughout his trial at Ipswich Crown Court almost 20 years previously, which led to his 2008 conviction and the recommendation that he spend the rest of his days behind bars.
At the time of his conviction, the Evening Star ran several pages of coverage, including a letter which Wright wrote to his father Conrad, which was published on February 22, 2008, the day after Wright's conviction.
“You are right you have never seen me angry I am a quite [sic] and placid person,” Wright told his father.
“Whenever I get upset I tend to bury it deep inside which I suppose is not a healthy thing to do because the more I do that the more withdrawn I become because I have seen to [sic] much anger and violence in my childhood to last anyone a lifetime.”
Wright said that he was worried that if he “[fell] apart at the seams” he would not be able to cope, and “I need to be strong to cope with this nightmare”.
He wrote: “You said in the paper that when you looked in my eyes you would know whether I was guilty or not”.
The letter continued: “That really hurt me it was like a knife in the heart for you to even contemplate that I could even be capable of such a terrible crime”.
Wright ended the letter by telling his father: “My head seems to be all over the place at the moment so please try and sort this out I know you are a proud man and don’t like backing down but you are the only one that can sort this out you say you want to help so please do that one thing for me”.
He sighed it, “Love, Steve”.
Wright, formerly of London Road, Ipswich, will be sentenced by the Old Bailey on Friday.
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