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Another sign that there is a long way to go before we turn back the clock to a time when the press were not squeamish about reporting these matters clearly and honestly: 2026 convictions include Steve Wright's for murder of a girl and attempted murder of a woman, both in 1999.
Update February 2026
At a hearing at the Old Bailey on February 2, Wright (now aged 67) unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty and admitted the murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall in 1999 and the attempted kidnap of 22-year-old Emily Doherty the previous night.
He was sentenced to 40 years in custody and told he will die in prison. It was the first time Wright had publicly admitted any murder. The reason for his change of plea is unknown but it is speculated that the DNA evidence was compelling. The judge referenced DNA swabs taken from Ms Hall’s body “showed you not only abducted and murdered that child, you also raped or sexually assaulted her”.
Among the large amount of 2026 media coverage, not a single article referenced involvement of Wright’s transvestism/cross–dressing/fetishism in his sexually motivated murders of women, although it was relatively widely covered at the time of his convictions in 2008 (e.g. see articles in <a class="break-all" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080501153518/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1579403/Steve-Wright-A-real-Jekyll-and-Hyde.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Daily Telegraph/ Daily Mail/The New York Post).
Many media articles covered fears that Wright may be responsible for the murders and disappearances of several other women and girls in and around Ipswich and Norwich at the time he was living there. Others have focused on the missed chances to catch him earlier, particularly the fact that police reportedly dismissed Ms Doherty’s account of her attempted abduction and did not take a formal statement from her until two years after Victoria Hall’s murder. According to the Daily Mail, the court heard Ms Doherty had given an accurate description of Wright, his car and number plate which should have identified him – a chilling and infuriating parallel with how women’s testimonies and descriptions that could have caught Peter Sutcliffe (who murdered 13 women and girls in the 1970s and 1980s) were disregarded by police. The two attending male officers apparently did not believe Ms Doherty, failed to make notes and did not log it as a crime at the time, telling her to ‘just forget all about it’ and claiming she probably made it up just to get a lift home. She told the court ‘When the police arrived, their first question to me was, “How much have you had to drink tonight?” They didn’t believe me. To this day I am furious.’
https://transcrimeuk.com/2017/10/30/steve-wright/