Beyond Fear: My Will to Survive

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The Girl in the Box: The Kidnapping of Stephanie Slater part two airs tonight, March 1, at 9pm on Channel 5.

Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837–2006 – findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk . Retrieved 29 July 2018.Davis, Caroline (1 September 2017). "Stephanie Slater, estate agent kidnapped in 1992, dies aged 50". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 September 2017. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2023-05-26 15:05:01 Associated-names Lancaster, Pat Autocrop_version 0.0.15_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40952205 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier As of March 2022, Sams remains in prison. [32] No recommended minimum term was reported at his trial, and it is unknown whether any Home Secretary or High Court judge subsequently ruled how many years Sams must serve before he can be considered for parole. [ citation needed] He is among the oldest and longest-serving life sentence prisoners in England and Wales. [33] His latest parole denial was in April 2023. [34] Other allegations [ edit ] a b "Police recall 'nasty piece of work' with the constant smile. Outwardly quiet and easy-going Michael Sams disguised his darker side", The Herald (Glasgow), 9 July 1993. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980816/ai_n14179797. {{ cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help) [ dead link]

a b c d e Kirby, Terry (8 July 1993). "The Michael Sams Trial: Train spotter's obsession left chain of clues". The Independent . Retrieved 3 March 2023. Keely, Alistair, "Luff Challenges Murderer's Right to Take Legal Action Behind Bars", The Birmingham Post, 2000, p.3. Sams says he knows killer of teenage prostitute: Kidnapper of estate agent tells court a friend copied his plan, but 'it went wrong' ". The Independent. 1 July 1993 . Retrieved 3 March 2023. Crimewatch File – BBC One London – 21 September 1993 – BBC Genome". The Radio Times (3637): 66. 16 September 1993 . Retrieved 29 July 2018. Since it was never likely that Dart's ransom would be paid, it has been suggested that Sams always intended to kill her. Paul Britton, a clinical psychologist who advised the detectives who interviewed Sams, argued that he abducted a prostitute because it would be relatively easy and was good "practice". It would also not create too much of "a stir". [7] By killing Dart, and leaving her body where it would easily be found, Sams would "convince the police that he was to be regarded as a serious adversary" and intimidate his next victims into paying up. [7] [8] McGredy-Hunt, however, said that Sams continued to demand ransom for several days after Dart's death, only dumping her body (initially hidden in a wheelie bin) after the smell of decomposition became difficult to conceal.

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She was held for eight days and allowed out of the coffin for food. Hoping to increase her chances of survival by "humanising" herself, she would use those breaks to chat to Sams. a b c Richard Whittington-Egan, Molly Whittington-Egan, Murder on File, Neil Wilson Publishing, 2013. a b c "Kidnap victim's boss tells of fear during ransom drop". The Independent. 18 June 1993 . Retrieved 28 February 2023. Sams was married three times. [4] He had two sons by his first wife, but the marriage broke down shortly before he was sent to prison. His second marriage also ended in divorce. [4] At the time of his arrest for the kidnappings he lived in Sutton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire with his third wife.