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Suffolk Strangler Sentenced to Life for Teen's Murder

2/8/2026

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Steve Wright, the Suffolk strangler, was sentenced to life imprisonment for abducting and murdering 17-year-old Victoria Hall in 1999.
Wright, 67, had previously been convicted of murdering five other women in 2006.
The court heard he kidnapped Victoria after she left a nightclub and discarded her body in a ditch.
The judge stressed the profound loss to Victoria Hall's family.
The court said no sentence could compensate for their grief.

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Steve Wright, the Suffolk strangler, was sentenced to life imprisonment for abducting and murdering 17-year-old Victoria Hall in 1999.
Wright, 67, had previously been convicted of murdering five other women in 2006.
The court heard he kidnapped Victoria after she left a nightclub and discarded her body in a ditch.
The judge stressed the profound loss to Victoria Hall's family.
The court said no sentence could compensate for their grief.