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  1. The murder of Wendy Sewell was committed on 12 September 1973. Wendy Sewell, a 32-year-old legal secretary from Bakewell, Peak District in Derbyshire was found beaten, sexually assaulted and murdered. In 1974, 17-year-old Stephen Downing was convicted of the murder of Sewell.

  2. Feb 24, 2022 · Who is Stephen Downing? Stephen Downing was just 17 when he was arrested and charged with the murder of 32-year-old Wendy Sewell. He served 27 years in prison before his sentence was overturned.

  3. Stephen Downing was found guilty by all members of the jury, and was convicted of murder. He was sentenced to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure (indefinitely), with the stipulation that he should serve a minimum of ten years.

  4. Stephen Downing was convicted of the murder of Wendy Sewell, who was attacked and sexually assaulted in 1973 and died two days later from her injuries. Stephen had found Wendy badly injured but still allive.

  5. Stephen Downing may refer to: Stephen Downing, whose conviction for the murder of Wendy Sewell was quashed. Stephen Downing (producer), American (born Oct. 28 1938) screenwriter, producer, activist, and investigative journalist.

  6. Feb 24, 2022 · FOR 27 years Stephen Downing rotted in a cell for a crime he did not commit. It was one of the most shocking miscarriages of justice in British history — a 17-year-old with a reading age of 11 forced to confess to a murder during a nine-hour police grilling without a solicitor.

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  8. Nov 15, 2000 · Stephen Downing, 44, could have been released a decade ago. But because he refused to admit to the crime he was classified by the Home Office as an IDOM prisoner - in denial of murder. Assumed to...

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