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Murder of Wendy Sewell. In 1974, 17-year-old Stephen Downing was convicted of murdering Wendy Sewell, a 32-year-old legal secretary, in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District in Derbyshire. Following a campaign by a local newspaper led by Don Hale, in which Sewell was purported to be promiscuous, Downing's conviction was overturned in 2002.
The Stephen Downing case involved the conviction and imprisonment in 1974 of a 17-year-old council worker, Stephen Downing, for the murder of a 32 year old legal secretary, Wendy Sewell, in the village of Bakewell in the Peak District. Following a campaign by a local newspaper, his conviction was overturned in 2002, after Downing had served 27 ...
2001. 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. At that time he was 17 but had the reading age of an 11 year old. He was convicted on the basis of forensic evidence suggesting the ...
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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.
Feb 27, 2003 · Still a suspect after 30 years. By Peter Gould. BBC News Online correspondent. Stephen Downing became a local celebrity after his release. Since his release from prison, Stephen Downing has been able to walk through the streets of Bakewell a free man. In January last year the Court of Appeal decided that his conviction for the 1973 murder of ...
Jan 15, 2014 · A retired police officer claims Derbyshire police withheld a pathology report showing Wendy Sewell was strangled, which could exonerate Stephen Downing, convicted in 1974. He also suggests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, could be linked to the case.
Jan 15, 2002 · Downing murder conviction quashed. A man who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit has won his appeal against his conviction. Stephen Downing was found guilty in 1973 of the murder of typist Wendy Sewell, but that ruling was overturned at the Court of Appeal - ending one of the longest miscarriages of justice in UK history.
