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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.
Jan 15, 2014 · A retired police officer has reported Derbyshire police to the Home Office over claims they withheld evidence in a 1973 murder case. Bakewell man Stephen Downing was convicted in 1974 for killing ...
Jul 30, 2013 · Murray Sewell, appellant, and Wendy Sewell, appellee, divorced in 2007 after twenty-seven years of marriage. At that time, appellant agreed to pay his former wife $9,000 a month in spousal support. Four years later, appellant filed a petition seeking a reduction in his support obligation.
Don Hale digs deeper into the conviction of Stephen Downing for Wendy Sewell's murder, and examines the police evidence that put Stephen inside.More information on the case can be found at our website; reporterpodcast.comFollow us;Twitter @reporter_podIf you want to read Don Hale's account of the murder, and his campaign to free Stephen Downing, it's available on Apple Books here;https://books ...
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 ...
The Wendy Sewell Murder. The crime considered in the first three episodes of ‘True Crime Investigators UK’ is the 1973 murder of Wendy Sewell in the cemetery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. Bakewell is a pretty market town in mid Derbyshire. It lies on the picturesque River Wye, and is midway between Buxton to the north and Matlock to the ...
Apr 14, 2019 · Murder victim Wendy Sewell was badly beaten with pickaxe handle in 1973 and died of her injuries. A new book and podcast will be launched this summer to shed new light on an unsolved Derbyshire ...
