Five Women Killed In Or Around Ipswhich

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

We left this discussion a few weeks back talking about what would happen to Steven Wright, the man initally arrested then subsequently released without charge.

The answer is: not much.

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Actually, Dave, Stephen Wright is the man who was charged with the murders, and who is currently a guest of Her Majesty, pending trial. The man who was arrested but subsquently released was Tom Stephens, not Stephen Wright.

It was very sad to read the article you referred to. Poor old Gareth Huw Roberts. First he is wrongly identified by the Daily Mail as a suspected serial killer, and now he is found dead. But the most bizarre aspect of the whole story, I thought, was this: "Mr Roberts was found dead along with another man at his home in Pwllheli, north Wales. Both men are believed to be in their 40s." [Quoting from The Guardian article.] Two men found dead in the same house? What the. . . ?????

Oopsie. Seems it's quite easy to get facts wrong :s

Obviously at the moment, it could just be a gas leak for all we know. But if it is anything more sinister, it could show the dangers of mixing sloppy tabloid journalism with a lynch-mob mentality. :(

I bet this gets a only tiny bit of media space because the swines won't want to let everyone know what their mistakes might possibly have led to.

I agree with you, Hazell -- they ARE swines. (I presume you're referring to the Daily Mail.)

Your gas leak theory is a good one, Dave. It would explain two people dying in the same house at the same time. The police, at the moment, are saying only that the deaths are "unexplained". According to the article, they are not considered "suspicious" at this time, which virtually rules out, doesn't it, your other theory -- that Roberts was murdered by a person or persons incensed by his having murdered five prostitutes in Ipswich.

I'm trying to get as much bad publicity as possible for gas leaks, after one closed the A2 yesterday and ruined my evening :p

Someone I went to school with was found dead in the same house as another man.

Both had multiple stab wounds, both were naked, and one was still holding the knife.

No gas leak involved there.

Although to be fair, the police did say they were treating those deaths as suspicious.

In the Ipswich prostitute murder case, you will remember, two men were questioned at length, Tom Stephens and Stephen Wright. While Tom Stephens, the talkative one who gave interviews to the media, was released on police bail without charge, Stephen Wright fared far worse. He was charged with all five murders and is now in prison awaiting trial.

It looked like Tom Stephens was in the clear, but it now appears that he is still under suspicion. He was told by police yesterday that he may well be charged, and must wait three months before they tell him one way or the other. The police suspect a conspiracy between the two men.

The situation may become clearer on May 1, when Stephen Wright is to appear in court for a status hearing.

Yeah I saw an article in today's rag which reported that the decidely odd Mr Stephens had his police bail extended.

Of course I knew he was a wrong un as soon as I saw those smudges of him holding up a tin of bins.

Eyes too close together you see.

The game's afoot my dear Gannex. The game's afoot!
(crams a plug of pure opium into curly pipe, administers intravenous cocaine injection and picks up violin)

Oily, stop that infernal racket at once, you sound like a cat in a mangle :rolleyes:

Thanks Gannex.
Not buying the papers means I wouldn't have known any of the above without that post. :up:

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Originally Posted by Hazell B

Oily, stop that infernal racket at once, you sound like a cat in a mangle :rolleyes:

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Don't give him any ideas. I worry about his cat as it is.