Breakthrough in DNA Evidence
Wright was identified as a suspect in the 2006 murders of Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, Paula Clennell and Gemma Adams, all sex workers in Ipswich. His DNA was placed on the national database in 2001.
But only advances in forensic science decades later conclusively linked him to swabs taken from Victoria’s body.
Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward KC said Suffolk Police would decide the scope of any inquiry into missed investigative opportunities. The Old Bailey heard officers had halted research into possible vehicles connected to Victoria’s abduction.
Wright, dressed in a grey sweatshirt and trousers, showed no visible emotion as Victoria’s friend Gemma and her brother Steven — speaking also for their father, Graham — wept while describing the devastation wrought on their family.
The judge noted that Victoria’s mother, Lorinda, died in December without knowing her daughter’s killer had finally admitted responsibility. Wright pleaded guilty on Monday, the first time he has publicly acknowledged any murder.
