Julie Dart murdered by Michael Sams

Title

Julie Dart murdered by Michael Sams

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

8 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:46

Description

Ian Booth reports on how Michael Sams kidnapped and murdered Leeds prostitute Julie Dart at his workshop in Newark, he has just been sentenced for this and kidnapping of Stephanie Slater. Retired head of Leeds CID Walter Cowman, who led the initial investigation, says the whole crime was planned very carefully; Tom Cook, Assistant Chief Constable of Yorkshire Police on how she had tried to escape causing him to kill her; Detective Sergeant Helen Dover on the family’s reaction; Julie’s mother Lynn(?) Dart and grandmother Margaret Atkin on their loss. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

Tom Cook; Margaret Atkin; Ian Booth; Walter Cowman; Helen Dover; Lynn(?) Dart

Keywords

Crime; Women; Homicide; Prostitutes; Sex workers; Newark; Grantham; Criminal investigation; Abduction; Leeds; Julie Dart; Michael Sams

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