"Claire was a hard-working girl, who was very kind and would always help people. Miss Sainsbury had also been picked up in Campbell's car while hitchhiking on the South Circular Road in Roehampton, within miles of the last sighting of Miss Woolterton. 0000001594 00000 n Colin Campbell sentenced to life for Claire Woolterton 1981 - BBC "After the initial grieving, which was traumatic and immense, you spend your life searching, not trusting, trying to cope with not only your life but your family's life, watching them in their grief and struggling," said Carol Woolterton. 2023 BBC. By 2011, Campbell was serving a life sentence in prison for the manslaughter of Miss Sainsbury, from Greenham, in December 1984. [5][6] This time he was not able to repeat the claim that he had only murdered because of his epilepsy, with the experts who had testified that epilepsy may have been a factor in his murder of Sainsbury saying that they did not accept that there was a possibility that epilepsy could explain a man murdering on two occasions. [5] They contacted their local police force and discovered that the victim was their daughter. He had also been involved in the original investigation as a detective constable. Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? VideoRussian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, Xi Jinping's power grab - and why it matters, Snow, Fire and Lights: Photos of the Week. [5], Police opened a murder investigation immediately at the time, saying that they believed that she had been murdered elsewhere and dumped at the location by the murderer. But she added: "Although it is all over, it doesn't bring Claire back. ", Pete Beirne, the principal investigator when the case was reopened, said: "What we've managed to achieve today obviously won't bring Claire back, but hopefully it's a small comfort to [her family] that Campbell has been in custody since 1984.". Campbell and the solving of the Woolterton case continue to be the subject of various documentaries: Other (active) UK cold cases where the offender's DNA is known: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [1] After he was arrested he confessed to killing her after he had made a sexual advancement on her but claimed he had killed her because he had suffered an epileptic fit. Do not sell or share my personal information. His mother's pitiful public apology. PETER HITCHENS: Now we know for sure that our leaders lost their heads over Covid. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [5][1] The investigation became one of the UK's biggest manhunts and quickly made the national news and saw a large amount of press coverage. "She'd speak to anybody who needed help and did whatever she could for them. 'For 32 long years the identity of her killer remained unknown, her murder unsolved. United Kingdom, UK. VideoRussian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, Xi Jinping's power grab - and why it matters, Snow, Fire and Lights: Photos of the Week. "Our family would like to extend its deepest sympathy to the relatives of Claire Woolterton and we are pleased their long wait for justice is finally over. Colin Campbell, 66, who is already serving a life sentence for the manslaughter of Deirdre Sainsbury, denies murdering Claire Woolterton in August 1981. For Ms Woolterton's mother and family, the three-decade wait to learn who had killed her daughter had a big impact. Colin Frederick, 66, will serve at least 24 years for killing the 17-year-old (pictured), who lived in the Yeading area and whose body was found on a Thames towpath in Windsor on August 28 1981. Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? 0000041914 00000 n Thirty years later, small strips of adhesive tapings, about two-inches thick, daubed on the body of Claire by scene of crime officers to remove potential fibres, became key to the reinvestigation. A convicted killer has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years after being found guilty of murdering a 17-year-old girl more than 30 years ago. Her body was found in a wooded area of Denham Golf Course in Buckinghamshire, after Campbell picked her up in his car in Upper Richmond Road, Roehampton, on the evening of December 22. Her body was discovered by her father just 300 yards from their home in 1997. [1][5] However, no suspects were identified and the case eventually went cold. 0000001422 00000 n [7] In that year he wrote a letter to national prisoners newspaper Inside Time complaining that he was not allowed to buy his bedding from Argos because the prison authorities told him it was a fire risk. See, for example: List of miscarriage of justice cases in the United Kingdom, Murders of Jacqueline Ansell-Lamb and Barbara Mayo, "The Queen v Colin Frederick Campbell: Sentencing remarks", "Claire Woolterton murder: DNA caught Colin Campbell", "Colin Campbell sentenced to life for Claire Woolterton 1981 murder", "Claire Woolterton 1981 murder: DNA led to Colin Campbell arrest", Sub-postmasters operating the Post Office Horizon computer system, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin_Campbell_(murderer)&oldid=1131359214, December 1984 events in the United Kingdom, Court of Appeal (England and Wales) cases, People convicted of murder by England and Wales, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, In 2015, Campbell and the Woolterton case were the subject of an episode of the, In 2021, Campbell and the Woolterton case were the subject of an episode of the, In 2022 Campbell was the subject of episode 9, season 7 of Britains Most Evil Killers, This page was last edited on 3 January 2023, at 20:22. [5][6] At 6am the next morning, a member of the public walking along Barry Avenue in Windsor heading towards the nearby train station spotted what he thought was a mannequin's body on the footpath, which turned out to be the body of Woolterton. [5] One the evening of Thursday 27 August 1981, she had left her work at an amusement arcade in west London to walk home, but never arrived. Play it now! They were the murders of Vikki Thompson (Ascott-under-Wychwood 1995), Yolanda Waddington (Benham, Newbury in 1966), Rachel Manning (Milton Keynes 2000) and Claire Woolterton (Windsor 1981). Campbell, formerly from West London, was arrested in November last year and found guilty of Claires murder by a majority verdict today, Thames Valley Police said. 'It was a journey, sadly, that she did not complete.'. In 2013 he was sentenced to life for murdering and mutilating Ms Woolterton. The 17-year-old girl had been so savagely attacked that it was impossible for doctors to determine whether she had been raped. Get up to 65% OFF in your Babbel subscription! He was already in prison for the 1984 killing of Deirdre Sainsbury, but had wrongly had his murder conviction in this case downgraded to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in 1999 after he claimed that he had only killed her due to having an eplieptic fit. v0.#YS!T w|8J4 b8O@. [5] The body was partially naked with multiple knife wounds and a cut to the throat. An adhesive tape lift had been used on the teenagers body to take debris from the surface of her skin. Chris Boarland, a retired Assistant Chief Constable with Devon and Cornwall Police, was in charge of the case and worked on it full time for 18 months. PO Box 735 For the loved ones of the victim, not knowing who the killer is and why they died can be one of the most difficult things to come to terms with, she added. "Claire's murder had a shocking and distressing permanent effect on our lives. "It was a full-scale murder investigation and at its height there were up to 60 officers working on it," said Peter Beirne, a detective on the case in 1981 and now the principal investigator of Thames Valley Police's major crime review team. Colin Frederick Campbell is a British double murderer who in the early 1980s abducted two random women in west London and killed them in sexually motivated attacks. "This case was linked to the Kate Bushell killing which happened 12 months before they are pretty unique cases nationally and internationally.". Supt. Convicted killer is linked by DNA to second woman's death, court hears [1] The judge said that while the conclusion was that he had killed with diminished responsibility, Campbell still constituted a danger to the public and ordered him to return to prison, with release only being possible through the parole process. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Usually after meeting her he drove her home, dropping her off nearby. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 32-year-old sticky tape links killer to victim - 9News "It's one of those cases which will never be closed," he said. "What we found was a DNA profile matching that already on record for Colin Campbell. The trial heard that Claire, who lived in Northolt, north west London, with her mother and her mother's partner, was last seen alive at around 10pm on August 27, 1981, walking towards Hanwell after spending the evening in Ealing with the older married man she was seeing. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. He was already in prison for the 1984 . Thames Valley Police reopened the case in 2011. [1] He also said that his conviction for Sainsbury's 1984 murder should not have been downgraded to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in 1999,[1] saying: Had it been known in 1999 that you were responsible as well for the killing of Claire Woolterton, the prosecution would never have accepted your plea of diminished responsibility in relation to the killing of Deirdre Sainsbury. In 1981, her body was found dumped in the River Thames in Windsor. Colin Campbell (murderer) - Wikiwand 0000004818 00000 n 0000003486 00000 n Test yourself with this Cockney Rhyming Slang quiz. Addressing the jury at Reading Crown Court he recounted gruesome details of how she said she had then been sexually assaulted and then murdered. 0000005434 00000 n 0000003862 00000 n Student Spotlight - Claire Scoresby-Barrow: 'Men in Dresses' Student Spotlight - Kat Reichel. Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims. Campbell, 66, is facing trial for the murder of Claire Woolterton, 17, in 1981 whose body was found in Barry Avenue, Windsor . "What must have been going through her mind? [1] Instead he decided to defend himself by saying that although he did not remember doing so, he may have once walked into the amusement arcade and she may have sat on his knee, which is why his DNA had been found on her. High Court Judge Mr Justice Spencer warned Campbell he was "unlikely" ever to be released from jail after imposing the life sentence on the convicted killer. In 2013, 32 years after the event, Campbell was convicted of the high-profile unsolved murder of 17-year-old Claire Woolterton after a DNA match was found to him. On August 28, 1981, Colin Campbell murdered 17-year-old Claire Woolterton and dumped her body by the River Thames. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Claire Woolterton was sexually assaulted and had her throat cut Her partially naked body was left face down where it was found by a Windsor commuter at first light. At conservative gathering, Trump is still the favourite. [4], Woolterton was 17 years old and was described as a "normal, happy girl". It came at a time another Berkshire "cold case" was yielding similar results. Three years later, in December 1984, he murdered 29-year-old Deidre Sainsbury. Claire Woolterton's naked body was found by the River Thames in Windsor. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. ", After Campbell was convicted she said she felt "upset, angry and relieved he wasn't able to do the same to anyone else". Claire was preyed upon, sexually assaulted, murdered and mutilated for his own sexual gratification. She had been sexually assaulted and her throat was cut. Claire Woolterton Colin Campbell, 66, who is already serving a life sentence for the manslaughter of Deirdre Sainsbury, killed Claire Woolterton three years earlier, in August 1981. She had been sexually assaulted and her throat had been cut. "We're talking pre-DNA in terms of what was available to the senior investigating officer in 1981," he said. 0000049840 00000 n The 17-year-old girl had been so savagely attacked that it was impossible for doctors to determine whether she had been raped. TV Time - Killer in My Village S03E07 - Claire Woolterton (TVShow Time) Claire Woolterton murder: DNA caught Colin Campbell - BBC News 2023 BBC. He was given a life sentence and must serve a minimum of 24 years, concurrent to his current sentence. This is the story of the investigation into Claire Woolterton's brutal murder. Claire, who had left school at 16, was reported missing by her worried mother the next day. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. 0000008148 00000 n He said: "This feels as raw as it did 32 years ago. The Murder of Claire Woolterton | A Town & Country Murder DNA Doe Project: https://dnadoeproject.org/Missing People UK: https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/support-missing-people/donate MYSTERIES WITH MOLLIE PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB9RHAsI6DU\u0026list=PLtS4892aIov1i87ci7vby7Tnn5E5z9_i9 WANT TO REQUEST A CASE FOR ME TO COVER? 2023 BBC. GO TO THIS LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ivAmxiDGdDVzVziYSnXlRQqZmJEhrRJvD-ycKCdG1Aw/edit?ts=5d149c52CRIME TIME PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiICDWM9EF0S_FjE005VtCg**DISCLAIMER**I just want to clarify that it is NEVER my intent to offend or upset anyone that may have been involved with these cases. 0000007121 00000 n 0000018543 00000 n 'Cautious' Duke 'was careful not to attack members of the Royal family' says Royal watcher amid fears he 'He's completely beige drained of all his feisty ginger life-blood': JULIE BURCHILL'S verdict on Prince 'I felt different to the rest of my family - and my mum felt the same': Prince Harry opens up on his 'broken 'Hallucinogens have helped me to clean the windscreen of my troubled mind': Prince Harry extols the use of A 14-year-old autistic boy's naive prank. Prosecutor Peter Wright QC said that for 32 long years the identity of her killer was unknown until advances in medical science and scientific technology came along. 'Little did he know then the advances in medical science and scientific technology would eventually be his undoing. That evening she saw that a girls body had been found and realised it could be her daughter, the court heard. He argued he was not in control of his faculties and could not recall the events of August 1981. Video, Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims, Harry: I always felt different to rest of family, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, The children left behind in Cuba's exodus, AOC under investigation for Met Gala dress, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Violy dies aged 78, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61. How can parents appeal over school places? He was already in prison for the 1984 killing of Deirdre Sainsbury . Stayed tuned - Alex Murdaugh's sordid tale is just getting started, Alex Murdaugh's head is shaved as he is booked into South Carolina prison fortress for weeks of evaluation before being sent to a maximum security facility housing the 'worst of the worst', At least 10 dead as wild storms lash the U.S: Tornadoes and golf ball-sized hail topples trucks and leaves one million without power in Kentucky, Alabama and Arkansas - after dumping 17 feet of snow in California, 'You should resign in disgrace': AOC is mocked on Twitter for celebrating Amazon job cuts after behemoth announced it was halting construction of second HQ in Northern Virginia. Published: 20:59 GMT, 14 November 2013 | Updated: 20:59 GMT, 14 November 2013. . Travelling salesman Colin Campbell thought he had got away with the violent, frenetic murder and mutilation of a teenage girl in 1981. Had it not been for his arrest for that offence, Campbell may never have been brought to justice for Claire's murder. [5] When this DNA profile was uploaded onto the national DNA database, it was found that the DNA belonged to Colin Campbell. In fact, for me, some of the clearer thinking came from time away from the investigation room. %PDF-1.4 % Mr Boarland said he "always goes to where Linda was killed" when he visits the Roseland. Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? He was convicted of her murder in 1985. [4][1], "Colin Campbell is a dangerous individual who cut short the lives of two young women in their primes and has never accepted any responsibility for his actions."