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| Serial killer drops appeal case | Serial killer drops appeal case |
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| Serial killer Steve Wright has dropped his bid to appeal against his convictions for the murders of five women in Suffolk. | Serial killer Steve Wright has dropped his bid to appeal against his convictions for the murders of five women in Suffolk. |
| Wright, 49, was jailed for life at Ipswich Crown Court last February. | Wright, 49, was jailed for life at Ipswich Crown Court last February. |
| It is reported that his family says a planned hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice will on on 24 February will not now take place. | It is reported that his family says a planned hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice will on on 24 February will not now take place. |
| They are hoping that the Criminal Cases Review Commission will now take up the case. | They are hoping that the Criminal Cases Review Commission will now take up the case. |
| The bodies of Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls were found over a 10-day period near Ipswich in 2006. | |
| Wright was sentenced after a six-week trial where jurors unanimously found him guilty of all five murders. | |
| He was given a whole life sentence and told he would spend the rest of his life in prison. |