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Engineer killed 'cab fall' woman Man jailed over 'cab fall' death
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An engineer has been found guilty of the kidnap and manslaughter of Wakefield woman Stephanie Hammill. An engineer has been jailed for 11 years for the manslaughter of travel agent Stephanie Hammill who died after falling from his moving car.
Ms Hammill fell or jumped from Ioannis Revenikiotis' car, which she had mistaken for a taxi in November 2003. Ioannis Revenikiotis, 28, of School Crescent, Dewsbury, was sentenced after being found guilty of kidnap and manslaughter at Sheffield Crown Court.
Revenikiotis, 28, of School Crescent, Dewsbury, had denied kidnap and manslaughter but jurors at Sheffield Crown Court found him guilty. Miss Hammill, 20, mistook his Mercedes for a taxi on a night out in Wakefield with her boyfriend in November 2003.
Revenikiotis sped off in his Mercedes car when Ms Hammill got in, leaving her boyfriend stranded in Wakefield. She jumped or fell from the car fearing she would be sexually assaulted.
As the guilty verdict was announced in court, Revenikiotis, originally from Greece, showed no emotion, but Miss Hammill's relatives shouted "Yes" and punched the air in the public gallery.
Car sped off
The jury foreman said the guilty verdict on the manslaughter charge was on a 10 to two majority.
The judge, Mr Justice Wilkie, said Revenikiotis must serve at least two-thirds of his 11-year sentence.
After being sentenced, Revenikiotis bowed to the judge and said: "Thank you very much."
Miss Hammill had been trying to flag down taxis with her boyfriend James Garland in the early hours of 29 November 2003 when the Mercedes pulled up.
The car sped off with Miss Hammill's leg still sticking out of the open rear door, leaving Mr Garland alone on the pavement.
Terrified that she was going to be sexually assaulted, Miss Hammill somehow got out of the moving Mercedes as it was leaving the city and was then hit by a taxi coming in the other direction.