Michael Sams abducted two women and took them to his workshop
A woman who was kidnapped and taken to Nottinghamshire believes reading one book helped her survive her ordeal. Stephanie Slater was abducted by killer Michael Sams.
She said the book “was just lying around the office”. BBC podcast producer Andy Whittaker assumed Dr Miriam already knew this, but decided to check anyway. "I don’t expect my words to have that kind of effect – I hope they’re helpful of course – but to the extent where it might have saved somebody’s life, no, I just couldn’t believe that. It just goes to show the power of the written word. She must have been a very brave, clear thinker and an exceptional person to put it into practice. To have the presence of mind and courage to act on it was extraordinary. I still can’t quite believe it.
Sams, who lost a leg to cancer while in prison for stealing a car in the 1970s, snatched Julie, 18, from Leeds’ red light district in July 1991. He drove her to his lair in Newark, stripped her, tied her to a chair and forced her to write a letter to her fiancé asking for money to be paid for her release. When she tried to escape, he murdered her with a hammer and dumped her body in a field.
Sams held a knife to Stephanie’s throat, then bundled her into a car and drove her to the same lair where he had kept Julie. After forcing Stephanie to strip, she was pushed inside a wheelie bin with a lockable lid. He then sent a ransom demand for £175,000.
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