Victoria Hall left home on the evening of 18 September 1999 to go for a night out with a friend at the Bandbox nightclub in Bent Hill, Felixstowe.
A 66-year-old man has appeared in court for the first time since being charged with the kidnap and murder of a teenage girl almost 25 years ago.
Steve Wright, formerly of London Road in Ipswich, appeared via video link before magistrates in Ipswich. He spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth before being remanded in custody by presiding magistrate Dawn Girling.Victoria Hall, 17, was last seen alive in the early hours of Sunday 19 September 1999, in High Road, Trimley St Mary.Miss Hall left home on the evening of 18 September 1999 to go for a night out with a friend at the Bandbox nightclub in Bent Hill, Felixstowe.
In September 2019, Suffolk Police revealed the case – known as Operation Avon - was being fully reinvestigated by a new team of detectives.
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