What could a review into the Victoria Hall case include?

Earlier this year, Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright admitted the kidnap and killing of 17-year-old Victoria Hall in 1999, finally bringing her murder investigation to a close. It also emerged that the night before, Wright had attempted to kidnap 22-year-old Emily Doherty, who said police at the time failed to take her seriously. In 2000, Adrian Bradshaw, 26, was charged. He always denied it, and he was found not guilty at Norwich Crown Court the following year. Wright went on to murder five women who were sex workers in Ipswich in 2006 and was already serving a whole-life jail sentence when he was charged with killing Victoria. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has now told Suffolk Police it should investigate its handling of that initial inquiry between 1999 and 2001. But what could the force be looking at, and what happened during the original investigation? The IOPC said it had received a referral from the police force last month of complaints related to its investigation. They related to the inquiry, disclosure of evidence during criminal proceedings, and comments made by the force following Bradshaw's acquittal. "We decided that an investigation into the compl

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