Stephanie Slater

Stephanie Slater, the Birmingham estate agent who was kidnapped by Michael Sams in 1992, is the focus of a new Channel 5 documentary. The first episode of ...

The first episode of the programme - titled The Girl in the Box: The Kidnapping of Stephanie Slater - airs tonight (February 28) at 9pm. She said that she had not revealed this information earlier in order to spare her mother - who had a heart condition - further strain. The second episode in the two-part series, meanwhile, will be broadcast on Wednesday, March 1, also at 9pm. Sams eluded a large police operation in order to successfully collect the money. She was eventually released by Sams after a £175,000 ransom was paid; while £150,000 of the money was later recovered, it is unknown to this day what happened to the remaining £25,000. But who was his kidnap victim Stephanie Slater - and what happened to her?

DS Tim Grogan told The Mirror Sams was 'cool and calm' upon his arrest for the kidnap of Stephanie Slater after he held her hostage in a locked wheelie bin ...

He is now 80 years old, making him one of the UK's oldest prisoners, and is said to be applying for parole next month. The plan was to intercept the handover and arrest Sams, but poor weather conditions meant they lost him. Sams himself also wrote a threatening letter to West Midlands Police demanding £140,000 for the safe return of the teenager. After she got into his car, Sams drove the terrified teenager 70 miles to his workshop in Nottinghamshire. He raped her and held her hostage at his workshop in Newark, Nottinghamshire and kept her in a locked wheelie bin. He is now 80 years old, one of the UK's oldest prisoners, and is said to be applying for parole next month

A new and – at the time – untried psychological technique helped kidnap victim recall damning details that help convict rapist, kidnapper and murderer ...

Nevertheless he was convicted in July 1993 and confessed to the murder from behind bars within three days after the guilty verdict. £25,000 of the ransom was never found. [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21533480/stephanie-slater-hostage-murderer-police/) how she used a new and then untried psychological technique to help Stephanie recall crucial details that helped lead to the monster’s conviction. The Girl In The Box: The Kidnapping Of Stephanie Slater is on tonight and tomorrow at 9pm on Channel 5. [Mum passed out drunk and suffocated baby before sister, 6, tried to revive tot](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/mum-passed-out-drunk-suffocated-27494115) [Twisted pair of killers cut up 'friend' and stuffed dismembered corpse into suitcase](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/twisted-pair-killers-cut-up-27493691) [World's 'most inhumane' jail where 'prisoners eat bodies of dead lags to survive'](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-most-inhumane-jail-prisoners-27483748) [Serial killer survivors who defied brutal attacks – including man who sent Dahmer down](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/serial-killer-survivors-who-defied-28147923) [Inside prison plot to murder Netflix killer Jeffrey Dahmer after cannibal 'crossed line'](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/inside-prison-plot-murder-netflix-28141856) Stephanie Slater, who felt unable to return to her own job and instead devoted her life to helping other victims of crime, died of cancer any the age of just 50. With Ellie’s help, Stephanie remembered how Sams’ radio was always tuned to Radio 2, the amount of time between the sound of passing trains, and other incidental sounds of the killer’s lair such as the sound of a microwave pinging and the ringing of an old-fashioned phone. [West Midlands police](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/police) Detective Chief Superintendent Ellie Baker has revealed how she “hypnotised” the traumatised young woman and extracted information that helped lead to the killer’s capture. [here ](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/). After Sams was named as a suspect thanks to information from his ex-wife, Stephanie bravely identified the killer. [murdered](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/murder) his previous kidnap victim Julie Dart – raped Stephanie and only released her on payment of £175,000. [held captive](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/missing-person) by kidnapper Michael Sams for eight days.

Kidnapper, extortionist and murderer Michael Sams imprisoned victims Julie Dart and Stephanie Slater inside tiny coffin-like cells while he demanded their ...

He rang her office and threatened receptionist Sylvia Baker, not knowing that the police had left their tape recorder in place. Down below, hiding in the pitch dark, Sams tugged a rope and the money fell at his feet. Police grabbed Sams the next day. Sams' former wife, Susan Oake did not watch the show live, but had recorded it while she was out. Although Watts had been shadowed by scores of undercover police, Sams had got away with the money. When the call came the next day, Kevin Watts was ordered by Sams to drive to Glossop near Manchester. Sams was true to his word. It was her first appointment of the day. As instructed he placed the cash on the tray. Julie managed to fight her way out but didn't realise that the box was rigged with an alarm, alerting Sams to her escape. The ransom demand was soon received, this time it was for £175,000. Told that he had, Sams snapped: "You will get a call at three o'clock tomorrow," and promptly hung up.

The estate agent was handcuffed naked to a mattress and raped by wooden-legged killer Michael Sams, now 81. Her case became one of the UK's most notorious and ...

She later moved to the Isle of Wight, where she had holidayed as a girl, and opened a gift shop. He was arrested at his workshop and jailed for life in July 1993 for the kidnap of Stephanie and the kidnap and murder of Julie. While he admitted to the kidnap at his trial, Sams denied Julie’s murder, but was found guilty by a jury at Nottingham Crown Court. The combination of the car, the voice and the artist's drawing were enough to bring him to justice. While she was raped during the horror ordeal, Sams decided to spare her life when Stephanie told him she was adopted. She went to meet the prospective buyer at a