200:, West Sussex, some 15 miles (24 km) from Kingston Gorse where Payne had disappeared. The next day, Sussex Police confirmed that the body had been identified as that of Sarah Payne. Police first visited Whiting's flat on the afternoon of 2 July 2000, but he was not there. The police returned that evening and questioned Whiting for over an hour before leaving. The officers left Whiting's flat but were suspicious of his apparent lack of concern for Sarah, which differed from the attitude of at least one other known sex offender who had already been questioned. When Whiting re-appeared soon afterwards and attempted to drive away in his van, he was stopped by the police. He spent two days in custody but the police had no concrete evidence to press any charges, although they had found a receipt for fuel at Buck Barn garage near
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known for some time that he was likely to be stripped of his powers to decide on minimum terms for life sentence prisoners, that the government was under fire from the
British public due to a firefighters strike, and that this would be an opportunity of setting a 50-year tariff for Whiting. The move that would prove popular with voters due to the high profile of the crime and the fact that it was still relatively fresh in the public imagination. Shortly before the decision was announced,
172:, England. Payne had been playing with her two brothers (aged 13 and 11 at the time) and younger sister (aged 5) when she disappeared. A police search of the local area commenced, and quickly transformed into a nationwide search and national news story, with members of the Payne family (mostly her parents Michael and Sara) making numerous television and newspaper appeals for her safe return.
688:. A police spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: “At 5:14pm on Sunday 11 February 2024, police received a call from a member of staff at HMP Wakefield reporting a male prisoner had been stabbed. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life changing. Enquiries are going on with Wakefield CID.”
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established there was a one-in-a-billion chance of it belonging to anyone other than Payne. The jury also heard the testimony of two motorists who recalled a white van being parked at the roadside and pulling off a track on the evening of 1 July 2000, near the site where Payne's body was later found.
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Police officers and numerous volunteers scoured the area around
Littlehampton for clues to Sarah's disappearance, and her family made daily appeals on national television news for help in finding her. On 10 July, police announced that they had received information regarding the sighting of a girl who
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had been so helpful in championing Sarah's Law. She even wrote an editorial in the newspaper's final edition. Investigators initially thought she was not hacked because her name did not come up in records. However, personal details relating to her were found that were attributed to another suspected
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for a reduction of his 50-year minimum sentence. On 9 June 2010, Whiting's appeal resulted in a High Court Judge reducing his 50-year jail term by 10 years. Whiting's lawyers argued that the 50-year tariff, was politically motivated. The decision was also made at a time when the government was under
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Whiting was convicted, his previous convictions were revealed, which had been withheld from the jury and media. Police feared that any knowledge of his previous conviction could jeopardize the trial. In the event of being convicted, Whiting could argue that he had been tried on the evidence of
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On the evening of 2 July 2000, officers from Sussex Police first visited Roy
Whiting at his seafront flat in Littlehampton as part of their inquiries into Sarah Payne's disappearance. A number of other suspects, particularly convicted sex offenders, were also questioned and at least one other person
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Her disappearance and the subsequent investigation into her murder became a prominent case in the United
Kingdom, as did the campaign for changes to child protection legislation that resulted from the murder. The murder investigation was also notable for the use of forensic evidence, which played a
760:. Sara Payne described the offer as a "sick joke" and "derisory", even though it was the maximum CICA could offer by law. Media sources were also keen to criticise the payout and compare it to much higher payouts made in criminal and civil law for relatively minor injuries and work related stress.
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Whiting's trial began on 14 November 2001, at Lewes Crown Court. The jury heard from several witnesses. The key witnesses included Sarah Payne's oldest brother who had seen a 'scruffy-looking man with yellowish teeth' driving through
Kingston Gorse on the evening that Sarah Payne went missing. Lee
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ordered that Roy
Whiting must serve a minimum of 50 years in prison. This made him ineligible for parole until 2051, when he would be at least 92 before parole could be considered. This was in effect an agreement with the trial judge's recommendation of a whole life tariff. Within 48 hours of the
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for his sentence to be reduced. Whiting's appeal against the ruling was heard on 9 June 2010 at the High Court, which now has the final say on when or if a life sentence prisoner can be considered for parole. Whiting's lawyers argued that
Blunkett's decision was politically motivated, as he had
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had died; she had been the life sentence prisoner whose minimum sentence had been gradually increased from 25 years to a whole life tariff by a succession of Home
Secretaries, causing Hindley and her supporters to claim that her sentence was being increased in a similar fashion as Whiting's.
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announced that, after proving successful, the Child Sex
Offender Disclosure Scheme would be extended to cover the whole of England and Wales by spring 2011. This law allows parents to ask the police if somebody with regular access to their children has a record of sexual offences.
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on the morning after her disappearance. Three days later, Michael and Sara Payne were warned by police to "prepare for the worst", explaining that the emphasis of their inquiries had shifted and that there was a possibility that their daughter might not be found safe and well.
281:. One of Payne's shoes was found by a member of the public in a country lane and forensic tests had found fibres from Whiting's van on the shoe. This was the only item of Payne's clothing to be recovered. A strand of blonde hair on a T-shirt was found in Whiting's van. A
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charged with abduction and murder. Whiting pleaded not guilty to both charges and was remanded in custody while still serving his sentence for the motoring offences, but the new charges against him prevented his release from prison during the summer of that year.
382:. Whiting is now serving a 40-year minimum term, which will keep him in prison until at least 2041, when he will be 82. Payne's mother, Sara, was present and said she was "disappointed" by the decision and said that "life should mean life".
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In July 2011, Whiting was again attacked in prison, and was stabbed in the eye. No charge was pressed by Whiting and consequently a police investigation into the assault was not undertaken. Whiting's injuries were not life-threatening.
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on 26 January 1959 and grew up in Crawley, where he lived for most of his life until he was convicted of the murder. He was one of six children born to George and Pamela Whiting, but three of his siblings died in infancy. He grew up in
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A third attack on Whiting took place on 8 November 2018, when he was stabbed by two other prisoners in his cell at HMP Wakefield. He was taken to hospital for treatment but was returned to prison shortly after in a stable condition.
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commented that such a system would be "unworkable," running the risk of driving paedophiles "underground", making it more difficult for the police to monitor and locate them, and putting them in danger of vigilante attacks.
669:. In June 2004, convicted murderer Rickie Tregaskis was found guilty of carrying out the slashing that left Whiting with a six-inch scar on his right cheek. Tregaskis, serving life for the murder of a disabled man in
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This case is also notable for the extensive use of forensic science in establishing the prosecution case against Whiting. Twenty forensic experts from a variety of fields were employed during the inquiry, including
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an earlier crime, paving the way for an appeal and possible freedom. The fact that Whiting had now been exposed as a repeat offender sparked renewed calls for the government to allow controlled public access to the
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A modified scheme, whereby parents can enquire about a named individual who has regular access to their children, was introduced in four pilot areas of England and Wales in September 2008. In August 2010 the
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On 20 July, three days after Payne's body was found, a shoe was recovered from a roadside in the village of Coolham, three miles from Pulborough, and identified as one of those belonging to Sarah Payne.
558:. In June 1986, he married Linda Booker. They separated before their son was born the following year and divorced in 1990. Whiting also fathered a daughter with another unnamed woman around 1990.
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in the United States following a similar case several years earlier. Her parents backed the campaign as they were sure that their daughter's killer was a previously convicted
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Whiting was released from prison in November 1997, having served 2 years and 5 months of his 4-year sentence, and was one of the first people in Britain to go on the
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in Crawley and was pursued by police at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (113 km/h) before crashing into a parked vehicle. Whiting was arrested on a charge of
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newspaper, and began in July 2000 in response to Payne's murder. This became the campaign for what is known as Sarah's Law, named after
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victim. Sara's phone that was hacked was given to her by the News of the World's Rebekah Brooks, editor at the time of Sarah's murder.
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had imposed a 50-year minimum sentence on Whiting, which meant that he would not be released from prison until 2051 at the age of 92.
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was convicted of abduction and murder in December 2001 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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fire from the public and media over a firefighters' strike.
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2000 abduction and murder of a child in West Sussex, England
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2204:"News of the World targeted phone of Sarah Payne's mother"
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and environmental profiling, oil and lubricant analysis,
701:"Sarah's Law" redirects here. For the US proposal, see
1335:"Crimes That Shook Britain: The murder of Sarah Payne"
305:, although on the day after Whiting's conviction, the
1995:"Inmate Gary Vinter sentenced for Roy Whiting attack"
1965:"Inmate Gary Vinter sentenced for Roy Whiting attack"
1872:"Sarah Payne killer Roy Whiting's jail term reduced"
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2113:"Sarah's mother attacks 'sick' offer"
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1178:"I was nowhere near Sarah - Whiting"
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905:"Sarah: body is found 12 miles away"
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2143:"Campaigner Sara Payne becomes MBE"
1935:"Man guilty of Sarah killer attack"
1905:"Man guilty of Sarah killer attack"
1806:"How Roy Whiting was freed to kill"
1804:Payne, Stewart (13 December 2001).
1651:from the original on 25 August 2007
1548:Acford, Louise (26 November 2007).
1148:"Timeline: The Sarah Payne tragedy"
950:. England: Hodder & Stoughton.
870:Payne, Stewart (21 November 2001).
830:List of solved missing person cases
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1304:"Sarah accused gave funfair alibi"
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1272:Gould, Peter (12 December 2001).
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1018:"Sarah murder suspect rearrested"
238:On 23 July 2000, Whiting stole a
1741:"Hidden history of sex assaults"
1670:Townsend, Mark (12 March 2006).
1560:from the original on 4 July 2019
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1489:"Whiting guilty of Sarah murder"
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1274:"Snatched on a summer's evening"
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1459:"Hair clue 'one in a billion'"
1211:"A loner with a deadly secret"
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982:"Sarah Payne: the timetable"
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766:Sara Payne: A Mother's Story
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775:Hodder & Stoughton
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2360:Murder in West Sussex
2330:Female murder victims
2280:Sarah's law explained
733:sex offender registry
346:On 24 November 2002,
2300:2000s in West Sussex
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2149:. 31 December 2008.
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1647:. 25 November 2002.
1617:. 24 November 2002.
1525:. 13 December 2001.
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1465:. 28 November 2001.
1405:. 14 November 2001.
1249:. 22 November 2001.
1219:. 12 December 2001.
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2037:on 12 November 2018
1845:The Daily Telegraph
1811:The Daily Telegraph
1585:Southern Daily Echo
1373:. 6 February 2001.
1184:. 4 December 2001.
1118:The Daily Telegraph
1024:. 6 February 2001.
910:The Daily Telegraph
877:The Daily Telegraph
825:List of kidnappings
465:HM Prison Wakefield
413:Roy William Whiting
130:(13 October 1991 –
94:Cause of death
1753:on 5 February 2018
726:child sex offender
579:sexually assaulted
182:Knutsford Services
77: 1 July 2000
2063:. 1 August 2010.
961:978-0-340-86275-9
797:News of the World
763:In 2004 the book
717:News of the World
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598:life imprisonment
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270:Lewes Crown Court
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