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Name: |
David John Evans |
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AKA: |
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D.O.B: |
1957 |
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Kill
Total: |
1 |
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Kill
date: |
November 1988 |
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Kill
Place: |
Penley Clwyd, North Wales |
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Status: |
Married |
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Occupation: |
Unemployed |
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Victim: |
Anna
Humphries |
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D.O.B: |
1973 |
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Court: |
Chester Crown
Court |
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Case No: |
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Judge: |
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Prosecution: |
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Defence: |
Maurice Kay
QC |
External References
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FACTFILE
July 1978, Evans jailed
for five years a string of sexual attacks.
November 1980, After
being released on parole,
he violently raped a 15-year-old
girl.
January 1981, He was
sentenced to ten years in prison, for the rape of the
15-year-old, the judge commenting that he was lucky to
escape a life sentence.
May 1988, Released early
on parole, then six months later:-
November 1988, Whilst
struggling with 15-year-old Anna Humphries, after abducting
her in Penley Clwyd, North Wales, in his car, the car
windscreen got smashed.
With her body still in the boot,
he went to a garage to get a new windscreen fitted.
He then drove 40 miles and
dumped her body in the river Severn at Hampton Wade. Due to
the increasing publicity in her disappearance, Evans then
went on the run to to France. His mother, knowing of
her son's previous violent behaviour and concerned that his
disappearance was linked to the disappearance of Anna,
informed the police, who publicised his face widely. A lorry
driver in France recognised him several days later.
As well as a confession, there were several forensic tests
done to prove his guilt. Blood found in his car had the same
grouping as Anna's; fibres and a button from her clothes
were also found in the car. There were fragments of glass
both in the car and on the clothes of Evans, which showed
that the windscreen was smashed from the inside whilst he
was in it.
Evans was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a
recommendation that he serve at least 30 years.
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