“For us, it is with regret that capital punishment is not a possible option. The best we can hope for him is that he spends the rest of his life incarcerated where his life is a living hell, being the recipient of all the evils, deprivations and degradations that his situation can provide.”- Parents of Joanna Yeates [Friday 28 October 2011]
Unit 1012 will remember
25-year-old Joanna Yeates who was murdered on this date, 17 December 2010 in
Bristol, England.
Joanna
Yeates
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Born
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Joanna
Clare Yeates
19 April 1985 Hampshire, England |
Died
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Cause of death
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Body discovered
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Resting place
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Ampfield,
Hampshire, England
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Occupation
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Known for
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Murder victim
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Height
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5 ft
4 in (163 cm)
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Joanna Clare
Yeates (19 April 1985 – 17 December 2010) was a landscape architect from Hampshire,
England, who went missing on 17 December 2010 in Bristol after an
evening out with colleagues. Following a highly publicised appeal for
information on her whereabouts and intensive police enquiries, her body was
discovered on 25 December 2010 in Failand, North
Somerset. A post-mortem
examination determined that she had been strangled.
The murder
inquiry, codenamed Operation Braid, was one of the largest police investigations
ever undertaken in the Bristol area. The case dominated news coverage in the
United Kingdom around the Christmas period as Yeates' family sought assistance
from the public through social networking services and press
conferences. Rewards amounting to £60,000 were offered for information leading
to those responsible for Yeates' death. The police initially suspected and
arrested Christopher Jefferies, Yeates' landlord, who lived in a flat in the
same building. He was subsequently released without charge.
Vincent
Tabak, a 32-year-old Dutch engineer and neighbour of Yeates, was arrested
on 20 January 2011. Media attention at the time centred on the filming of a
re-enactment of her disappearance for the BBC's programme, Crimewatch.
After two days of questioning, Tabak was charged on 22 January 2011 with
Yeates' murder. On 5 May 2011, he pleaded guilty to Yeates' manslaughter,
but denied murdering her. His trial started on 4 October 2011; he was found
guilty of murder on 28 October 2011, and sentenced to life imprisonment with a
minimum term of 20 years.
The nature of
press reporting on aspects of the case led to legal proceedings against several
UK newspapers. Libel action was brought by Jefferies against eight
publications over their coverage of his arrest, resulting in the payment to him
of substantial damages. The Daily
Mirror and The Sun were found guilty of contempt of court for reporting information that
could prejudice a trial.
A memorial
service was held for Yeates at the parish church in the Bristol suburb where
she lived; her funeral took place near the family home in Hampshire. Several
memorials were planned, including one in a garden she had been designing for a
new hospital in Bristol.
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SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Joanna_Yeates
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