Senior detective who failed to bring Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright to justice over Vicky Hall murder speaks for first time since the case

Retired detective superintendent Roy Lambert, 74, (left) led the investigation into the 1999 rape and murder of Vicky Hall, 17, but failed to snare Steve Wright, who later killed five women.


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