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Kill Total: |
1 |
Kill place: |
Worcester |
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Kill date: |
1st
December 1996 |
Victim(s): |
Lee
Harvey |
|
Date of Birth: |
1969 |
Marital Status: |
Single |
|
AKA: |
n/a |
Occupation: |
Model |
Tracie Andrews, a former
model and barmaid, attacked Lee Harvey in his car after
they had stopped following an argument on the way to their
flat in Worcester. Andrews stabbed Harvey over 40
times.
3rd December 1996
Andrews appeared at a Press conference saying Harvey had
been the victim of a road rage attack from a man with
"staring eyes". She then took a drug overdose the
following day but survived.
A West Midlands Police inquiry failed to find witnesses to
the incident, and Andrews was arrested on the morning of
Saturday 7th December, in Hospital.
She was released on bail
after being charged. She continued to maintain her
road-rage defence.
29th July 1997
Andrews was found guilty by a jury at Birmingham Crown
Court, for the murder of Lee Harvey.
She was sentenced to life
imprisonment and a 14-year minimum term was recommended,
which if served, will leave her behind bars until at least
2011 and at the age of 42.
A subsequent appeal lodged by Andrews, alleging that she
was the victim of a miscarriage of justice because of
damaging publicity surrounding her case, this was thrown
out at a hearing in October 1998.
April 1999 Andrews
admitted that she had carried out the crime.
2006 it was reported
in the national press that Andrews was hoping to be
released from jail within months and planned to marry, but
Home Office sources denied that she was due to be released
imminently.
She was moved from Foston
Hall jail in Derbyshire to Send prison near Woking,
Surrey.
