Steve Sansom, the man charged with the savage murder of Sarah Mayhew earlier this year, had been jailed previously for killing a New Addington mini-cab driver in 1998.

Murderer: Steve Sansom, as sketched by the court artist on a previous appearance
Reporting restrictions on Sansom’s previous murder conviction were lifted today after the 45-year-old, giving an address in Sutton, appeared by videolink at the Old Bailey and admitted murdering a woman whose body parts were found in Croydon and nearby areas.
Sarah Mayhew, 38, was last seen alive in Sutton on the evening of March 8.
The court had been told previously that Mayhew was murdered, then her body was “cut up into a number of parts with the use of power tools” and dumped in Rowdown Fields, near where some of her family live in New Addington. Continue reading



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