Notorious kidnapper and murderer Michael Sams has been denied release from prison after he arrogantly refused to appear for a conditional board panel.
In 1993, one-legged Sams received several lifelong sentences for killing Leeds-Teen Julie Dart, 18, and Kidnapping Stephanie Slater, 25, which he remained in a 'box' for eight days.
Sams, now 83, had completed his at least 25 -year prison sentence six years ago and had told fellow prisoners that he was convinced that he would be free soon.
But his refusal to personally attend the hearing of these months, apparently cost him his freedom.
Sams was told that he would remain in prison for the protection of the public after he had rejected advice to get legal representation and to provide personal evidence to a triple board.
Instead, he only tried to rely on a report from his probation officer and testimony from prison officers and a psychologist employed by the prison service.
It is very unusual that a controversial conditional release is decided on the documentation and the decision not to release Sam's – or to move him to an open prison in category D – is important.
The decision emphasizes the fact that Sams is still considered a danger to society.
Killer Michael Sams received several lifelong sentences in 1993 for the murder of Leeds -Teen Julie Dart, 18, and Kidnapping Stephanie Slater, 25, which he held for eight days in a 'box'
Sams kidnapped and killed Julie Dart (photo) in Leeds on July 9, 1991, after she lureed her in his car in the Red-Light District of the City,
Real estate agent Stephanie Slater was kidnapped at Knifepoint while Sams posed like a house buyer in Birmingham and then raped
Sams became internationally notorious for his crimes in the early nineties.
The murder of Julie Dart in 1991 and the hunt for Stephanie in 1992 the nation cooled and Sams became the most wanted man of Great Britain.
He was only caught after his ex-wife heard his voice and recognized on the BBC1 Crimewatch program.
The former elevator engineer kidnapped Julie, in Leeds in 1991.
He took her to his workshop in Newark, Nottts, where he kept her in an improvised coffin.
She broke out of the box but was stuck in the workshop and Sams Bludgeon her death.
In January 1992 he attracted real estate agent Stephanie to a dilapidated semi-detached house.
Stephanie was released after a ransom of £ 175,000 was paid by her employer.
Sams was caught the following month when his third wife recognized his voice from a clip playing on Crimea.
Sams was sentenced and sentenced to life imprisonment in July 1993
Stephanie was released after a ransom of £ 175,000 was paid by her employer.
Stephanie died of cancer at the age of 50 in 2017.
And the Sams's case was back in the audience last month when the detective who finally ended up, Bob Taylor, died of cancer at the end of December.
This month's hearing is the last failed bid of Sams to be released.
In 2023, then 81, from Sutton-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, attended a complete hearing, but did not personal evidence.
A release plan was not considered robust enough.
His most recent hearing should have continued in June 2024, but Sams refused to cooperate. The 'Paper Review' was published by the Parole Board on November 14, 2024.
It wrote: 'Mr. Sams made it clear that he would not attend a hearing and preferred his review that would only be completed on the basis of documentation. He was not legally represented. '
It added: 'This was the fifth assessment of Mr Sams by the Parole Board after the end of the first minimum period (determined by the court after twenty -five years) that had expired in February 2017.
“The regular assessments of the Parole Board have led Mr. Sams to have spent more than an extra seven years in prison for the protection of the public.”
A spokesperson for the Parole Board said: 'We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board refused the release of Michael Sams after a paper assessment. The panel also refused to recommend a movement to open the prison. '
