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Kelly Anne Bates (18 May 1978 – 16 April 1996) was an English teenager who was murdered in Manchester, England at the age of 17 by her abuser, James Patterson Smith (born c. 1948).
Feb 4, 2020 · A killer who tried to blame the death of a mother-of-three on a mystery man has been found guilty of her murder. Brendan Rowan-Davies tortured Kelly-Anne Case before cutting her throat and...
James Patterson Smith was found guilty of the murder of Kelly-Anne Bates. He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 25 years. In handing down the sentence, Judge Mr. Justice Sachs said: ‘You have been convicted in short order and rightly so by the just of murdering this young woman.
In a case police described as the worst example of abuse they had ever seen, April 1996 saw the horrific torture and murder of 17-year-old Kelly-Anne Bates at the hand of her boyfriend of three years, 49-year-old James Patterson Smith.
Feb 15, 2018 · On 16 April, 1996, 17-year-old Kelly Anne Bates was drowned in a bath tub, after suffering four weeks of constant torture at the hands of her 48-year-old “partner,” James Patterson Smith, who had started grooming the Manchester schoolgirl when she was just 14-years-old.
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Mar 30, 2020 · The Murder. On the 16 th April 1996, Dave arrived at his local Police Station and calmly told authorities that he had accidentally killed Kelly in the bath following an argument. He claimed that despite his best efforts, he was unable to resuscitate her.
Kelly Cates (née Dalglish; born 28 September 1975) is a Scottish presenter, currently working for Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 Live, and ESPN.
