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Dec 29, 2020 · Margaret Bates, from Mottram in Tameside, has died, 24 years after her daughter Kelly-Anne Bates was murdered by James Smith, who tortured the teenager over several weeks. The mum of a teenager...
Mar 12, 2021 · Sky Sports’ Kelly Cates opened up about her ‘resentment’ over dating options after splitting from her husband. The daughter of football legend Sir Kenny Dalglish recently divorced her TV ...
It was a quiet morning at the Manchester police department on 16th April 1995, when a man appeared in the foyer. He asked to speak with a police officer before adding that he had a confession to make: He had just killed his girlfriend. Kelly Anne Bates was a teenage girl from Hattersley, Manchester.
- How Kelly Anne Bates Fell Into James Patterson Smith’s Trap
- The Gruesome Torture and Murder of Kelly Anne Bates
- James Patterson Smith Faces Justice
One day, Margaret Bates returned home to her house in Hattersley, England to find her 16-year-old daughter, Kelly Anne, standing in the kitchen. Unbeknownst to her mother, Kelly Anne had brought her boyfriend home for the first time. Next came the sound of footsteps on the stairs as the boyfriend, James Patterson Smith, walked into the room. Margar...
The true extent of the abuse only became clear on April 16, 1996, when Smith walked into the Gorton Police Station and said that he’d accidentally killed Kelly Anne Bates after their argument while she was in the bath caused her to drown (how exactly he framed this as an accident to police remains unclear). But when the authorities soon found Kelly...
The case went to trial, during which the prosecutors laid out the torture Bates had endured for the jury. “The physical pain would have been intense,” one prosecutor said, “causing anguish and torment to the point of mental breakdown and collapse.” At the trial, other women that Smith had abused came forwardto paint a picture of a misogynistic man ...
Apr 26, 2016 · After inquests concluded today that the 96 fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed, former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish says he's "overjoyed" for the families of the...
Jul 18, 2022 · Robert Needham, 42, used a legally-obtained shotgun to kill daughters, Ava, four, Lexi, two, wife Kelly Fitzgibbons, 40, and the family dog Billy before turning it on himself in March 2020.
Kelly Cates (née Dalglish; born 28 September 1975) is a Scottish presenter, currently working for Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 Live, and ESPN.
