Judge slams police for blunders that could have cost the lives of serial killer’s victims

Serial killer Steve Wright was a ‘predator stalking his prey’ when he kidnapped and murdered a 17-year-old schoolgirl seven years before he murdered five women in Ipswich, a court heard. The naked bodies of Tania Nicol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls were found around in the city over a 10-day period in December 2006. The ‘Suffolk Strangler’ was caught when his DNA, on file from a previous theft conviction, was matched to samples taken from the…