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19/05/2005
Re-enactment provides new leads in Abigail stabbing
Surrey police have said they have received some significant information regarding the stabbing of Abigail Witchalls.
A reconstruction of the attack, which happened in Little Bookham, Surrey, last month, appeared on BBC 1’s ‘Crimewatch’ show last night. The show reportedly received around 58 calls after it screened and police say that one possible witness has come forward as a result of the appeal.
One of the callers, a man who had been in the area on April 20 when the attack took place, may have witnessed Abigail’s attacker running from the scene. Detective Superintendent Adrian Harper, who is leading the investigation into the attack, said that the call from the man, from Hythe in Kent, was “important”.
Police also received a call from a woman in Crawley, Sussex, who claimed to have been frightened by a man driving a blue car, similar to the one Abigail told police she saw before her attacker struck, the day before the Little Bookham attack.
Police are also keen to trace two men who were seen at a bonfire before the attack and it was reported that they had also received a call regarding these men, who police believe could have witnessed the attack.
Police have received over 700 calls in the course of the investigation and said they are investigating “a number of significant lines of inquiry”.
One suspect is 23-year-old Richard Cazaly, who died in Scotland of an apparent overdose on April 30. He had left Little Bookham five days after the attack on Abigail, after leaving short suicide notes which appeared to hint that he might have carried out the attack.
Abigail was attacked and stabbed in the neck as she returned home from a mother and toddlers meeting with her 21-month-old son Joseph. She was left paralysed following the attack and is being treated at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. Yesterday, the hospital released a statement from Abigail which said that she was regaining sensation in most of her body and was now able to breathe and speak on her own for short periods of time.
(KMcA/SP)
A reconstruction of the attack, which happened in Little Bookham, Surrey, last month, appeared on BBC 1’s ‘Crimewatch’ show last night. The show reportedly received around 58 calls after it screened and police say that one possible witness has come forward as a result of the appeal.
One of the callers, a man who had been in the area on April 20 when the attack took place, may have witnessed Abigail’s attacker running from the scene. Detective Superintendent Adrian Harper, who is leading the investigation into the attack, said that the call from the man, from Hythe in Kent, was “important”.
Police also received a call from a woman in Crawley, Sussex, who claimed to have been frightened by a man driving a blue car, similar to the one Abigail told police she saw before her attacker struck, the day before the Little Bookham attack.
Police are also keen to trace two men who were seen at a bonfire before the attack and it was reported that they had also received a call regarding these men, who police believe could have witnessed the attack.
Police have received over 700 calls in the course of the investigation and said they are investigating “a number of significant lines of inquiry”.
One suspect is 23-year-old Richard Cazaly, who died in Scotland of an apparent overdose on April 30. He had left Little Bookham five days after the attack on Abigail, after leaving short suicide notes which appeared to hint that he might have carried out the attack.
Abigail was attacked and stabbed in the neck as she returned home from a mother and toddlers meeting with her 21-month-old son Joseph. She was left paralysed following the attack and is being treated at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. Yesterday, the hospital released a statement from Abigail which said that she was regaining sensation in most of her body and was now able to breathe and speak on her own for short periods of time.
(KMcA/SP)
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26 April 2005
Abigail’s attacker held knife to son’s throat
The man who stabbed young mother Abigail Witchalls in the neck first held a knife to the throat of her 21-month-old son Joseph, police said. Mrs Witchalls, who is still in St Georges Hospital in south London, following the attack in Little Bookham, Surrey, last Wednesday, gave her statement to the police yesterday.
Abigail’s attacker held knife to son’s throat
The man who stabbed young mother Abigail Witchalls in the neck first held a knife to the throat of her 21-month-old son Joseph, police said. Mrs Witchalls, who is still in St Georges Hospital in south London, following the attack in Little Bookham, Surrey, last Wednesday, gave her statement to the police yesterday.
27 April 2005
Hundreds of calls received in Abigail case
Police have confirmed that over 300 calls have been received with information regarding the stabbing of Abigail Witchalls last week, following a fresh appeal launched yesterday. Mrs Witchalls, 26, who remains in St Georges Hospital in south London following the attack, spent two days this week helping police build a description of her attacker.
Hundreds of calls received in Abigail case
Police have confirmed that over 300 calls have been received with information regarding the stabbing of Abigail Witchalls last week, following a fresh appeal launched yesterday. Mrs Witchalls, 26, who remains in St Georges Hospital in south London following the attack, spent two days this week helping police build a description of her attacker.
30 June 2005
Stabbing victim Abigail continues to recover
Stabbing victim Abigail Witchalls’ condition is continuing to improve, doctors have said. The 26-year-old, who was left paralysed after being stabbed in the neck in Little Bookham, Surrey, in April, is receiving treatment at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
Stabbing victim Abigail continues to recover
Stabbing victim Abigail Witchalls’ condition is continuing to improve, doctors have said. The 26-year-old, who was left paralysed after being stabbed in the neck in Little Bookham, Surrey, in April, is receiving treatment at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
20 June 2005
Abigail to be quizzed on attacker’s car
Abigail Witchalls is to be interviewed by police again in order to try and identify the car used by her attacker. Mrs Witchalls, 26, was left paralysed after she was attacked and stabbed in the neck in Little Bookham, Surrey, on April 20. In her initial description of the attacker, she described him as driving a blue car.
Abigail to be quizzed on attacker’s car
Abigail Witchalls is to be interviewed by police again in order to try and identify the car used by her attacker. Mrs Witchalls, 26, was left paralysed after she was attacked and stabbed in the neck in Little Bookham, Surrey, on April 20. In her initial description of the attacker, she described him as driving a blue car.
31 July 2006
Abigail Witchalls makes Lourdes pilgrimage
Abigail Witchalls, the young mother who was left paralysed after being stabbed in an attack last year, has made a pilgrimage to the famous shrine at Lourdes, it has been reported.
Abigail Witchalls makes Lourdes pilgrimage
Abigail Witchalls, the young mother who was left paralysed after being stabbed in an attack last year, has made a pilgrimage to the famous shrine at Lourdes, it has been reported.
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