Michael Sams

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Michael Sams (born August 11, 1941) is an English rapist, kidnapper and extortionist and murderer who kidnapped Julie Dart on July 9, 1991 and Stephanie Slater on January 22, 1992. ^[1]

In 1992, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Ms Dart and the abduction of Ms Slater. He is currently being held at Full Sutton Prison near York. His minimum term has never been made public, though he is still behind bars 16 years after his arrest.

Sams has continued to offend since he was first imprisoned, attacking a female probation officer with a metal spike. He received an addition of eight years to his term for this act. ^[2]

In addition he has won £4,000 (approx. $USD 7,867) damages when the prison service lost his artificial leg when moving him from one prison to another. He is one of several convicted kidnappers and murderers whose name has been mentioned in connection with the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh, who vanished from London in July 1986 and is believed to have been murdered.

He also attempted to sue Slater for libel claiming that he never raped her. He has also brought a civil case because he thinks that his prison bed is too hard. ^[3]

Sams made the news again in April 2007 when, in a letter to Inside Time, he claimed that "OAPs in prison are far better off than those in the community." ^[4]^[5]

Sams was a competitive middle distance runner before contracting the disease that caused him to lose his leg.

Several years before killing Julie Dart and abducting Stephanie Slater, Sams had been found guilty of car theft.