Thames Valley Police is appealing for information today (9/5), thirty years on from the murder of Sabrina Brett in Milton Keynes.
Sabrina was just 17-years-old when she was tragically murdered. Her body was found in the Grand Union Canal at Three Locks, Stoke Hammond, by a member of the public on 11 May 1995.
Here the Head of Thames Valley Police’s Major Crime Investigation Review Team, Principal Investigator Peter Beirne, talks about the cold case.
Sabrina was just 17-years-old when she was tragically murdered. Her body was found in the Grand Union Canal at Three Locks, Stoke Hammond, by a member of the public on 11 May 1995.
Here the Head of Thames Valley Police’s Major Crime Investigation Review Team, Principal Investigator Peter Beirne, talks about the cold case.
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00:00This week marks the 30th anniversary of the murder of 17-year-old Sabrina Brett.
00:04Sabrina was just over 17 when she died, 17 years and four months.
00:11Sabrina was a fun, cheeky girl.
00:17She was very kind, always putting others before herself.
00:21But again, she was like any other teenager, just still trying to figure out who she was.
00:27She was always hands-on with the kids.
00:29She had their younger siblings that were practically babies and she spent a lot of time looking after them and caring for them.
00:38Her body was found on the 11th of May 1995 in the Grand Union Canal at Three Locks, which is just south of Bletchley.
00:48We know from her movements that she was last seen alive on the 7th of May, just after midnight in Northampton.
00:56On CCTV that captured her there, she's seen wearing a jacket and that jacket was subsequently found in the address that she was staying at in Stamford Avenue in Springfield's Milton Keynes.
01:09So we know she must have returned to that address and it's possible that she met her death at that address.
01:15My mum and dad were out and they'd heard on the radio that a body had been found in the Grand Union Canal.
01:23Because we hadn't spoken to my sister for a few days, I think it kind of struck a chord with them.
01:29I remember my mum and dad come rushing into the house and my dad making the telephone call to the number that was given on the radio and then giving a description of Sabrina.
01:38And that was kind of what led to my dad and my sister travelling to identify the body.
01:46Following the discovery of a body, a subject of a post-mortem, that revealed that she died from manual strangulation.
01:53Although the apologist did say that she may have been alive when she was put in the canal.
02:00Her body was found on the 11th of May, but it was believed that she had been there a matter of days beforehand.
02:06So we were interested in events of, you know, around the 7th of May.
02:11It affected our family in a huge way.
02:13I mean, you know, we recently lost my mum.
02:18And one of the things my mum never saw was justice for my sister.
02:23You know, my mum, you know, she was heartbroken.
02:27And to live every day of her life with that heartache and never knowing who it was that committed this crime, that weighed heavy on her.
02:35We know that she had a very chaotic lifestyle and we believe that undoubtedly she was a victim of child sexual exploitation.
02:4630 years ago, things were different in terms of young girls that were exploited.
02:52We're asking the public to look back, think about Sabrina, whether they did know her.
02:59If they do, please come forward, either by visiting your local police station, ring 101.
03:05There is a URN or unique reference number.
03:08Also, Crimestoppers are offering a £20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people responsible for Sabrina's death.
03:16We believe that there is somebody out there that knows something.
03:19It could be something small, you know, a name, a conversation that you heard.
03:24It could be the missing piece of the puzzle that we're looking for.
03:26We now beg you to come forward and give any information that you can to the police and to try and help us finally get the justice that Sabrina deserves.