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Kelly Anne Bates (18 May 1978 – 16 April 1996) was an English teenager who was murdered in Manchester, England at the age of 17 by her abuser, James Patterson Smith (born c. 1948).
Apr 4, 2023 · On April 16, 1996, Kelly Anne Bates died at the age of just 17 after four excruciating weeks of torture at the hands of her boyfriend James Patterson Smith. Her mid-40s boyfriend stabbed, burned, and mutilated her for weeks before finally killing her.
Feb 15, 2018 · On 16 April, 1996, 17-year-old Kelly Anne Bates was drowned in a bath tub, after suffering four weeks of constant torture at the hands of her 48-year-old “partner,” James Patterson Smith, who had started grooming the Manchester schoolgirl when she was just 14-years-old.
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James Patterson Smith, 49, was found guilty of murdering Kelly Anne Bates at the home they shared in Gorton, Greater Manchester, in the north west.
Feb 4, 2020 · A killer who tried to blame the death of a mother-of-three on a mystery man has been found guilty of her murder. Brendan Rowan-Davies tortured Kelly-Anne Case before cutting her throat and...
In a case police described as the worst example of abuse they had ever seen, April 1996 saw the horrific torture and murder of 17-year-old Kelly-Anne Bates at the hand of her boyfriend of three years, 49-year-old James Patterson Smith.
James Patterson Smith was found guilty of the murder of Kelly-Anne Bates. He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 25 years. In handing down the sentence, Judge Mr. Justice Sachs said: ‘You have been convicted in short order and rightly so by the just of murdering this young woman.
