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Information Management
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Website: www.westyorkshire.police.uk
Friday, 01 March 2013
Dear Ms Rowe
FOI Reference No: Our ref: FOI-20122/303816
Thank you for your request for information received by West Yorkshire Police on 13th November 2012
You requested the following information. Your request is in blue font and our response is in black font:
As part of my ongoing research I am looking at unsolved murders of prostitutes in Bradford. I hereby
request information about any instances of unsolved murder of prostitutes in Bradford between 1990 and
2012.
a) the numbers of such cases within the above time frame;
There are two unsolved murders of prostitutes in the Bradford area between 1990 and 2012
b) the names of the victims;
The victims are Yvonne Fitt and Rebecca Hall.
c) the ages of the victims and
Yvonne Fitt was aged 33 and Rebecca Hall was aged 19
d) where the bodies were found.
Yvonne Fitt’s body was found at Norwood Edge, North Yorkshire. Rebecca Hall’s body was found at
Thornton Street in Bradford.
The review of murder cases is an ongoing process. Police Forces providing information do not use
generic systems, nor are the procedures used for capturing the data the same. West Yorkshire Polices
data collection systems are robust and we are confident that all offences of homicide are recorded. A
safeguard exists where Home Office records are used to double check that the data is correct. It should
be noted that for these reasons this forces response to your questions should not be used for
comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.
Please accept our apologies of the delay in dealing with your request.
COMPLAINT RIGHTS
If you are not satisfied with how this request has been handled or with the information provided, please
read the advice notice attached to this letter. If you do wish to take up your right of complaint, please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future correspondence.
Yours sincerely
Rebecca Addison
Freedom of Information
pp Sue Durham
Head of Information Management
The West Yorkshire Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of
the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright owner's
written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, West Yorkshire
Police Headquarters, PO Box 9, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QP.
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COMPLAINT RIGHTS
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Complaints will only be treated as valid if they are received by West Yorkshire Police within a 60 day
timeframe from the date of the decision letter. They must include the original FOI Reference Number and
can only be submitted in writing by using the following contact details:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxxxx.xx
or
West Yorkshire Police
FOI Internal Reviews
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