Overview
- Police confirmed a new forensic review and said multiple historic exhibits have been submitted for modern testing.
- Detective Chief Inspector Claire Lamerton appealed for information from the public and said Phillips’ family has been informed of the work.
- Sandra Phillips, 38, was killed at the Private Shop in Swansea on June 14, 1985, in an attack that police said involved sexual assault, head injuries and strangulation, with petrol found at the scene.
- Wayne and Paul Darvell were convicted in 1986 before the Court of Appeal overturned the verdicts in 1992 amid concerns about the investigation, and they later received compensation.
- A 2004 reinvestigation was closed in 2009 after police said all lines of enquiry were exhausted, with key items including a telephone handset and Phillips’ keys still missing.