"I’m the Sole Survivor of the Suffolk Strangler: He Laughed While I Pleaded for Help, but the Police Didn't Believe Me"

THE only surviving victim of the notorious “Suffolk Strangler” has spoken out about coming face-to-face with the murderer for the first time.

Serial killer was previously convicted of the 2006 murders of five women in Ipswich.

Serial killer Steve Wright is due to be sentenced todayCredit: PA Wright was driven to the Old Bailey in a prison van on Monday to stand trialCredit: PA Wright pleaded guilty to murdering Victoria Hall years before his killing spree in Ipswich unfoldedCredit: PA

On Monday, he pleaded guilty to the additional murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall years before his killing spree unfolded.

He also admitted his attempt to abduct Emily Doherty in Felixstowe, , in 1999.

Emily, the only survivor of the infamous Suffolk Strangler, has now told how on a night out she was forced to run away from the serial killer several times before someone finally stepped in to help.

Speaking to Sky News Emily said she was made to feel like “a silly little girl” when police finally arrived to assist her.

She went on to claim that cops failed to follow up on her terrifying ordeal with a full even after the body of Victoria Hall was discovered.

Emily was just 22-years-old in 1999 when the harrowing ordeal unfolded as she was walking home from a club with her husband and another couple.

She and her pal ended up ahead of their husbands before Emily’s friend had to go, leaving the 22-year-old alone.

During the Emily recalled seeing a car going forwards and then backwards past her.

The motor then stopped in the road and the driver climbed out, leaving the engine running and the door open, Emily said.

At first she thought the driver was going to the toilet before she realised that he was just standing there, watching her.

Terrified Emily fled and leapt over a nearby garden wall and knocked on someone’s door for help but found no one home.

The young woman then saw the car turn off the road before she tried to sneak away unseen, dropping to all fours and peering round a corner to see if the driver was still there.

Emily described the horrifying moment that she then came face to face with the .

She said: “Suddenly he was literally right there. He stepped right into me. He said ‘alright’ in a low, sleazy way.

Victoria’s body was found in Creeting St. Peter, 25 miles away from where she vanishedCredit: PA Officers combed the area for clues but Steve Wright wouldn’t be charged with the murder of Victoria for some 20 yearsCredit: PA

“In that instance, I knew my life was in danger. I just knew. The adrenaline kicked in.”

Emily said she then fled up a driveway and grabbed a big stick to defend herself in case the .

For a while she heard the motor driving around the area, but before long it was silent so she believed she was safe.

Walking back down to the road Emily was horrified to see the man was still there in his car.

She fled again and began knocking on doors until she got an answer from a homeowner.

The terrified woman told how the killer was just in his car laughing at her the whole time as she pleaded for help.

Eventually someone answered their door and dialled 999 to bring the .

But Emily claims the police were little help when they did arrive, saying they treated her story like a fantasy.

Emily told Sky News : “The police came, but they didn’t believe me at all, they said ‘come on, how much have you had to drink tonight?'”

She claims she had only drunk a soda water and one or two beers earlier in the pub.

Emily asked the officers for a lift home and offered up the number plate of the car that had followed her.

She said she offered to make a statement but that the cops were dismissive to her.

The following day Emily left to go travelling in .

It was only when she called home that she became aware of the manhunt for Victoria Hall’s killer, finding a message on her answering machine urging her to contact the .

Both Emily and Victoria had been walking home from the Bandbox club in Felixstowe, Suffolk, when Wright struckCredit: PA Victoria was last seen on the junction in Trimley St Mary, SuffolkCredit: PA

Victoria was kidnapped from the area of High Road and Faulkeners Way in Trimley St Mary, Felixstowe, in the early hours of Sunday 19 September, police said.

Her body was found five days later, some 25 miles away from where she had vanished making her way home from the same club Emily had been at.

From the Himalayas, Emily gave a statement to the describing her ordeal that evening.

That was the last she heard about the matter, Emily said.

It wasn’t until 2006 that the , the same man, murdered five sex workers he picked up from Ipswich’s red-light district.

Their bodies were later found in rural areas far from where they had disappeared just as Victoria’s had been.

The first to go missing were Tania Nicol, 19, who vanished on 30 October, followed by Gemma Adams, 25, two weeks later.

While Tania and Gemma’s bodies were not found until December other bodies were discovered in October and November 2006.

Evil Wright’s six victims include Tania Nicol, 19, Gemma Adams, 25, Anneli Alderton, 24, Paula Clennell, 24, Annette Nicholls, 29, and 17-year-old Victoria Hall.

Wright wasn’t arrested until December 21, he denied all charges but was slapped with a whole life jail term after his conviction in February 2008.

He wasn’t for 20 years and changed his plea over the killing to guilty at the start of his trial on Monday.

Wright, who is due to be sentenced today, admitted killing Victoria and attempting to abduct Emily.

Emily, who was living abroad when evil Wright murdered five women in Ipswich, says she is suffering from survivor’s guilt.

She didn’t see a picture of serial killer Wright until Victoria’s case was reopened, and questions why she wasn’t shown an image of him sooner.

The Sun has contacted Suffolk Constabulary for comment.

Steve Wright, now 66, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on MondayCredit: PA Wright’s six victims (left to right) Tania Nicol, 19, Gemma Adams, 25, Anneli Alderton, 24, Paula Clennell, 24, Annette Nicholls, 29, and 17-year-old Victoria HallCredit: PA