a b c Richard Whittington-Egan, Molly Whittington-Egan, Murder on File, Neil Wilson Publishing, 2013. Keely, Alistair, "Luff Challenges Murderer's Right to Take Legal Action Behind Bars", The Birmingham Post, 2000, p.3. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980816/ai_n14179797. {{ cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help) [ dead link]

Today's killers put behind bars by former CID boss. – Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com . Retrieved 29 July 2018. Speaking in a later interview, Stephanie said: "Don't get me wrong, I was terrified every single time I spoke to him. I thought 'I hope I don't say the wrong thing and make him angry'." The Girl in the Box: The Kidnapping of Stephanie Slater part two airs tonight, March 1, at 9pm on Channel 5. a b c "Kidnap victim's boss tells of fear during ransom drop". The Independent. 18 June 1993 . Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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a b "The Michael Sams Trial: Kidnapper who killed teenager is jailed for life". The Independent. 8 July 1993 . Retrieved 3 March 2023. She was held for eight days and allowed out of the coffin for food. Hoping to increase her chances of survival by "humanising" herself, she would use those breaks to chat to Sams.

In her 1995 book about her ordeal, Beyond Fear: My Will to Survive, Slater wrote that Sams raped her on the first night of her imprisonment. After her release, Slater had originally not disclosed the rape. She later said that this was to spare her mother, who had a heart condition, from unnecessary further anguish. [13] Sams denied raping Slater, asserting, "I cannot allow this to go unchallenged". He made the unsubstantiated claim that they had a consensual affair [13] and attempted to sue Slater for libel, [14] [5] but lost the case. [15] Slater has also discussed the rape in a Crimes That Shook Britain documentary about the case, in which she also states that Sams later requested to have further sex with her, but this time relented after Slater refused. [16] We sat down together at her kitchen table to a celebratory fish supper I bought from the local chippy in Great Barr, Birmingham, on the day Sams was caged for life in 1993.On the BBC television programme Crimewatch, the police made public a tape recording of the kidnapper's voice, which was recognised by Sams' first wife. [18] Sams was arrested, and forensic evidence was gathered of his responsibility for Dart's murder. Kidnapped Great Barr estate agent dies". Great Barr Observer. 1 September 2017 . Retrieved 1 September 2017. [ permanent dead link] Crimewatch File – BBC One London – 21 September 1993 – BBC Genome". The Radio Times (3637): 66. 16 September 1993 . Retrieved 29 July 2018. Unable to return to work at the estate agency, Stephanie moved to the Isle of Wight in 1993. She later offered her advice to police forces who were dealing with kidnapping survivors.

Sherdley, Rebecca (5 April 2023). "Notorious Nottinghamshire killer is refused parole". Nottinghamshire Live . Retrieved 19 October 2023. In 2017, Stephanie sadly died from cancer aged just 50. Her kidnapper, Michael Sams, remains behind bars to this day.

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How to watch new documentary on kidnapper killer Michael Sams - and what to expect from show". Yorkshire Post. 14 July 2022.STEPHANIE’S lovely smile was often on show as she put on a brave face to the world after surviving her ordeal. a b "Police recall 'nasty piece of work' with the constant smile. Outwardly quiet and easy-going Michael Sams disguised his darker side", The Herald (Glasgow), 9 July 1993. Duncan Maclaughlin, William Hall, The Filth: The Explosive Inside Story of Scotland Yard's Top Undercover Cop, Random House, 2012, p.236.