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Revision as of 00:44, 2 December 2006 by TerriNunn (talk | contribs) (Goal is official British spelling - see Home Office documents.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tracie Andrews (born in 1969) is a British woman who murdered her fiancé.
She was found guilty by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court in July 1997 for the murder of Lee Harvey on 1 December 1996. She was sentenced to life imprisonment and a 14-year minimum term was recommended. This will keep her behind bars until at least 2011 and the age of 42.
During her imprisonment, Andrews has saved the life of a fellow prisoner who attempted suicide, and this sparked fears that she could be out on prison even sooner than the trial judge had recommended. But the Home Secretary (who has since been stripped of his powers to amend minimum terms) later ordered that Andrews should serve no less than the 14 years that had been recommended by her trial judge.
Andrews, a former model and barmaid, attacked Harvey in his car after they had stopped following an argument on the way to their flat in The Becks, Alvechurch, Worcester. He was stabbed more than 30 times. Andrews was to argue at her trial that Harvey had been the victim of a road rage attack.
A subsequent appeal lodged by Andrews, alleging that she was the victim of a miscarriage of justice because of damaging publicity surrounding her case, was thrown out at a hearing in October 1998.
In 2006 it was reported that Andrews was hoping to be released from gaol within months and planned to marry, ending a series of same sex affairs, but Home Office sources denied that she was due to be released imminently .
A recent ITV docu-drama gave an account of her relationship with Lee Harvey and her conviction of his murder. This drama starred Sarah Manners, the actress who is famous for her role as Bex Reynolds in Casualty.
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