Draft:Stephen Seddon
 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 2 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 3,001 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
 | This is a draft article. It is a work in progress open to editing by anyone. Please ensure core content policies are met before publishing it as a live Wikipedia article. Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL Last edited by GoldenBootWizard276 (talk | contribs) 40 hours ago. (Update)
This draft has been submitted and is currently awaiting review. |
Stephen Seddon | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Salesman |
| Criminal status | In prison |
| Criminal penalty | life imprisonment (40-year minimum) |
| Details | |
| Victims | 2 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Location | Sale, Greater Manchester |
Stephen Seddon is an English convicted murderer and fraudster who murdered his parents, Robert and Patricia Seddon to collect their inheritance of £230,000.[1][2][3]
On 20 March 2012, he drove his parents and his nephew Daniel and staged a car crash along Canal Road in Timperley. On 4 July 2012, Seddon drove to their suburban home in Sale, Greater Manchester to shoot them with a sawn-off shotgun. He was sentenced on 28 March 2013[4] and given a life sentence with a minimum of 40 years. Seddon denied committing the murders.[5][6][7]
After being found guilty of murder, Seddon's inheritance was denied and it was instead given to his cousins.[8]
Biography
[edit]Stephen Seddon grew up in Timperley's Bromwood Estate, his parents provided him with everything they could. By the age of 13, he begun burgling houses and stealing cars. In 1999, he was arrested and charged with fraud. Following his release, he worked a number of sales jobs. He became increasingly dependent on his parents for cash after being sacked from his sale job.
Despite his parents giving him thousands of pounds, Seddon planned to murder them to get their inheritance. On 20 March 2012, he attempted to murder his parents and his nephew, Daniel in a staged car crash. On 4 July 2012, he drove to their home and shot them with a sawn-off shotgun. He placed the shotgun in his father's lap to make it appear as though his father had shot his wife and then committed suicide.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Becky Johnson (20 February 2013). "Son 'Killed His Parents For Inheritance'". Sky News. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Stephen Seddon guilty of murdering parents in Sale". BBC News. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Stephen Seddon given life for murdering parents in Sale". BBC News. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "R- V-STEPHEN SEDDON MANCHESTER CROWN COURT 28 MARCH 2013 SENTENCING REMARKS OF MR JUSTICE HAMBLEN" (PDF). 28 March 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Seddon murders: Son 'stood on sinking car'". BBC News. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Stephen Seddon jailed for 40 years for parents' murder". The Guardian. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Pat Hurst (28 March 2013). "40 years' jail and no parole: Stephen Seddon, a son with 'insatiable thirst' for money, sentenced for killing parents over inheritance". The Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Family tributes to 'loving and selfless couple' as son Stephen Seddon jailed for at least 40 years for their murders". Manchester Evening News. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Chris Osuh (27 March 2013). "Seddon murder trial: A man who didn't know when enough was enough". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Blast father 'suspicious of son'". Belfast Telegraph. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2025.