Kept in a coffin for eight days – how Stephanie Slater survived her kidnapping

Estate Stephanie Slater was kidnapped after meeting a man for a property viewing (Picture: Shutterstock/PA)

It was 34 years ago that estate agent Stephanie Slater disappeared without a trace after turning up to an address on Turnberry Road, Great Barr, in the outskirts of Birmingham, one cold January day.

There to show the property to a client – an ordinary-looking man who introduced himself as ‘Bob Southall’ – she could never have imagined what the stranger had in store for her. 

It soon became clear however...