# Mark Dixie

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**Mark Philip Dixie** (born 24 September 1970)[1] is a [British](/source/British_people) serial rapist and murderer who was convicted on 22 February 2008 of [murdering](/source/Murder_in_English_law) 18-year-old singer and [model](/source/Model_(person)) [Sally Anne Bowman](/source/Sally_Anne_Bowman) on 25 September 2005 in [South Croydon](/source/South_Croydon), [London](/source/London).[2] He has 17 other criminal convictions.[3] He was known by various pseudonyms.

## Early life

Dixie was born in [Streatham](/source/Streatham), [South London](/source/South_London). His parents separated when he was 18 months old.[1] When he was eight, his mother [remarried](/source/Remarried); she had two sons by her new husband.[1] Dixie admits to having been a heavy drinker and user of [cannabis](/source/Cannabis_(drug)) and [cocaine](/source/Cocaine) for years.[1]

## Criminal record and deportation

Dixie has a long [criminal record](/source/Criminal_record).[1] His first conviction was for [robbery](/source/Robbery) – he [mugged](/source/Mugged) a woman at knifepoint in [Stockwell](/source/Stockwell) in 1986, for which he was sentenced to six weeks' detention. In 1987, he moved to [Sidcup](/source/Sidcup) and was convicted of burglary and robbery.[1] In 1988, he was convicted of [indecent assault](/source/Indecent_assault) and [indecent exposure](/source/Indecent_exposure) and sentenced to two years' [probation](/source/Probation). Later in 1988, he was convicted of indecent assault and [assault occasioning actual bodily harm](/source/Assault_occasioning_actual_bodily_harm).[1] In 1989, he was convicted of indecent exposure and sentenced to 80 hours' [community service](/source/Community_service). In 1990, he was convicted of assaulting a police officer.[1]

Dixie lived in Australia from 1993 and overstayed his [visa](/source/Visa_(document)). He was [deported](/source/Deportation) in 1999 after being convicted of a sex offence, for which he was fined.[1]

Dixie was accused of a [sexual assault](/source/Sexual_assault) in 2001, where it is believed he masturbated in front of a woman in a telephone booth. He was not prosecuted for this.[4]

## Personal life

His mother remarried when he was eight and had two sons with her new husband.[1]

Dixie worked as a chef at the Ye Old Six Bells in [Horley](/source/Horley), [Surrey](/source/Surrey) at the time of Bowman's rape and murder. [5]

## Murder conviction

Sally Anne Bowman was stabbed to death yards from her home after a night out with friends. Almost a year later, Dixie's [DNA](/source/DNA) was taken when he was arrested in [Crawley](/source/Crawley), [West Sussex](/source/West_Sussex),[6] after being involved in a pub fight while watching a [World Cup](/source/FIFA_World_Cup) football match. It matched DNA found on Bowman's body.

In October 2006, Dixie's DNA was sent to [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) to be tested against that of the DNA evidence in the [Claremont serial killer](/source/Claremont_serial_killer) case between 1996 and 1997, as it was believed he was in the area at the time of the killings, and may have committed them.[4] However, WA Police Deputy Commissioner Murray Lampard was later quoted as saying that Dixie had been ruled out as a suspect.[7][n 1] At his trial for the murder of Sally Anne Bowman, an unnamed Thai woman gave evidence that Dixie had stabbed and raped her in Australia in 1998; Dixie has yet to be formally charged with this attack, though a DNA sample from the woman's underwear has been matched to him.[8]

Dixie denied the murder but, as part of his defence, claimed that he had spent the night drinking and doing drugs and had gone out to buy more [cocaine](/source/Cocaine). He claimed to have come across Bowman's body, who was already dead, he said, by a third party, and had [sex with her after she was killed](/source/Necrophilia).[9]

In 2007, Dixie's DNA was matched to the rape of a woman in [Fuengirola, Spain](/source/Fuengirola,_Spain), in August 2003. A Dutchman – Romano van der Dussen – had already been sentenced to 15 years in prison for this rape and two sexual assaults that were committed nearby and in the same way as the rape.[10] In June 2015, the Dutch newspaper *[de Volkskrant](/source/De_Volkskrant)* reported that Dixie confessed to this rape, but not to the two sexual assaults.[11] van der Dussen was finally exonerated and freed in February 2016 after spending over 12 years in prison.[12]

Dixie was found guilty of murdering Bowman on 22 February 2008 and was sentenced to [life imprisonment](/source/Life_sentence) at the [Old Bailey](/source/Old_Bailey), where Judge Gerald Gordon recommended that Dixie should not be released for a minimum of 34 years, by which time he will be 70 years old.[13] This means he is likely to remain in prison until at least 2040.

Following Dixie's conviction, Detective [Superintendent](/source/Superintendent_(police)) Stuart Cundy, who had led the Bowman investigation, said: "It is my opinion that a national DNA register – with all its appropriate safeguards – could have identified Sally Anne's murderer within 24 hours. Instead it took nearly nine months before Mark Dixie was identified, and almost two-and-a-half years for justice to be done." The calls for such a register were, however, turned down by ministers and other politicians who claimed that it would raise practical as well as civil liberties issues.[14] Dixie confessed to the murder in January 2015.[15]

## Rape convictions

In 2017, Dixie was convicted of two rapes – one of which happened in 1986 and the other in 2002. He received two life sentences.[16]

## See also

- [David Smith](/source/David_Smith_(murderer)), another British killer and multiple rapist
- [Batman rapist](/source/Batman_rapist), an unidentified UK serial rapist who has eluded capture since 1991
- [House for sale rapist](/source/House_for_sale_rapist), an unidentified UK serial rapist who has eluded capture since 1979, suspected to be [John Cannan](/source/John_Cannan) who is the prime suspect in the disappearance of estate agent [Suzy Lamplugh](/source/Suzy_Lamplugh)

## Notes

1. Bradley Robert Edwards was convicted of two of the three Claremont serial murders in 2020[17]

## References

1. ["The killer on the doorstep"](http://www.courtnewsuk.co.uk/c_sex_killers/a_mark_dixie/crime_vaults). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140419013005/http://www.courtnewsuk.co.uk/c_sex_killers/a_mark_dixie/crime_vaults) 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Henry, Emma (22 February 2008). ["Mark Dixie guilty of Sally Anne Bowman murder"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1579460/Mark-Dixie-guilty-of-Sally-Anne-Bowman-murder.html). *Daily Telegraph*. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

1. Pidd, Helen (23 February 2008). ["Profile: Mark Dixie"](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/23/ukcrime2). *The Guardian*

1. Hughes, Gary (2 October 2006). ["UK link in WA serial murders?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140213152821/http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/garyhughes/index.php/theaustralian/comments/uk_link_in_wa_serial_murders). *The Australian*. Archived from [the original](http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/garyhughes/index.php/theaustralian/comments/uk_link_in_wa_serial_murders) on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

1. Grant, Rachel (22 February 2008). ["Killer kept friends at a distance"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7257415.stm). *BBC News*. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

1. Gammell, Caroline (12 April 2008). ["Mark Dixie: 20 years of sexual violence"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1579461/Mark-Dixie-20-years-of-sexual-violence.html). *The Daily Telegraph*. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

1. Russell, Mark (24 February 2008). ["Did this man kill his first victims in Australia?"](http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=SAG080224Q64AS18FLBE). *The Sunday Age*. p. 6. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

1. ["Woman 'stabbed by murder suspect'"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7250896.stm). *BBC News*. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

1. ["Man 'had sex with victim's body'"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7228325.stm). *BBC News*. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

1. Belaza, Mónica Ceberio (13 June 2015). ["I've been through an indescribable hell — the worst 4,000 days of my life"](http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/05/11/inenglish/1431344834_427386.html). *El País*

1. ["Brit bekent misdrijf waarvoor Nederlander al 12 jaar vastzit"](http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/brit-bekent-misdrijf-waarvoor-nederlander-al-12-jaar-vastzit~a4075070/). *de Volkskrant*. 13 June 2015.

1. ["Man freed from jail after serving 12 YEARS for rape committed by British criminal"](http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/11/man-freed-from-jail-after-serving-more-than-a-decade-for-rape-committed-by-british-criminal-5676478). *metro.co.uk*. 11 February 2016.

1. ["Man gets life for model's murder"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7254628.stm). *BBC News*. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

1. ["Mandatory DNA database rejected"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7260164.stm). *BBC News*. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

1. ["Teen model killer admits other attacks"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40728210). *BBC News*. 26 July 2017.

1. ["Model killer 'monster' jailed for attacks"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42112913). *BBC News*. 24 November 2017.

1. Andrea Mayes (2020-12-23). ["Claremont killer Bradley Edwards gets life sentence for murder of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon"](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-23/claremont-killer-sentenced-for-murders-rape-and-sexual-assault/13007890). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

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