Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright has been charged with murdering a 17-year-old girl more than 25 years ago, it can be reported.
Victoria Hall’s body was found five days after a night out in Felixstowe in September 1999.
Wright, 67, who is already serving a whole life jail sentence, denies killing her and is due to stand trial next month.
At a hearing at the Old Bailey in London, the judge has ruled a jury can be made aware of Wright’s previous convictions for the murder of five women who worked as prostitutes in the Ipswich area in 2006.
Victoria had been on a night out at the Bandbox nightclub on Felixstowe seafront and was last seen in the early hours of Sunday, 19 September, 1999, near her home in the neighbouring village of Trimley St Mary.
She was reported missing and her naked body was found five days later about 20 miles (32km) away in a ditch in Creeting St Peter, near Stowmarket.
Wright, formerly of London Road in Ipswich, is also charged with kidnapping Victoria and the attempted kidnap of a 22-year-old woman that same weekend.
In 2008, Wright was convicted of murdering Tania Nicol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls after a trial at Ipswich Crown Court.
He was given a whole life order, which means he will never be released from jail.
Wright appeared in court by video link from HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire and is due to stand trial on 2 February.