A documentary will air tonight focusing on the murderer Christopher Farrow and the severe impact his crimes had on the local Wakefield community.
Shoe fetish killer Farrow was jailed for life in 2000 for the murder of mother-of-two Wendy Speakes at her Wakefield home in March 1994.
The 39-year-old printer was also given concurrent sentences for rape, buggery and attempted burglary with the intention of raping another woman.
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Now an episode of the TV series Murdertown will look into the case and analyse its impact on the local community.
The episode will air on the TV channel Crime + Investigation, which is available on Sky on channel 156 and on Virgin Media on channel 209.
In their description of the case ahead of the episode, Crime + Investigation write: "In 1994, Wendy Speakes was targeted by sadistic killer Christopher Farrow as she got off a bus and walked to her home after work. He managed to trick his way into the 51-year-old's home.
"Farrow, then a 33-year-old painter and decorator, forced Wendy Speakes upstairs to her bedroom, where he gagged her and bound her hands with a pair of black stockings before carrying out a sexual attack.
"Farrow stabbed Mrs Speakes nine times in the back and shoulders and twice in the neck. Farrow was arrested in March 2000 in connection with the murder after his fingerprints were matched to the scene.
"Farrow was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison. However, Wendy's daughter Tracey continues to campaign against Farrow's release from prison and has successfully kept him behind bars so far."
In 2019, Mrs Speakes' daughter described Farrow as a ' psychopath' who had stalked and targeted several women, most of them barmaids, who all wore high heels.
She said Farrow had carried a 'murder kit' which included a knife, stockings, women's shoes and a gag.
"He is dangerous and a manipulative control freak with a shoe fetish. I think he believes he can pull the wool over the eyes of those in prison."
The programme is described as "a 360 degree investigation of the impact of a murder on a local community, through the eyes of those most immediately affected"
In each episode, Anita Rani visits the towns and local communities where the murders took place to re-tell the stories and look at "how lives and places are changed forever by such shocking and unforgettable crimes".
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