Mark Dixie

Who is Mark Dixie?

Mark Phillip Dixie is a British chef who was convicted on 22 February 2008 of murdering eighteen-year-old model Sally Anne Bowman on 25 September 2005 in South Croydon, London.

Dixie was born in Streatham, London. His parents separated when he was 18 months old. When he was eight, his mother remarried; she had two sons by her new husband. He admits to having been a heavy drinker and user of cannabis and cocaine for years. He has a long criminal record. His first conviction was for robbery - he mugged a woman at knifepoint, for which he was sentenced to six weeks' detention.

Sally Anne Bowman had been stabbed to death yards from her home after a night out with friends. Dixie worked at the Ye Old Six Bells in Horley, Surrey. His DNA was taken when he was arrested in neighbouring town Crawley, West Sussex, after being involved in a fight while watching a World Cup football match, and matched with that of Bowman's killer.

Dixie is also accused of a sexual assault in 2001, where it is believed he masturbated in front of a woman in a telephone booth.