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Margaret Fleming (1 November 1980 – c. December 1999/January 2000) was a Scottish woman who was murdered by her nominated carers Edward Cairney (1941 – 2023) and Avril Jones (b. 1960) in the village of Inverkip, Inverclyde, Scotland.
Oct 17, 2023 · The man who killed Margaret Fleming has died in prison without disclosing the location of the teenager's remains. Edward Cairney, 82, was jailed in 2019 along with his partner Avril Jones for...
Jun 14, 2019 · Margaret Fleming murder: 'My incredible encounter with her killers'. 14 June 2019. 03:38. The wild claims made by Margaret Fleming's killers. By Suzanne Allan. BBC Scotland. It was a grey day...
- Who Was Margaret Fleming?
- What Happened to her?
- How Were Her Two Killers Brought to Justice?
- Where Are Edward Cairney and Avril Jones Now?
Margaret Fleming was a vulnerable adult who went missing in 1999 at the age of 19. However, her disappearance was never reported. Sixteen years later, she became the focus of a case against her full time carers Edward Cairney and Avril Jones who had fraudulently been claiming her benefits. Fleming had come under the care of Cairney first when he of...
Sadly, no one knows what happened to Fleming following her disappearance as her body has never been found. The officer who led the investigation, Det Supt Paul Livingstone, put out a plea for answers in 2019. “Margaret’s family and friends will never know just what happened to her and they have been denied the right to pay their final respects to h...
In 2016 an application for a Personal Independence Payment raised suspicions with authorities when they couldn’t contact Fleming. After the police were called, it was discovered that Fleming had seemingly vanished from the village of Inverkip on the west coast of Scotland where she had lived. When the police asked neighbours about Fleming, they wer...
The pair were convicted of murder in July 2019 and were each sentenced to life with a minimum of 14 years in prison.
Jan 8, 2020 · Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming details how Cairney and Jones were accused of killing Fleming, disposing of her body, and claiming benefits in her name for 16 years.
Jan 4, 2020 · The police officer who first knocked on Avril Jones and Edward Cairney's door looking for missing woman Margaret Fleming has told how he knew "something wasn't right".
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Oct 18, 2023 · Edward Cairney and Avril Jones were jailed for Margaret Fleming's murder in 2019. The review said Margaret, who had learning difficulties, was invisible at the time of her death, and there...
