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Jun 28, 2022 · Mrs McCourt's 22-year-old daughter vanished on her way home from work in St Helens, Merseyside, in 1988 and pub landlord Simms was jailed for life a year later after being found guilty of...
Jun 28, 2022 · The mother of a murder victim whose body has never been found is hoping new information will come to light - now her daughter's killer has died. Marie McCourt is wondering whether friends or family of Ian Simms, who may have been too scared to speak out while he was alive, will do so now.
Dec 31, 2021 · Family of murdered Helen McCourt are doubtful but thankful that a well-meaning new tip-off could finally trace the missing insurance clerk’s body - very close to home.
Jan 26, 2021 · Her body was never found, but overwhelming evidence including pioneering DNA testing led to local pub landlord Ian Simms being convicted of her murder and sentenced to life.
On 9 February 1988, Helen McCourt, a 22-year-old British insurance clerk from Bootle, Merseyside, disappeared in the village of Billinge, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, shortly after disembarking from a bus less than 500 yards from her home. [1] Her body has never been found. [2]
Jan 26, 2021 · When 22-year-old Helen McCourt disappeared heading home from work on February 9, 1988, her mum Marie’s lifelong quest for answers started. Local pub landlord Ian Simms was convicted of Helen’s...
Jun 28, 2022 · Marie McCourt, the mother of Helen McCourt from Merseyside, has said she now hopes that someone connected to murderer Ian Simms will reveal where he hid her daughter's body following his death.
