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Jan 26, 2021 · One of Marie's favourite family photos with Helen and Michael as teenagers. Hope for families of 'no body' murder victims bolstered by new Helen's Law. Helen's Law finally comes into...
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Marie McCourt and family of Helen McCourt, who was murdered in 1988, bring a box to Downing Street with a petition to Introduce Helens Law where hiding a body becomes a criminal offence, London on... Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
The case is a rare example in which a murder conviction has been obtained without the presence of a body, and was among the first in the UK to use DNA fingerprinting. In 2015, McCourt's mother Marie began a campaign to require convicted murderers to reveal the location of their victims' remains before being considered for parole.
May 9, 1999 · One stormy night in 1988, Helen McCourt disappeared. A man was convicted of her murder, but her body has never been found
Dec 27, 2022 · The picture of Helen McCourt, posed side-on with her blue eyes innocently turned towards the camera, is one that has been burned into the collective memory of Merseyside.
Dec 3, 2019 · Ian Simms abducted and killed her 22-year-old daughter Helen McCourt in 1988 as she walked home. From 12 December, he will be free to walk the streets despite having never revealed where he...
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Feb 6, 2020 · Helen McCourt disappeared in Merseyside in 1988 and her body has not been found, after searches were carried out. Killer Ian Simms has been released from prison despite never revealing where he...
