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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...
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 force...
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Nov 21, 2019 · Ian Simms was jailed in 1989 for the murder of Helen McCourt, a 22-year-old insurance clerk from Lancashire who had disappeared while commuting a year before.
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]
Nov 9, 2023 · A mother who led a campaign to change the law after her daughter was murdered has been appointed MBE. Marie McCourt was given the honour for services to the families of murder victims by...
Mrs McCourt has been a long-time campaigner for 'Helen's Law', which would deny parole to killers who refuse to disclose the location of hidden bodies. The bill recently ran out of time, when the...
Nov 21, 2019 · The mother of murder victim Helen McCourt says she is "horrified" her daughter's killer is to be released having never revealed where he hid her body.
