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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...
Nov 9, 2023 · A local pub landlord, Ian Simms, was handed a life sentence in 1989 for Helen McCourt's murder despite her body never having been found. He was released in 2020 and died in 2022.
Sep 7, 2020 · A murdered woman's mother has been told to pay her daughter's killer £40,000 in legal fees. Marie McCourt has been ordered to pay Ian Simms' costs after a High Court bid to stop his release from...
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 9, 2020 · The family of Helen McCourt, who was murdered in 1988, have told Sky News they are pursuing a judicial review to try and overturn a decision to release her killer from prison.
Nov 9, 2023 · A local pub landlord, Ian Simms, was handed a life sentence in 1989 for Helen McCourt's murder despite her body never having been found. He was released in 2020 and died in 2022.
Feb 6, 2020 · A murderer who has refused to reveal the whereabouts of his victim's body has been released from prison. Ian Simms, 63, had been serving a life sentence for the abduction and murder of insurance clerk Helen McCourt. Ms McCourt, 22, disappeared on her way home from work in Liverpool in 1988.
