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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.
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]
Feb 25, 2019 · The programme delves into the forensic evidence which was crucial to sentencing Simms and led to Helen's case being the third in the UK where the accused was found guilty of murder despite no body being found.
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.
Jun 28, 2022 · Her daughter Helen, 22, was abducted and murdered in 1988, disappearing on her way home from work. Despite been found guilty on DNA evidence the following year and sentenced to life in prison ...
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...
Ian Simms, 63, was jailed for 16 years in 1989 after killing Helen McCourt as she walked home from work in Billinge. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has now asked the Parole Board to review...
