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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.
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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.
- Emily Retter
Feb 6, 2020 · Ian Simms, now 63, was convicted of killing the 22-year-old, whose body has never been found despite searches. Simms has been released after Ms McCourt's mother Marie lost a legal bid on...
Dec 10, 2019 · Helen McCourt was murdered on her way home from work. Her mother Marie has campaigned to keep killers behind bars until they lead police to the victim's body - dubbed Helen's Law - but the ...
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- David Mercer
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 · 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 ...
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.
