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1. news.sky.com › story › helen-mccourt-murder-familyHelen McCourt murder: Family fight to keep her killer Ian ...

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   Jan 9, 2020 · Helen's brother Michael confirmed to Sky News that they intend to fight the Parole Board's decision to release Ian Simms who was convicted of her murder. Miss McCourt was a 22-year-old insurance clerk who was murdered in Billinge, Merseyside in February 1988.

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   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 proposed legislation failed to be ratified before parliament was dissolved.

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3. www.bbc.com › news › uk-england-merseyside-67358194Helen McCourt: Mother of murder victim becomes MBE - BBC

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   Nov 9, 2023 · Marie McCourt was given the honour for services to the families of murder victims by the King at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Her daughter Helen McCourt, 22, was killed after vanishing near...

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   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...

5. www.bbc.com › news › uk-england-manchester-53581792Judges urged to quash Helen McCourt killer's parole - BBC

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   Jul 29, 2020 · 29 July 2020. PA. Helen McCourt was murdered by Ian Simms in Billinge, Merseyside, in 1988. The mother of a 22-year-old insurance clerk murdered in 1988 has asked judges to quash a Parole Board...

6. www.independent.co.uk › news › ukMurder victim’s mother behind Helen’s Law found it hard ...

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   Nov 8, 2023 · A local pub landlord, Ian Simms, was handed a life sentence in 1989 for Helen McCourt’s murder despite her body never being found, and he was released in 2020 and died in 2022. He always...

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   Who is Marie McCourt?

   • 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 the King at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Her daughter Helen McCourt, 22, was killed after vanishing near their home in St Helens, Merseyside in 1988.

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   Who killed Helen McCourt?

   • The family of Helen McCourt, who was 22 when she was killed, spoke of their shock last month when the Parole Board confirmed her killer Ian Simms had "met the test for release". Pub landlord Simms was convicted of her 1988 murder following overwhelming DNA evidence but he has never admitted guilt or revealed where he left her body.

   Helen McCourt murder: Decision to release killer Ian Simms to be

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   Who killed Miss McCourt?

   • Miss McCourt was abducted and killed as she made her way home from her job as an insurance clerk in Merseyside in 1988. Simms was jailed in 1989 for the murder and has been serving his life sentence at HMP Garth in Leyland, Lancashire.

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   What happened in Miss McCourt's case?

   • Simms' case was heard on 8 November, during which Miss McCourt's family called on the killer to end the "torture" and reveal once and for all where he hid her body. Helen's Law made it through the early stages of ratification before parliament was dissolved for the election, meaning the process has to begin again after Thursday's poll.

   Helen McCourt murder: Decision to release killer Ian Simms to be

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   Who was Helen McCourt?

   • Her daughter Helen McCourt, 22, was killed after vanishing near their home in St Helens, Merseyside in 1988. Mrs McCourt has since campaigned to deny killers parole for failing to tell the location of their victims' remains. The Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act, dubbed Helen's Law, came into force in 2021.

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   Who is Michael McCourt?

   • Michael McCourt was the dean of San Francisco bartenders and raconteur. He was also the brother of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘Angela’s Ashes’. Michael McCourt died on Saturday at the age of 79 in San Francisco.

   Michael McCourt, S.F. bartender of renown, dies

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8. www.bbc.com › news › uk-england-merseyside-50747684Helen McCourt: Mum's relief at hidden body killer's parole review

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   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.