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1. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-merseyside-54056166Helen McCourt's mother ordered to pay killer £40,000 legal fees

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   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...

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-merseyside-61962924Helen McCourt: Mum hopes killer's death will lead to body find

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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...

4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-merseyside-67358194Helen McCourt: Mother of murder victim becomes MBE

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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...

5. www.itv.com › news › granadaKiller of Helen McCourt, Ian Simms, dies without revealing ...

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   Jun 28, 2022 · Marie McCourt, the mother of Helen McCourt from Merseyside, has said she now hopes that someone connected to murderer Ian Simms will reveal where he hid her daughter's body following his death.

6. news.sky.com › story › helen-mccourt-murder-mumHelen McCourt murder: Mum hopes death of daughter's killer ...

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   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 ...

7. www.independent.co.uk › news › ukHelen McCourt’s mother describes killer’s death as ‘great ...

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   Jun 27, 2022 · Marie McCourt, the mother of Helen McCourt, has said she now hopes that someone connected to murderer Ian Simms will come forward and reveal where he hid her body following his death. Reports...

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   What happened to Mrs McCourt's daughter?

   • She added that hearing of Simms' death was "the best news I've had". 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 murder as a result of overwhelming DNA evidence.

   Helen McCourt: Mum hopes killer's death will lead to body find

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   Who is Marie McCourt?

   • 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 prison failed. Simms was jailed in 1989 for the murder of 22-year-old Helen McCourt on Merseyside and has never revealed where her body was hidden.

   Helen McCourt's mother ordered to pay killer £40,000 legal fees

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   Who killed Helen McCourt?

   • Ian Simms, who died recently, was jailed in 1989 for Helen McCourt's murder, but never revealed where her body was and was released in 2020. Marie McCourt, who campaigned for a parole law change, said she hoped he had told someone in jail where she was. She added that hearing of Simms' death was "the best news I've had".

   Helen McCourt: Mum hopes killer's death will lead to body find

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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.

   Helen McCourt: Mother of murder victim becomes MBE

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   Will Marie McCourt pay Ian Simms' costs?

   • Marie McCourt has been ordered to pay Ian Simms' costs after a High Court bid to stop his release from prison failed. Simms was jailed in 1989 for the murder of 22-year-old Helen McCourt on Merseyside and has never revealed where her body was hidden. The court ruled money raised through Mrs McCourt's crowdfunding page would be used to cover costs.

   Helen McCourt's mother ordered to pay killer £40,000 legal fees

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   Will money raised through Mrs McCourt's crowdfunding page be used to cover costs?

   • The court ruled money raised through Mrs McCourt's crowdfunding page would be used to cover costs. Mrs McCourt, who has campaigned for a law which would deny parole to killers who refuse to disclose the location of their victim's body, said "it seems unfair that I have to pay his costs but that's what's happened".

   Helen McCourt's mother ordered to pay killer £40,000 legal fees

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

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   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.