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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 from...
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...
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...
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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.
Nov 8, 2023 · Following her daughter’s death, Mrs McCourt’s campaigning led to the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act, dubbed Helen’s Law, being enacted in 2021 – which made it harder for...
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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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.
