Robbery was believed to have been the motive for the murder of the 36-year-old widowed mother of five. Kenneth Challenger and Richard Duddie died in a fire at the house they and other vagrants were using as a squat. An intruder murdered Sarah Hill, 86, at her home on Thomas Street, Lees, on 12 February. In 2007, a former taxi driver was arraigned for the crime, but he was found not guilty at the conclusion of the trial. A 50-year-old app designer has appeared in court charged with double murder after allegedly beating a 25-year-old mother-of-two to death with a hammer and killing her two-year-old daughter. Her body was discovered in the kitchen there and had severe head injuries. The 51-year-old former British spy had been stabbed and mutilated with a knife when his body was discovered at his flat in Cathcart Road on 28 February. 36-year-old David Short's assailant struck his head with an unknown hard instrument after spraying an incapacitant into his face as he stood at his doorstep on Thursday, 22 September. Death from his injuries occurred five days later. Nicholas Ashley-Cooper was born on 3 June 1979, in London, the younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (1938-2004), and his Swedish wife Christina Eva Montan (born c. 1940), the daughter of Nils Montan, a former Swedish Ambassador to Germany. Pregnant Mary Budworth and her twin toddler sons Mark and Leslie died at their home in Hindley Walk, Speke, on 22 April 1985. It included the horrendous murder of Dr Wood and his wife on May 18 1980. She also reported seeing a man searching the taxi's dashboard. 20-year-old Dimitri was stabbed twice in her neck and just above her left breast in her home on 14 August 1988. Gangster. One of her sons was the landlord of The Eastender, a pub on Sheerness High Street. Phyllis, who last visited the area five years ago, met with New York State Police and her own. [31] The doorman responded to Simpson by saying that he could not do so as did not know him and could not remember seeing him. The 46-year-old mother-of-three's body was found in Bedgebury Forest on 11 June 1982 a little over two and a half years after the discovery in the same forest of the beaten body of a woman whose identity is still unknown. Harry Ashcroft,,,1817-08-Sept,Murder Of Father & Sons,Lancaster Ashcroft,David,,1817 (Summer A. Murders in the Rue Morgue(144 in lower right corner) and The Outlaw(71 in lower right corner). A horrific 22-page story detailed his life and the crimes he carried out. [35] Subsequently, the jury found 61-year-old Simpson not guilty by a majority verdict in December 2007. Though its owner was traced and had not been in or even near the city at the time, a red Jaguar seen in central Bristol by no fewer than two people that night turned out to have been registered in the Hertfordshire town of, On 24 November 1980, 19-year-old student nurse Jenny Ronaldson was found murdered and dumped in the. Sarah had lived in the area all her life and worked in the nearby cotton mills. Mone, who is serving a life sentence at Perth for murders in Dundee reported an incident which occurred around the time of the murders but would give no other details about the surprise new development. Scotland's unsolved murders: 40 years of grief after women strangled and dumped in Templeton woods Carol Lannen and Elizabeth McCabe's deaths have been linked for four decades, after they were. He also admitted being in the woods that night. Find Your Old School Photos. [1] She rarely drank or went on nights out, until about three or four months before her murder. Published: Tuesday 05 March 1996 Newspaper: Dundee Courier County: Angus, Scotland Taxi driver George Murdoch was found fatally injured on Pitfodels Station Road on the evening of 29 September 1983. A witness tried to follow the young man but lost sight of him when he turned into Chancellor Grove. PHOTOFIT OF THE MAN POLICE WERE SEEKING FOR THE MURDER OF DUNDEE GIRL CAROL LANNEN. Two men were charged with his murder, but one of them had the charge dropped when he agreed to testify against his co-defendant, who was convicted in August 1989 but had his conviction quashed in July 2006 after it was accepted that police statements showing that an important witness was unreliable should not have been kept from the 1989 trial's defence team. Jim Cameron, who investigated the murder in 1980, was told about the short story written by Gallagher, who also went by the name Henry John Reid, by the Tele and said it was pleasing to know he had finally confessed publicly. Police believe that when 36-year-old Ricky Haywood was shot five times in the flat above the jewellery shop he owned, it was probably by a hired killer acting on behalf of someone whom Ricky had got on the wrong side of. Published: Saturday 24 March 1990. 68-year-old Dale's corpse bore marks of a savage attack believed to have been inflicted some two days earlier. 80-year-old Winifred Locke was strangled and sexually assaulted at her sheltered accommodation after her daughter-in-law had left there on 21 October following a visit to give her her pension and some shopping she had done for her. To hear that he finally confessed is amazing. Unfortunately, restrictions mean I can't display the image link here. Rich died Saturday at his home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, said Lieutenant Aimee Earl of the Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner's office. Unemployed 28-year-old Hayles from Jamaica was found dead in her flat on 29 August 1986 after neighbours reported seeing a swarm of flies by her window. Dr Alexander Wood and his wife, Dorothy.. Neck and facial injuries she had when discovered in the burning building early on 1 September would appear to the pathologist to have been caused by kicking and stamping. The murder of Carol Lannen in 1979, Elizabeth McCabe's murder in 1980, and the savage murder of pregnant Lynda Hunter in 1988, for which her husband Andrew Hunter was convicted of. Her handbag had been stolen and was found abandoned on a footpath behind her flat a month later. He had been out drinking before he fell asleep on the bench. 300 had been taken from her flat. [29][23] However, his defence argued that the DNA evidence must have been contaminated. Jack Christian, 74, was battered to death on 89 June at his home. The. Esme Hoad was 85 and was killed in her Havelock Road house with a sharp instrument. [28] Together, the combined odds of the DNA coming from someone other than Simpson were 1 in 40 million (Scotland had a population of around 5 million in 1980), and Dr Jonathan Whittaker who conducted the DNA tests testified under oath: "In my opinion, these DNA profile results provide extremely strong support for the assertion that the DNA recovered from the hair and blue jumper has originated from Vincent Simpson". Place: Templeton Woods, Dundee. 35-year-old Heron was stabbed in the back while queueing for information at London Waterloo station on the evening of 9 December 1988. 37-year-old Rosemary Allen, also spelled Rose Marie Allen, was found stabbed to death outside her husband's flat in Parkway, 23-year-old Michael Galvin was stabbed at his stall at the, Peter Morris and another man were attacked with an axe at The Telegraph public house in Church Street on 30 August, but only Peter died. Clara Kirton was a few days shy of her 86th birthday when she was fatally attacked with a broken beer bottle in her Southwark flat. He is charged with the murder of his grandmother, Mildred "Dodie" Darrington, 85, whose body was found in her East Dundee house. A former chief police officer has said apparent proof of a confession from Henry Gallagher gives him a great deal of satisfaction. [33] The jury were shown a video of Simpson in a police interview after he was arrested, in which he said that the DNA evidence was "tainted" but replied when he was asked if he was accusing police of planting evidence: "It doesn't happen, does it?". No one else has ever been charged with the murder. [31] At trial the detectives on the case denied there had been contamination, with retired Detective Inspector Ian Kennedy saying that police took every step to ensure this didn't happen. Dundee in the 19 th century was a rapidly industrializing town where population and crime rates soared, a police force was first appointed and a new jail was built. Templeton Woods. I was trying to get to Edinburgh, but made a mistake and got on a train to London. I told them both that I didnt want to hurt them, and the old man struck me again. [4][6], The BBC described the McCabe case in 2007 as one of Scotland's most notorious unsolved murders. [17] Investigators subsequently ruled out a link between the Templeton Woods murders and the five other cases initially linked, and also ruled out a link between the murders of Lannen and McCabe themselves. [111][112], The investigation coincidentally revealed a fraud committed by the Baroness against her late aunt, Lady Illingworth. He was wearing a silvery, shiny suit and an open neck white shirt. Richard Schmelzer pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. A dog walker found his body on a path next to Highgate Wood early the following morning, and possessions he had on him on the night of 26 August (including his watch and wallet) were now missing, it was soon discovered. Her body was found under a hedge in Shanks Crescent about half a mile from her home; she had been beaten and strangled. Prime suspect Albert Newman was cleared of his murder at the, By the A30 road close to the southern perimeter fence of Heathrow Airport, In the early hours of 31 March 1984, Indian minicab driver Pardeep Sangha was stabbed to death while on duty. The only person who has been indicted for his murder, however, is his wife, who was with him when two men stabbed and beat him that night before leaving on a motorcycle. Barry Thomas Stuart (21). Sex worker Donna Healey disappeared after being seen by family the day before her 18th birthday, which was in March 1988. 24-year-old Rachel Applethwaite was found dead in Sumner Place the day after Marina Monti was in Shepherd's Bush, A murder hunt began on 30 January 1987 following the death the previous day of, Daniel Morgan was found dead with an axe wound to the head in the car park of the Golden Lion pub. On 12 January 1986, 24-year-old restaurant owner Parvez Akhtar was strangled to death and then had his throat cut before being left in his car, where he was discovered by a cousin. Dundee double murder house on the market 2015-09-15 - A HOUSE that was the scene of a horrific double murder in the 1980s has gone up for sale. GenesReunited, JACK THE RIPPER, the notorious mass murderer Euan, who lives at Orange Lane, Montrose, and is a W hose identity. She was last seen alive at 11.20. It is thought that somebody ordered the killing because Wong would not do a deal with a, A 32-year-old civil servant killed by a blow to the head in Newington Green Road at about 5:20. Id Dronley Avenue. A witness saw her talking to a man in the early hours of the day she was murdered. Arif Khan's body was found in a garage on Coneygree Road on Friday, 9 May after the 28-year-old foundry worker's murder. The shopkeeper aged 76 was struck on the head three times at her Bulstrode Road premises on 9 January 1982, but did not succumb to her injuries until 6 July. Barbara Pinder, a 76-year-old pensioner, was beaten, strangled and then stabbed 35 times in her flat at 24A Prince of Wales Mansions in Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea, at some point between 26 and 28 October 1984. 50-year-old Haines was drowned. The case was re-opened with advances in DNA profiling in 2004, and was briefly one of seven cases officially linked to serial killer Angus Sinclair as part of an inquiry named Operation Trinity, before Sinclair was conclusively eliminated from the cases. A man told police that he was behind the double murder and served nearly 17 years for it, but appeal judges quashed his conviction when they heard that certain factors namely having a "suggestible" personality, being a fantasist and having an alibi that rang true rendered his confession unreliable. Id climbed in through the basement window. [93], A motive for the arson has not been established. The corpse of Olive Wilkinson was found in her home on 10 August with stab wounds and injuries caused by someone having beaten her with a weapon. 64-year-old Carver was bludgeoned to death at his. by Alexander McGregor. In 2007, the verdict of his trial was ruled unsafe and Raymond was released after spending twenty years in prison. At almost 8 pm on 20th March 1979 an 18 year old woman called Carol Lannen got into a red Ford Cortina. In 2005, the finding of fingerprints and a hair on items from the crime scene, as well as DNA from under the victim's fingernails, led to a 54-year-old man being charged, but he was acquitted of murder and manslaughter at the end of his trial. [41] The trial of Simpson made front-page news in Scotland. [23] However, the jury did not hear of these previous convictions as Scottish law prevents previous convictions being heard in court. Police issued an artist's impression of the perpetrator, who forced his way into the property before holding the two young women at knifepoint and stabbing Miss Harris-Reed (who was also 22) to death. [36] After the verdict, police said that they were not looking for anyone else in the case. True crime from Dundee, covering the most fascinating and shocking cases from the last century. A man was allegedly seen by a witness carrying a crossbow in the street, described as 19 or 20 and 5ft 8. Dundee Murders - Gordon Dunbar Scottish Murders True Crime TRIGGER WARNING - This episode contains gruesome details that some listeners may find disturbing, so listener discretion is advised. Choked to death with a ligature at the age of 14 after she mysteriously left her school during the lunch break. It comes after UK-wide hunt was launched for Bennylyn and Jellica after they were last seen in Bristol on February 17 then reported missing on March 1. 26-year-old Lloyd Simpson was attacked as he watched TV in his flat at 83-94 Shaftesbury Court, Shaftesbury Street, in Hoxton, London. He was shot in the head and stomach (his pit bull terrier was left unharmed). * We take your privacy seriously. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. Sex Offender Search. [3] Niven said that at the end of the night at around 12:30am the pair became separated as they were leaving, and she had expected to find McCabe at the entrance of the nightclub waiting for her but she was not. I have no idea how long it went on, but finally I came to, and they were lying on the floor covered in blood, their eyes staring into nowhere, not moving.. The Scottish Screen Archive collection has a clip of factory workers leaving Camperdown jute mill in Dundee, back in 1912. 28-year-old Jones was found dead in her flat on 16 January 1988. [50], Alun Kyte, the killer of two other sex workers, was suspected of Yvonne's murder; however, no charges were filed against him in this case. Teenager Raymond Gilmour confessed to Pamela's murder and was jailed, but he maintained that he was coerced into confessing. [23] The murders of Carol Lannen and Elizabeth McCabe started one of Scotland's biggest ever manhunts. Police believe he picked someone up before driving to Cyprus Road, about a mile away. Though the flame on the wick went out before it had burnt down enough of it to reach the petrol, a huge explosion was nonetheless triggered by fumes from the petrol causing an automatic dehumidifier in the cellar to come on and spark in the process. Dancing to the likes of the Beatles, The Searchers, Swinging Blue Jeans and many more - then leaving there to stand and blether to your pals before getting . It has been suggested that Pamela could have been a victim of serial killer Peter Tobin or, Dolphus Smith, Sidney Hickling and Susan Ovens. ", "A maniac on the loose? On Sunday 19 February 1984, 13-year-old Colin Maxwell left his home in Streatham and was never seen again. A woman in her 50s was jailed for murdering the two men, but the Court of Appeal quashed her conviction ten years later, in 1999. Mother-of-two Marion Hodge, 33, was from the Scottish town of. The body of 20-year-old Elizabeth McCabe was found in 1980 on the outskirts of Dundee and popular belief is that the murder was committed by the Yorkshire Ripper. Shirley was sentenced to life in 1988, but released in 2003 when DNA evidence proved he was not the killer. The 33-year-old was fatally injured on Saturday, 19 September during an altercation in High Town Road in which he was knocked to the ground. That is terrible and it got worse. He was known as John 'Scouse' Lewis and was only 5ft 4in tall. Lee Boxell was last seen on the High Street in. Edna Harvey's body was found in her ground-floor flat after concerned neighbours had seen smoke coming out of its front door. This was an era where a gibbet was built at the new Dundee jail for the public hanging of notorious criminals such as William Bury (thought by some to have . [1] Three months before this McCabe had got into a car that she had mistaken for a taxi after a night out. A man jailed in 1982 for the murder of Eric Carver had his conviction quashed in 2006 because appeal judges ruled that lack of evidence against him together with heavy-handed tactics used by the police to get him to confess to the crime meant that his conviction was not safe. Dr Alexander Wood was a very well-known and respected doctor within Dundee. [22][23] His gambling had also led to severe money problems. Very little evidence of theft from the building and nothing suggestive of a break-in there would be found. June 1977 - Mone is moved to Perth Prison, while McCulloch is sent to Peterhead. It was thought that up to three other people had been at the bungalow on the night of his death, but none of them has ever been traced or come forward. The killer dumped her naked body in Templeton Woods. A man was acquitted of the murder of 48-year-old Cyril Davies, who was beaten to death in his own home on Thursday, 23 March. Lewis was a 66-year-old man kicked repeatedly after going to sleep on a park bench on 7 August 1987. One hypothesis is that the attackers meant to target a different house, but set fire to the Gobles' instead by mistake. 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