Murder of Helen McCourt
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murder-of-helen-mccourt-219-482519
title:
Murder of Helen McCourt
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On 9 February 1988, Helen McCourt, a 22-year-old British insurance clerk from Bootle, Merseyside, disappeared in the village of Billinge, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, shortly after disembarking from a bus less than 500 yards from her home. Her body has never been found. Ian Simms, a local pub landlord, was convicted of her murder. The case is a rare example in which a murder conviction has been obtained without the presence of a body, and was among the first in the UK to use DN
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1988 murder in Lancashire, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Helen_McCourt
date created:
2013-04-06T14:39:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T10:57:01Z
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