“When I called out to her and I didn’t hear a response… it’s every parent’s worst nightmare.” This blog post is slightly different in that I can’t tell you the name of the victim, I can’t tell you the name of the perpetrators, I can’t give you specific details of the crime, and I can’t… Continue reading CHILD ABDUCTION: 98 MINUTES TO SOLVE A CRIME: ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT, 2016
APPEALS – MURDER FILES SEAN MCGANN NORTHAMPTON, 1979 In April 1979, a 15-year old schoolboy left his grandparent’s home to visit the travelling fair. His body was found in an alleyway the following morning. Forty years on from his murder, police are once again asking for help in solving who killed Sean McGann? SEAN MCGANN… Continue reading APPEALS – MURDER FILES: SEAN MCGANN, NORTHAMPTON, 1979
UNSOLVED CRIMES MURDER FILES BRIAN McDERMOTT, BELFAST, 1973 *UPDATED – FEB 2022* In 1973 on the last day of the school holidays, a ten-year old boy left his home and headed to a nearby park and was never seen alive again. Despite numerous rumours, witnesses, and a park full of people, his killer(s) has never… Continue reading UNSOLVED: MURDER FILES: BRIAN McDERMOTT, BELFAST, 1973
INQUIRY INTO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE FIRST REPORT CHILD MIGRATION PROGRAMMES, MARCH 2018 On 1st March 2018, IICSA released its first report on the Child Migration Programmes that occurred within the UK for decades. The report is 174 pages long, so I have outlined the contents, findings, institutions involved, problems that occurred etc. It made shocking… Continue reading INQUIRY INTO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: FIRST REPORT – CHILD MIGRATION PROGRAMMES
JERSEY AND ISLINGTON ‘I have known about Jersey paedophiles for 15 years‘ – Eileen Fairweather, 2008 This is an article that appeared in the Daily Mail (before it slipped down the press gutter) written by an award-winning journalist – Eileen Fairweather. It contains a lot of information on how, after she reported about the… Continue reading JERSEY & ISLINGTON: ‘I have known about Jersey paedophiles for 15 years’ – Eileen Fairweather
MISSING FILES OPERATION BUTE KATRICE LEE Katrice was the little daughter of a UK army sergeant and who lived in what was West Germany (now Germany). Katrice disappeared 37 years ago and has never been seen since. Sadly, the story of Katrice’s disappearance has never been given the attention it deserves and to highlight that… Continue reading OPERATION BUTE: KATRICE LEE, Paderborn, Germany
UNSOLVED CRIMES OPERATION TATTINGSTONE THE MURDER OF BERNARD OLIVER On 16th January 1967 the remains of a youth were found in two suitcases in a Suffolk field and so began a police investigation to trace who the boy was and who committed such a heinous crime. 16th JANUARY 1967 Farm worker, Fred Burggy, stumbled across… Continue reading UNSOLVED CRIMES: Operation Tattingstone – Bernard Oliver
THE MARY BELL CRIMES This blog post is about not just Mary Bell and the deaths of two small children, it is an overview of the circumstances surrounding her young life and their influence on her behaviour. In 1968, an 11 year old girl named Mary Bell (known as May to her family) from Scotswood,… Continue reading MURDER FILES: THE MARY BELL CRIMES
OPERATION RIDGEWOOD DAMIEN NETTLES – 2 NOVEMBER 1996 COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared On the night of 2 November 1996 on the Isle of Wight, 16 year old Damien Nettles disappeared after a night out with friends. Despite sightings, witness statements and CCTV, Damien has never been seen since, his body… Continue reading MISSING: OPERATION RIDGEWOOD: The Disappearance of Damien Nettles
DEREK FLINTHAM and IAN DURBAN In October 1988 a man named Derek Frank Flintham, aged 48, and Ian Michael Durban, 22, appeared at a specially convened hearing at Richmond Magistrates Court charged with kidnapping and raping an 11 year old girl. *Trigger warning* – this is a particular heinous crime against a young child. DEREK FRANK… Continue reading DEREK FLINTHAM – PREDATORY PAEDOPHILE
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