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 d
Undated photo of Helen McCourt
Manchester Ship Canal at Hollins Green
Murder of Alison Shaughnessy
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On 3 June 1991, 21-year-old Alison Shaughnessy was stabbed to death in the stairwell of her flat near Clapham Junction station. Shaughnessy was newly married, but her husband was having an affair with
Murder of Helen McCourt
…James Hanratty – a murderer for whom Bob Woffinden also campaigned to be cleared and was later proven to be guilty Murder of Alison Shaughnessy – a case in which Woffinden successfully campaigned for the convicted murderer to be freed. There remain no other suspects. Murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins…
Vardens Road, shown in 2013. Shaughnessy's flat, the site of the murder, is the one to the rear of the lamppost.
The flat where the murder occurred is only 400 meters (440 yards) from Clapham Junction station.
The Old Bailey in central London, where the trial was held
The Taylors were freed at the Court of Appeal in 1993.