Murder of Helen McCourt - Wikipedia
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. [1]
Helen McCourt's mother ordered to pay killer £40,000 legal fees
Sep 7, 2020 · Simms was jailed in 1989 for the murder of 22-year-old Helen McCourt on Merseyside and has never revealed where her body was hidden. The court ruled money raised through Mrs...
Helen McCourt: Mum hopes killer's death will lead to body find - BBC
Jun 28, 2022 · Helen McCourt was murdered by Ian Simms in 1988. Mrs McCourt's campaigning led to the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act, which was known as Helen's Law, being...
Killer of Helen McCourt, Ian Simms, dies without revealing ...
Jun 28, 2022 · Pub landlord Ian Simms was jailed for life, after being convicted of the murder of 22-year-old Helen McCourt in February 1988. Simms was released from prison in 2020 after 32 years in prison ...
Helen McCourt: Mum hopes killer's death will lead to body find
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...
Helen McCourt murderer Ian Simms released from prison
Feb 6, 2020 · Helen McCourt was murdered by Ian Simms in Billinge, Merseyside, in 1988. A murderer who has refused to reveal the whereabouts of his victim's remains has been released from...
Murder victim’s mother behind Helen’s Law to be ... - The Independent
Nov 8, 2023 · Marie McCourt, the mother of 22-year-old Helen McCourt – who was murdered after vanishing near their home in St Helens, Merseyside, in 1988, will be made an MBE for services to the families of...
Helen McCourt murder: Decision to release killer Ian Simms to be ...
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.
Helen McCourt murder: Mum hopes death of daughter's killer ... - Sky News
Jun 28, 2022 · The mother of a murder victim whose body has never been found is hoping new information will come to light - now her daughter's killer has died. Marie McCourt is wondering whether friends or family of Ian Simms, who may have been too scared to speak out while he was alive, will do so now.
Helen McCourt's murderer Ian Simms dies after being released …
Jun 28, 2022 · Helen McCourt was murdered by Ian Simms (Image: PA) Pub landlord Simms attacked 22-year-old Helen in 1988 as she walked home from work in her job at an insurance company in Liverpool. He...