The police search for Margaret Fleming at the house near Inverkip failed to find where she had been buried TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOPKillers who refuse to disclose the location of their victims’ bodies should be barred from parole, Scottish campaigners have said. The calls came after Edward Cairney and Avril Jones were sentenced yesterday to a minimum of 14 years for the murder of Margaret Fleming, a vulnerable young woman who disappeared in December 1999. Edward Cairney was urged to “search his soul” after sentencing JANE BARLOW/PAMs Fleming, who had learning difficulties, was abused and neglected at a house in Inverkip, Renfrewshire, before she was killed by her “carers”. Neither admitted the crime, instead concocting a series of bizarre explanations for her disappearance. Campaigners support a Scottish version of “Helen’s Law”, introduced in England and Wales to prevent the parole of murderers who do not reveal where their victim’s remains can be found.

Source: The Times July 17, 2019 23:18 UTC