Ms Rivett’s body was discovered in November 1974 in the basement of 46 Lower Belgrave Street in central London but police found the prime suspect, the seventh Earl of Lucan, had vanished. Lord Lucan vanished in November 1974 (PA)According to Mr Campbell: “Throughout the late 1990s the Metropolitan Police were in possession of credible intelligence Lucan was still alive and hiding in Africa.”No body has been found in the search for Lord Lucan, despite a decades-long manhunt. Sandra Rivett (BBC/Five Mile Films/Mirrorpix/PA)“Sandra is still my mum and I will do the best I can for her. In 2016, Lord Lucan’s son Lord George Bingham inherited his title as the eighth earl after he applied for a death certificate 42 years after his father vanished, under the Presumption of Death Act, which came into effect in 2014. Mr Berriman corresponded with Lord Lucan’s wife Veronica, prior to her death in 2017, and met police officers for the new BBC series.

Source: The Herald November 05, 2024 22:29 UTC