The discovery of a body in a water-filled quarry in Eccleston in 1979 led the police to uncover an international drug ring…
As part of Local and Community History Month, The Friends of St Annes Library present “The Handless Corpse Murder”. A talk by former Chief Superintendent Jeff Meadows who worked on handless corpse case.
“You were frightened to take a day off in case you missed something” Jeff Meadows. Find out more
Thursday 27th May 2010, 7.30pm: Tickets available from St Annes Library – 01253 643900 or contact the Community History Manager
Find more reports in our Lancashire Lantern old newspapers index
Read more at in the Times Digital Archive
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30 people attended the talk by Jeff Meadows which gave a great insight into this high profile case looking at the hard work, forensic science and luck which were involved in bringing it to a successful conclusion. Some of the comments we received were…”Most interesting! Very good presentation”, “Excellent talk! Thank-you” and “A fascinating glimpse into a murder investigation”
Andrew Walmsley, Community History Manager
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