Why did it take so long for the killer of 16-year-old Lynn Siddons to be brought to justice? This case involved a man who was obsessed with Jack the Ripper and blamed his crimes on his stepson, and a police force who were woefully inefficient in tackling the case. Lynn’s tenacious grandmother was forced to fight for the truth, in an 18-year legal battle that no bereaved family should ever have to endure.

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Sources:
BBC 2 documentary, ‘The Lynn Siddons Murder’, Culture of England, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YlHs2HwNxI

‘Granny nails Lynn's killer after 18-year battle’, The Free Library, 1996 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday 26 Jul. 2023 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Granny+nails+Lynn%27s+killer+after+18-year+battle.-a061257284

Hudson, Nick, ’40 years on, retired solicitor pays price for snaring killer of teenage girl’, July 2017, PoliceProfessional.com, https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/40-years-on-retired-solicitor-pays-price-for-snaring-killer-of-teenage-girl-2/

‘Killer Jailed 18 Years After Stabbing Girl’, July 1996, Independent, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/killer-jailed-18-years-after-stabbing-girl-1307616.html

Major Ingram, ‘The Derby Step-Strangler Case – Michael Brookes’, The Algebra of Justice, Just Justice.org, https://www.justjustice.org/surrogate.html