Rapist and killer John Cannan s former girlfriends still under police protection
He is serving three life terms for a 1987 murder, rape and attempted kidnap
Cannan is also the prime suspect in the murder of Suzy Lamplugh in 1986
Terrified ex-partners want him kept behind bars indefinitely amid fears he will hunt them down in revenge if he is released next year when eligible for parole
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The Lamplugh siblings in the early 1980s: l-r, Richard, Suzy, Tamsin and Lizzie
Credit: Paul Lamplugh
It was the summer of 1986. Prince Andrew had just married Sarah Ferguson, Gary Lineker signed for Barcelona, and The Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh was at number one.
On July 28, 25-year-old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh left her office in upmarket Fulham for a 12.45pm viewing appointment with a “Mr Kipper”. She would never return.
That night, her white Ford Fiesta car was found about a mile away, in the quiet street that ran past Fulham football ground, with Lamplugh’s purse still in the seat-door pocket. Det Sgt Mike Barley was called in that evening. “At that point,” he says, “we knew three things. Suzy had left the office about 12.30; her car had been found at one minute past 10; and she hadn’t been seen since. And 34 years on, we still only really know those three things.”
New Sky Crime documentary The Mystery of Suzy Lamplugh re-examines case
Fulham estate agent Suzy, 25, disappeared in July 1986 and declared dead in 94
Reveals witness who claims to have seen John Cannan dump luggage in Brentford canal three days after she went missing went to police three times
Friend of witness said she received phone call from police officer a few months ago to say they re not pursuing it anymore and claims she felt dismissed
Former head of investigation Jim Dickie says he d move Heaven and Earth to search the waterway for the estate agent s body if he was still in charge