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Here Robin Longbottom examines the story of ‘Owd Three Laps’ Bill Sharp, who took to his bed for nearly half a century THE story of William Sharp, or Owd Three Laps, was first widely publicised by the Rev Baring-Gould when he included it in his book of Yorkshire Oddities published in 1874. Although he is perhaps better remembered for writing the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers, his popular book about eccentric Yorkshire characters has been reprinted several times. William Sharp, known as Bill, was the youngest child of William and Mary Sharp and was born at Low Bridge in Keighley i...

>> i don't think miss mackey will be around when kyle gilley is eligible for his first parole hearing in september of 2042. i'll be 83 years old, but if i'm alive and if my partner bill sharp is alive, we'll be there to testify against releasing him. >> 20 years is a long time to wait for justice. the evidence in the case never changed. it just took that long for forensic technology to catch up with the killer. >> cold cases are difficult. the positive side is that forensic science is constantly advancing so that what we couldn't do 20 years ago, now we can do. >> i cannot recall during my tim...

>> several years later, dan left journalism and became a police officer. the first cold case he was assigned was laura salmon's murder. >> i didn't become a law enforcement officer to work on this case. but it was always on my mind. so i was quite happy that i got to assist bill sharp on this case. >> one of the first things dan goodwin and bill sharp did was to send all of the evidence to the forensic lab for testing. >> obviously through the advancement in science, through dna testing, maybe we could find the donor of the biological material and match that with our killer. >> while dna testi...

Sentenced to life in prison. dan goodwin finally kept the promise he'd made to laura's mother at the funeral. >> i don't think miss mackey will be around when kyle gilley is eligible for his first parole hearing in september of 2042. i'll be 83 years old, but if i'm alive and if my partner, bill sharp's alive, we'll be there to testify against releasing him. >> 20 years is a long time to wait for justice. the evidence in the case never changed. it just took that long for forensic technology to catch up with the killer. >> cold cases are difficult. the positive side is that forensic science is ...

Murders in 1987, which included laura's case. but all along, i knew i was more interested in police work. >> several years later, dan left journalism and became a police officer. the first cold case he was assigned was laura salmon's murder. >> i didn't become a law enforcement officer to work on this case, but it was always on my mind. so i was quite happy that i got to assist bill sharp on this case. >> one of the first things dan goodwin and bill sharp did was to send all of the evidence to the forensic lab for testing. >> obviously, through the advancement in science, through dna testing, ...