Detectives probing 1986 Lovers' Lane murders launch fresh appeal
Detectives investigating the murders of two lovers shot dead 35 years ago have launched a fresh appeal for information after crucial evidence was lost. Peter Thurgood, 47, and his lover Lindy Benstead, 49, were killed with a shotgun at point-blank range in a country clearing on Chapel Common in Rake, West Sussex, in 1986. Mr Thurgood was found slumped by the side of a hire car with gunshot wounds to his head and chest while married mother-of-three Mrs Benstead was found on the ground nearby. Detectives at the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team have now launched a fresh appeal ...