The Cradle in the Grave by Sophie Hannah

Author:Sophie Hannah
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Daily Telegraph,

Saturday 10 October 2009

Significant Lead in Helen Yardley Murder

Police investigating the murder of Helen Yardley, the wrongly convicted mother shot dead at her home in Spilling on Monday, confirmed yesterday that they have a lead. The police artist’s image below is of a man West Midlands CID are keen to question in connection with a recent attack on Sarah Jaggard, the Wolverhampton hairdresser acquitted of the murder of six-month-old Beatrice Furniss in July 2005. Mrs Jaggard was threatened with a knife in a busy shopping area of Wolverhampton on Monday 28 September. DS Sam Kombothekra of Culver Valley CID said: ‘We believe that the same man who attacked Mrs Jaggard may have shot Mrs Yardley. There is evidence that links the two incidents.’ Helen Yardley spent nine years in prison for the murders of her two baby sons before having her convictions quashed on appeal in February 2005. A card with 16 numbers on it, reproduced below, was found in her pocket after her death. A similar card was left in Mrs Jaggard’s pocket by her assailant.

DS Kombothekra has asked for anyone who recognises the man pictured below to contact him or a member of his team. He said: ‘We can guarantee complete confidentiality, so there is no reason to fear coming forward, though we believe this man is dangerous and should not be approached under any circumstances by members of the public. We must find him as a matter of utmost urgency.’ DS Kombothekra has also appealed for information about the 16 numbers on the card: ‘They must mean something to somebody. If that someone is you, please contact Culver Valley CID.’

Asked to comment on motive, DS Kombothekra said: ‘Both Mrs Yardley and Mrs Jaggard were accused of heinous crimes and found—though only after a terrible miscarriage of justice in Mrs Yardley’s case—to be not guilty. We have to consider the possibility that the motive is a desire to punish both women based on the mistaken belief that they are guilty.’

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