Suzy Lamplugh’s brother says his family will never have closure after his sister’s accused murderer died in prison.

John Cannan, 70, Died at HMP Full Sutton While serving a sentence for the kidnapping, rape and murder of newlywed Shirley Banks.

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The Beast was caged for at least 35 years for heinous crimes in 1989 and was named the prime suspect. Suzy Lamplugh case In 2002.

The 25-year-old real estate agent disappeared in 1986 and her body was never found, but it is presumed that she was murdered in 1994.

While Cannan has always denied killing the young woman, the Crown Prosecution Service said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him.

But Suzy’s brother Richard LamplughHe spoke following the death of the 64-year-old prisoner.

She was not “mourning the loss of John Cannan”, but instead was suffering “the loss that gave us closure”.

he said Telegram: “I never wanted to meet this man, even though my parents had met him.

“To me, he was dirty and manipulating people. He knew knowledge was power and wanted to stick with it.

“I wasn’t going to get on my knees and beg him for information.”

Former detective superintendent Jim Dickie, who led the re-investigation into Suzy’s disappearance in the early 2000s, said: “Cannan’s death means he can no longer harm anyone.

“But this also means he takes the secret of the whereabouts of Suzy’s remains with him to the grave.

“I’m so sorry that Suzy’s family won’t be able to find out where Cannan put her body.

“Unless he left some confessional papers with a lawyer or the prison, he had the secret of where she was sleeping.”

Suzy disappeared after leaving her office to meet a client called “Mr Kipper” and show him two houses in Fulham.

He did not return to work after the appointment and was never seen again.

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His white Ford Fiesta was found abandoned on Stevenage Road in Fulham and police believe he was kidnapped and murdered.

Over the decades, police pursued a series of leads in the disappearance but continued to fill in the gaps.

Cold case detectives identified Cannan as prime suspect related to his murder In 2002.

After Cannan was named as a suspect, a fellow inmate came forward.

He claimed that Suzy was buried under the porch of Cannan’s mother’s house.

Police returned to the property In 2018 I dug up part of the garden but nothing was found.

But there were other clues that identified Cannan as Mr. Kipper long before this tip-off.

In the bail dormitory where he lived at the time of the murder, he was given the nickname “Kipper” by others due to his fondness for fishing and his “kip” habit.

When his sister disappeared, Richard said: “We were never able to properly grieve for Suzy.

“It’s really sad that my family can’t even find out where he buried him.

“We would love to find Suzy’s body and scatter her ashes where my family’s ashes are scattered.”

Cannan was being held Tam Sutton prisonin the east YorkshireAt the time of his death in 1987 for the murder of another woman, Shirley Banks.

In 1989, he was found guilty of rape, attempted kidnapping, murder and attempted robbery following a series of crimes against young professional women.

The evening before Shirley was murdered, Cannan had attempted to kidnap a woman.

It was also revealed that he raped a third person at knifepoint. Reading, Berkshirea year ago.

Cannan was given three life sentences, and although he was initially given a full life sentence, this was later reduced to a minimum sentence of 35 years.

Attempts to appeal the mandatory 35 years were rejected.

Cannon’s Offer of freedom rejected in October last year.

The panel found it too dangerous to leave Category A prison.

The panel concluded: “Having considered the circumstances in which the offense was committed, the progress made while in custody and the evidence presented at the hearing, the panel is not satisfied that release at this point would be safe for the protection of the public.

“The delegation did not make a recommendation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs that Mr. Cannan be transferred to an open prison.”

Cannan was believed to be writing a book at the time of his death.

Richard said he hopes the killer may have included information that might provide some answers nearly 40 years later.

“The police think he did it, so I’ll accept that. It’s a fait accompli,” he added.

He added that the family “was never able to properly grieve for Suzy” because her body was never found.

The father of two told how his sister’s murder left him worried for his own daughters’ safety.

“My eldest daughter lives in London now and I worry about her, but I grew up in a city and loved it,” she said.

“They need to live their lives.

“Suzy always said, ‘Life is for those who live,’ and that’s a motto I want us all to live by.”

Cannan began his sadistic attacks on women when he was 14 years old, after attacking a woman in a phone booth.

In 1980, he strangled his mistress during sex and told her he would kill her if she tried to leave him.

The murderer committed his first rape a year later by tying up another lover and attacking her at knifepoint in front of her mother.

He was sentenced to eight years in prison in 1981 but was later transferred to an open prison; This meant that Suzy was released the same day she disappeared.

Meanwhile, another suspect in the Suzy Lamplugh case is serial killer steven wright – Also known as the Suffolk Strangler and the Ipswich Matador.

In 1982, Suzy was working as a beautician on the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, and Wright was also working there as a steward.

Wright is a convicted serial killer. killed five women In 2006.

Wright’s father, Conrad Wright, told Mirror He was “problematic” about photos of Wright with real estate agent Suzy before she disappeared in 1986.

In July 2021, Wright was arrested in prison on suspicion of murder. Victoria HallShe was found naked in a ditch in 1999.

Richard He spoke at the time and called on the police to pursue his sister’s case.

he said Sunday Mirror: “I don’t see any reason why the police shouldn’t speak to Wright about Suzy’s murder.

“They are trying to solve another case and are probably focusing on this.

“But if Wright is connected and the police think it is relevant, then it will be worth it.

“Whether it’s Cannan or Wright, I don’t know. The hard part is not knowing where he is.”

“It would be nice to find him. If there was somewhere we could scatter his ashes.”

The Metropolitan Police investigated Wright in relation to Suzy’s disappearance in 2008.

But a senior Metropolitan Police the officer described the connection as “speculative.”

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