Helen McCourt was Murdered by Ian Simms on the 9th of February 1988, she was 22-years old at the time of her murder. Her body has never been found.

This case out-lines the day of her murder, but this case is really about Helens Law:

To require the Parole Board to consider any failure by a prisoner serving a sentence for unlawful killing or for taking or making an indecent image of a child to disclose information about the victim.

This Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 4th November 2020 and was enacted into law.

Since her daughter's disappearance, Marie McCourt has devoted herself to work for Support after Murder and Manslaughter (SAMM) and still puts pressure on Simms to reveal the location of Helen's body.

Simms was given a  ...