Babes in the Wood murders (Wild Park)

The Babes in the Wood murders were the murders of two nine-year old girls, Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, on October 9, 1986. The bodies of the girls were found in Wild Park, Moulsecoomb, north of Brighton, England on the following day. They had been strangled and sexually assaulted.[1] Nicola and Karen, who were neighbors on an estate in Brighton, were last seen alive after going out to play.[2] A local roofer, Russell Bishop, was tried for the rape and strangulation of the two girls, but was acquitted.[3] The case remains open.[4][5] Bishop was convicted in 1990 for the kidnapping and attempted murder of a seven-year-old girl.

Nicola’s father, Barrie Fellows, was arrested in 2009 at his home in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, on suspicion of rape and conspiracy to rape his daughter. A friend of the Fellows family, Douglas Judd, was also arrested for suspicion of sexual offenses. A spokeswoman for the Sussex Police said the investigation into sexual abuse allegations was unrelated to the ongoing murder inquiry.[6] Both men were found innocent by police and let go.[7]

On 10 May 2016, a man was arrested for the murders. The suspect was initially not named for legal reasons.[8]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Babes In The Wood murder: 23 years on, father's first interview". The Independent. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Prime suspect in Babes in the Wood murders could be free in months". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Babes in wood families 'find evidence'". BBC News. 2003-09-15. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  4. ↑ "March over 'Babes in Wood' deaths". BBC News. 2006-10-10. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  5. ↑ "Police quiz Babes in Wood father". BBC News. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  6. ↑ "Father of 'Babes in the Wood' murder victim arrested". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  7. ↑ crimeshop (2016-02-04). "1986 ~ Babes in the Woods Murders". thecrimeshop. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  8. ↑ Man arrested over 1986 'babes in the wood' murders in Brighton The Guardian, 10 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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