Brother of Suzy Lamplugh says he’ll never get closure after sister’s suspected killer dies – taking secrets to the grave

THE member of Suzy Lamplugh said his household volition ne'er get closure aft his sister's suspected murderer died successful prison.

John Cannan, 70, died successful HMP Full Sutton while serving a condemnation for the abduction, rape and execution of newlywed Shirley Banks.

The monster was caged for a minimum of 35 years successful 1989 for heinous crimes and named arsenic the premier fishy successful the Suzy Lamplugh lawsuit in 2002.

The 25-year-old property cause disappeared successful 1986 and her assemblage has ne'er been recovered but she was presumed murdered successful 1994.

Cannan ever denied sidesplitting the young woman, portion the Crown Prosecution Service said determination was not capable grounds to prosecute him.

But Suzy's member Richard Lamplugh, 64, has spoken retired aft the prisoner's death.

He was "not mourning John Cannan" but alternatively grieving the "loss of him ever giving america closure".

He told The Telegraph: "I ne'er wanted to conscionable the man, though my parents did conscionable with him.

"As acold arsenic I'm concerned, helium was a nasty spot of enactment and helium manipulated people. He knew that accusation is powerfulness and helium wanted to clasp connected to it.

"I wasn't going to get down connected bended genu and beg him for information."

Former detective main superintendent Jim Dickie, who led a re-investigation into Suzy’s disappearance successful the aboriginal 2000s, said: “Cannan’s decease means helium cannot harm anyone other now.

“But it besides means helium takes with him to the sedate the concealed of wherever Suzy’s remains lie.

“I consciousness precise bittersweet for Suzy’s household that they are not going to find retired from Cannan wherever helium enactment her body.

“Unless helium has near immoderate confessional documentation with a solicitor oregon with the situation helium has taken the concealed of wherever she lies with him.”

Suzy vanished aft leaving her bureau to conscionable a lawsuit named “Mr Kipper” to amusement him 2 houses successful Fulham.

She didn't instrumentality to enactment aft the assignment and was ne'er seen again.

Her achromatic Ford Fiesta was recovered abandoned successful Stevenage Road, Fulham, and constabulary judge she was abducted and murdered.

Over the decades, constabulary person chased up a fig of leads relating to the disappearance, but person continued to gully blanks.

Cold lawsuit detectives named Cannan arsenic the premier suspect of her murder in 2002.

A chap situation inmate came guardant aft Cannan was named arsenic the suspect.

He claimed that Suzy had been buried nether the patio astatine Cannan's mother’s house.

Police returned to the property to excavation up a conception of the plot successful 2018 but thing was found.

However, determination were different clues which suggested Cannan was Mr Kipper agelong earlier this tip-off.

He was fixed the nickname “Kipper” by others astatine a bail hostel wherever helium lived astatine the clip of the execution — owed to his fondness for the food and a wont of having a "kip".

At the clip his sister disappeared, Richard said: "We person ne'er been capable to decently grieve for Suzy.

"It's truly bittersweet that my folks weren't astir to adjacent find retired wherever helium buried her.

"We would dearly emotion to beryllium capable to find Suzy's assemblage and to scatter her ashes wherever my parents' ashes are scattered."

Cannan was being held in Full Sutton prison, in East Yorkshire, astatine the clip of his decease for the execution of different woman, Shirley Banks, successful 1987.

In 1989 helium was convicted of rape, attempted abduction, execution and attempted robbery pursuing a bid of crimes against young nonrecreational women.

The evening earlier Shirley was killed, Cannan had attempted to kidnap a woman.

He was besides recovered to person raped a 3rd astatine knifepoint in Reading, Berkshire, a twelvemonth earlier.

Cannan was handed 3 beingness sentences, and contempt primitively being fixed a full beingness tariff, this was aboriginal reduced to a minimum 35-year sentence.

His attempts to entreaty the mandatory 35 years had been rejected.

Cannon's bid for state was denied successful October past year.

The sheet recovered helium was excessively unsafe to fto spell from the Category A prison.

The sheet concluded: "After considering the circumstances of his offending, the advancement made portion successful custody and the grounds presented astatine the hearing, the sheet was not satisfied that merchandise astatine this constituent would beryllium harmless for the extortion of the public.

"Nor did the sheet urge to the Secretary of State that Mr Cannan should beryllium transferred to an unfastened prison."

Cannan was believed to person been penning a publication astatine the clip of his death.

Richard said helium hoped the murderer mightiness person included accusation that would springiness immoderate answers aft astir 40 years.

"The constabulary deliberation helium did it, truthful I volition judge that. It's fait accompli," helium added.

He added however the household person "never been capable to decently grieve for Suzy" due to the fact that her assemblage was ne'er found.

The dad-of-two told however his sister's execution makes him fearfulness for his ain daughters' safety.

"My eldest girl is surviving successful London present and I bash interest astir her, but I was brought up successful a metropolis and I loved it," helium said.

"They person to unrecorded their lives.

"Suzy ever said that 'life is determination for the living' and that's a motto I privation america each to unrecorded by."

Cannan began his sadistic rampage against women erstwhile helium was conscionable 14 aft helium assaulted a pistillate wrong a telephone booth.

In 1980, helium choked his mistress during enactment and told her helium was going to termination her erstwhile she tried to permission him.

The slayer committed his archetypal rape a twelvemonth aboriginal erstwhile helium attacked tied up different person and attacked her successful beforehand of her mum astatine knifepoint.

He was jailed for 8 years successful 1981 but aboriginal transferred to an unfastened situation - meaning helium was connected time merchandise astatine the clip of Suzy's disappearance.

Meanwhile, different fishy successful the Suzy Lamplugh lawsuit was serial killer Steven Wright - besides known arsenic the Suffolk Strangler and the Ipswich Ripper.

Suzy had worked arsenic a beautician connected the water liner Queen Elizabeth 2 successful 1982 and Wright was moving determination astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic a steward.

Wright is simply a convicted serial killer, who murdered 5 women in 2006.

Wright’s father, Conrad Wright, told the Mirror he was “troubled” by pictures of Wright with property cause Suzy, earlier she vanished successful 1986.

In July 2021, Wright was arrested successful jailhouse connected suspicion of killing Victoria Hall, who was recovered bare successful a ditch successful 1999.

Richard spoke retired astatine the time, calling for constabulary to follow-up his sister's case.

He told The Sunday Mirror: "I don’t spot immoderate crushed wherefore constabulary couldn’t talk to Wright astir Suzy’s murder.

"They are trying to lick different lawsuit and are astir apt concentrating connected that one.

"But if Wright has been linked, if the constabulary thought it was relevant, past it would beryllium worthwhile.

"Whether it’s Cannan oregon Wright, I don’t know. What’s hard is not knowing wherever she is.

"It would beryllium beauteous to find her. To person determination wherever we could scatter her ashes."

The Metropolitan Police investigated Wright successful 2008 successful narration to Suzy's disappearance.

But, a senior Metropolitan Police officer described the nexus arsenic “speculative”.