Suzy Lamplugh ‘killer’ bared his sick mind to me in 200 letters… I’m convinced he left clue that proves his murder spree

HE was the suspected serial slayer considered excessively unsafe for merchandise - adjacent erstwhile helium laic dying from cancer. 

Monster John Cannan died aged 70 earlier this month successful HM Prison Full Sutton, successful Yorkshire, earlier giving closure to the families of 2 women who helium is suspected to person killed.

The Sutton Coldfield-born predator refused to assistance the relatives of Suzy Lamplugh, who vanished aft showing a spot to a ‘Mr Kipper’, successful London, successful July 1986.

Cannan was named arsenic the main suspect in 2002 but was ne'er charged owed to what police described arsenic a deficiency of evidence and Suzy's assemblage ne'er being found. 

Suzy’s household made a plea to the monster, who received 3 beingness sentences successful 1989 for the kidnap and execution of Shirley Banks, 29, successful Bristol, who helium held hostage successful his flat, and different sickening crimes.

They included the rape of an unnamed pistillate successful Reading and an attempted gunpoint kidnapping of Julia Holman. Cannan was besides linked to the sidesplitting of Sandra Court, 27, successful Bournemouth. 

The monster died from a ruptured aneurysm aft rotting successful prison for years, pursuing a stroke successful 2019 and palliative attraction for cancer, and it's believed his suspected victims' families volition present forever beryllium denied answers.

But criminologist and crime author Christopher Berry-Dee, who exchanged much than 200 letters with Cannan and assisted police’s investigations, believes the slayer has already told america each we request to know. 

He tells The Sun: “Many would presume helium took each of his secrets with him to the sedate but I firmly judge John Cannan told america everything astir the cases successful my letters.

“He’s a games subordinate but besides a malignant narcist similar Ted Bundy and others who privation to confess and brag but they can’t, truthful they bash it successful a subtle way. 

“They bash it successful the 2nd oregon 3rd person, John has told america each astir that lawsuit 100 per cent - with references to the King James Bible, owe fraud and different things.

"For example, the book passages referenced precise bleak things astir murder, goodness and punishment.

“John went to the sedate smug, knowing that helium near a way of clues and everyone was ‘too thick’ to fig it out.” 

Christopher was erstwhile described arsenic having known John Cannan “far amended than helium knew himself”.

Much of his insights came from letters, which were aboriginal utilized by the police, aft contacting the slayer to accidental helium wanted to constitute a publication astir him.

As good arsenic penning to him, Christopher interviewed scores of radical successful Cannan’s beingness including his mother, victims and those who knew him astatine pivotal points.

The suspected serial slayer was calved successful Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, and educated astatine a fee-paying nationalist school. He had a “disciplinarian” dada and “kind, loving” mother.

At 14, helium was enactment connected probation for indecently assaulting a pistillate successful a telephone container and a decennary aboriginal successful 1978, aft marrying archetypal woman June Vale, with whom helium had a child, carried retired galore much crimes. 

Cannan is suspected to person been the ‘House for Sale Rapist’, who assaulted and raped 20 pistillate property agents successful the West Midlands from the precocious Seventies until 1980. 

Police accidental the attacks bore similarities to his aboriginal crimes and the timeframe - which coincided with his marriage going downhill and him leaving June for Sharon Major, who helium allegedly raped and threatened to kill. 

In 1981, Cannan robbed a petrol station, threatening 2 pistillate assistants with a weapon and aboriginal raped Jean Bradford aft threatening her with a blade, portion her 17-month-old babe was successful the backmost room. When Jean’s parent arrived, helium tied her up and made her watch.

That twelvemonth helium was sentenced to 8 years for the crimes but served conscionable 5 and was released to unfastened situation conditions astatine a hostel adjacent Wormwood Scrubs successful 1986, meaning helium was retired astir the clip of Sandra Court's sidesplitting and Suzy’s disappearance.

The second was described arsenic “the astir notorious lawsuit successful British history” by Christopher and to this day, her assemblage has not been found. 

In July 1986, property cause Suzy, 25, vanished successful Fulham, London, and the lone hint was that she was owed to conscionable a ‘Mr Kipper’ successful her diary. 

Cannan was known by the nickname ‘Kipper’ successful situation - which Christopher says was owed to his emotion of “kipper ties”

Crucial clue

Christopher is convinced that Cannan was progressive successful Suzy’s execution owed to a coded notation to her connected a peculiarly important vehicle. 

At the time, constabulary were hunting for missing Shirley Banks, who vanished successful October 1987, adjacent a crowded buying country successful Broadmead, Bristol. 

The 29-year-old textiles idiosyncratic vanished soon aft spending connected her recognition paper astatine a store successful the country and the adjacent morning, aft her hubby had reported her missing, she called successful sick to work. 

Cannan had kidnapped her and forced her to telephone her employee, apt connected the committedness that she would beryllium freed if she did.

Instead, helium killed her and dumped her assemblage successful a shallow watercourse successful a bid to guarantee “any DNA creation was washed away”, according to Christopher.

Police linked Cannan aft uncovering the taxation disc for Shirley’s car successful the glovebox of his conveyance pursuing his apprehension for a abstracted incidental - a Reading woman, who was raped astatine knifepoint aft helium pulled implicit successful his car to inquire her for directions.

Later constabulary would find Shirley’s missing Mini Clubman wrong the store astatine the flats wherever Cannan lived, sprayed bluish and with a fake licence sheet that work ‘SLP 386S’ - which could clasp significance.

Christopher says: “He’s sticking 2 fingers up astatine everyone. Think of the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of car number plates past oregon contiguous helium could person chosen. Why SLP and 386 erstwhile helium hasn’t adjacent been interviewed astir Suzy by then?”

He believes ‘SLP’ refers to Suzy Lamplugh and ‘386’ means 3 victims and the twelvemonth 1986. He suspects the different 2 ladies could beryllium Sandra Court and Shirley - contempt her disappearance taking spot a twelvemonth later. Others judge the 3rd unfortunate could beryllium the unnamed woman helium attacked successful Reading. 

Christopher adds: “That licence sheet is John rubbing his hands with glee. He’s telling america helium killed her. And similar successful his letters you person to unpick the puzzle.

“He went to the sedate without saying a connection much astir Suzy due to the fact that helium enjoyed playing this crippled with nine and did truthful close up to his deathbed.”

Cannan, who remains the premier suspect, was said to person had a “strong interest” successful Suzy’s lawsuit by ex-girlfriend Gilly Paige and boasted astir being involved. 

Christopher adds: “John bragging astir this terrified her retired of her wits. She remembered that clearly, it was him getting it disconnected his chest.” 

'Rare remorse'

Cannan is believed to person killed 26-year-old Sandra Court, whose corpse was recovered strangled successful a ditch aft she had past been seen stumbling location barefoot astatine astir 2.45am, successful May 1987.

Despite Cannan’s protests of innocence, helium was linked by a letter, according to Christopher, and aboriginal grounds - but was ne'er charged with her killing. 

“One of his large mistakes was saying helium ne'er killed Sandra Court successful Bournemouth and was obscurity near,” Christopher tells us.

“So I asked [a policeman] to propulsion his things retired of the car and wrong a bin liner, screwed up, was a wage and show summons from the area. 

“I told him, ‘What’s this? Look astatine the day and the time, it’s wrong a mates of hours of Sandra Court going missing.’” 

Christopher also believes Cannan admitted guilt successful a uncommon show of remorse successful a missive helium wrote to the Southern Daily Echo, based successful Southampton. 

In the missive, it was claimed Sandra’s decease was a “complete and utter accident” and it denounced the thought the perpetrator was “a slayer oregon murderer”.

The criminologist tells us: “I got a transcript of the missive and we had handwriting experts look astatine it. They said it was John Cannan’s benignant but helium was penning with his different hand. 

“After helium murdered Sandra Court successful Poole that night, helium went to enactment astatine a friend’s location successful Southampton wherever helium could person sent the letter.

“John’s mean sidesplitting was sadosexual behaviour, helium loved the torture, tracking and the kill. But with Sandra it was opportunistic and helium apt had the impulse to rape oregon kill. 

“I judge helium realised, ‘I killed a poor, guiltless miss walking home’. If determination was ever immoderate remorse shown by John, helium did truthful successful that letter.”