Suzy Lamplugh murder prime suspect John Cannan's cause of death revealed

John Cannan was jailed successful 1989 for the abduction and execution of Shirley Banks and was aboriginal named by constabulary arsenic the premier fishy successful property cause Suzy Lamplugh

The premier fishy successful Suzy Lamplugh's execution died from a ruptured aneurysm successful prison, an inquest has heard.

John Cannan, 70, was jailed successful 1989 for the abduction and murder of newlywed Shirley Banks from Bristol.

The convicted rapist and murderer was aboriginal named by constabulary arsenic the beast who killed property cause Suzy, 25, from London, who disappeared successful July 1986. Her assemblage has ne'er been recovered and Cannon took his secrets to his grave.

Since his decease experts person suggested his letters from situation and 'writings' down bars should beryllium examined for clues arsenic helium liked to 'play games'. An inquest heard connected Friday helium died aged 70 successful HMP Full Sutton, successful East Yorkshire, connected November 6th.

Area Coroner for Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire Lorraine Harris said Cannan was identified by a situation officer. His origin of decease was fixed arsenic a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, which is simply a swelling successful the artery that carries humor from the bosom to the abdomen.

The coroner adjourned the inquest until a day to beryllium set. Suzy vanished aft going to conscionable a lawsuit lone known arsenic Mr Kipper successful Fulham connected July 28th 1986.

Cannon was nicknamed Kipper during earlier situation sentences, which was suggested could person been a notation to being a ‘kidnapper’.

He besides bore a striking resemblance to an e-fit of a antheral Suzy was seen talking to that day. He ever denied her murder. Shirley Banks, a mill manager from Clifton was killed a twelvemonth later.

Her caller hubby tried to way her down the greeting aft she disappeared and called the textiles mill she managed.

He was told she had phoned minutes earlier to accidental she was unwell.

This led constabulary to judge she had been abducted and held by Cannan overnight and had perchance been told by him that she would beryllium released safely.

Her assemblage was recovered six months aboriginal successful a watercourse connected the Quantock Hills successful Somerset.

Cannan besides faced 8 different charges including intersexual offences and attempted abduction relating to incidents involving different women and was jailed for beingness successful 1989.

In October 2023 a parole committee ruled Cannan was excessively unsafe to release. Callan was primitively from Birmingham, increasing up successful a mediate people family. He went connected to unrecorded successful Bristol and would airs arsenic a ‘West Country businessman’.

He would ply women with flowers and champagne earlier attacking them erstwhile his advances were rejected. He has been linked with a fig of cases that stay unsolved.

After Cannan’s death, Suzy’s member Richard Lamplugh spoke of his hopes for clues successful a 'book written successful prison' which whitethorn pb to the find of her body.

He described his decease arsenic "no nonaccomplishment to society" but wanted to scatter his sister's ashes astatine the aforesaid determination arsenic those of his parents.

"If he's near immoderate accusation somewhere, it would beryllium beauteous to have. I stitchery determination was a anticipation helium was penning a publication successful jail, possibly he's enactment thing down there.

"I stitchery it's each fabrication but helium mightiness person near immoderate clues to wherever helium buried oregon near Suze."

Experts accidental his situation ‘writings’ and immoderate letters should beryllium examined for imaginable patterns oregon hidden meanings arsenic Cannan ‘liked to play games’.

A fake licence sheet connected a car astatine Cannan’s location whitethorn person links to her death, with the letters 'SLP' and '86' included.

Suzy’s parents, Paul and Diana, acceptable up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust with the purpose of helping radical consciousness harmless done offering idiosyncratic information grooming and advice.

It is present the starring idiosyncratic information foundation successful the UK, with a peculiar absorption connected stalking and unit against women and girls, and has tally the National Stalking Helpline since 2010.

In a connection released aft quality of Cannan's death, the spot said: "We recognise that this is simply a hard clip for the household of Suzy Lamplugh arsenic they process this news.

"We would similar to instrumentality this accidental to recognise the enactment of Suzy’s parents who acceptable up the spot to alteration individuals and organisations to beryllium and consciousness safer done campaigning, acquisition and its specializer enactment services for victims of stalking.

"We are indebted to their persistence, resilience and their absorption connected ensuring that what happened to Suzy doesn’t hap to others."