A former detective, who believes convicted murderer John Cannon also killed Suzy Lamplaug, called her to ‘clear her conscience’ and confess, as she warned that the 68-year-old would die in her grave. But can go ‘without saying what he knows’.
Kannan is serving a 35-year prison sentence for a separate 1989 murder, and was named by police in 2002 as the prime suspect in the disappearance of Suzy Lamplaug, a 25-year-old estate agent who died in July 1986. Fulham, had disappeared to the west. London,
Former detective Jim Dickey has renewed the call for the now-convicted killer to confess to his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Ms Lampalug, after it was revealed that Kannan is currently receiving end-of-life treatment behind bars. .
Mr Dickey said: ‘He can tell everything, purify his soul, clear his conscience and do what is right by families near his Creator, which is the most important thing.
‘I would urge them to take such action as it will give some closure to the families which they deserve.
A former Met Police detective who believes John Cannon (pictured) killed Suzy Lamplaug calls her to confess before the 68-year-old ailing prisoner meets her producer.
While serving as an detective superintendent for the Metropolitan Police, Jim Dickey (pictured) investigates Ms Lamplug’s case in the early 2000s, during which he is convinced that Kannan had murdered her.
Estate agent Suzy Lamplaug (pictured), 25, disappeared in Fulham, west London in July 1986, and her body was never found
He added: ‘The outcome is entirely in the hands of John Cannon.’
Kannan, who has been in ill health for several years and has been receiving palliative care at Full Sutton Prison, East Yorkshire, has always maintained that she had no involvement in Ms Lamplaug’s death.
Ms Lamplaug’s parents died without finding out what happened to their daughter, whose body was never found.
While serving as a detective superintendent for the Metropolitan Police, Mr. Dickey investigated Ms. Lamplugh’s case in the early 2000s, during which he was convinced that Kannan had murdered him.
Mr Dickey also pleaded guilty at Kannan’s doorstep for the murder of Sandra Court, a 26-year-old Bournemouth insurance clerk whose body was found in a waterlogged ditch on the Avon Causeway in May 1986.
‘There is a possibility that he’ [Cannan] He never knows what he knows to die without saying,’ Mr. Dickie told Mirror.
The customer had gone to see a photofit of ‘Mr. Keeper’ Suzy before she disappeared, but police did not name Kannan as the prime suspect until 2002.
John Cannon, 68, was named by police as the prime suspect in the disappearance of 25-year-old Suzy Lamplaug in Fulham, west London in July 1986, but the CPS said they had insufficient evidence to prosecute. he’s on his deathbed now
He continued: ‘The problem is no one can force them to tell us what happened in the Suzy Lamplaug and Sandra Court relationship.
‘I firmly believe that he is responsible for the deaths of both of those girls and I know there may be other victims.
‘ When he was interviewed in 2001, he told me, “There are some things I haven’t been caught for”.
‘It may well be that he is referring to those or other victims.
‘There’s no doubt about it: John Cannon is a serial sex offender and a convicted murderer.’
Canaan was sentenced to life in 1989 for the 1987 murder of 29-year-old Shirley Banks of Bristol.
Previously, he was also convicted of raping a woman in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, and is suspected of having committed several other sexual assaults.