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| A 39-year-old murder case in Liverpool has been solved after police confirmed an elderly man who died leaving a confession did commit the killing. | A 39-year-old murder case in Liverpool has been solved after police confirmed an elderly man who died leaving a confession did commit the killing. |
| Harvey Richardson, 77, died in February 2008 leaving nine sides of paper detailing the strangulation of 19-year-old Lorraine Jacob in 1970. | Harvey Richardson, 77, died in February 2008 leaving nine sides of paper detailing the strangulation of 19-year-old Lorraine Jacob in 1970. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said had Richardson been alive he would have been charged with murder. | The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said had Richardson been alive he would have been charged with murder. |
| Workmen found the confession and press clippings at his home in Aspull, Wigan. | Workmen found the confession and press clippings at his home in Aspull, Wigan. |
| The handwritten confession was discovered in a suitcase along with the victim's knickers and an antique pistol. | The handwritten confession was discovered in a suitcase along with the victim's knickers and an antique pistol. |
| On 2 September 1970 binmen discovered the strangled body of Miss Jacob in a back alley behind a building in Rodney Street, Liverpool city centre. | On 2 September 1970 binmen discovered the strangled body of Miss Jacob in a back alley behind a building in Rodney Street, Liverpool city centre. |
| Lorraine Jacob's body was found by refuse workers | |
| Merseyside Police said Richardson revealed he had killed the mother-of-two because she had taken two cameras from the bedsit where he lived. | Merseyside Police said Richardson revealed he had killed the mother-of-two because she had taken two cameras from the bedsit where he lived. |
| Merseyside Police said detectives have spent the past year building a picture of Richardson, "a loner", and running tests on the confession and retrieved clothing. | Merseyside Police said detectives have spent the past year building a picture of Richardson, "a loner", and running tests on the confession and retrieved clothing. |
| Det Supt Ian Kemble, leading the inquiry, said the nine-sided confession contained details never made public at the time. | Det Supt Ian Kemble, leading the inquiry, said the nine-sided confession contained details never made public at the time. |
| In it, Richardson, a father-of-two, explained that a few months before the killing Miss Jacob had been to his bedsit in Huskisson Street when he was not there and had taken two cameras. | In it, Richardson, a father-of-two, explained that a few months before the killing Miss Jacob had been to his bedsit in Huskisson Street when he was not there and had taken two cameras. |
| Police believe the cameras were snatched after Miss Jacob and her killer rowed about him taking photographs of her children. | Police believe the cameras were snatched after Miss Jacob and her killer rowed about him taking photographs of her children. |