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| Suzy Lamplugh murder suspect dies in prison | Suzy Lamplugh murder suspect dies in prison |
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| John Cannan was jailed in 1989 | |
| A man convicted of killing a woman and suspected of murdering missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh has died in prison. | |
| John Cannan, 70, was jailed in 1989 for the abduction and murder of newlywed Shirley Banks from Bristol. | John Cannan, 70, was jailed in 1989 for the abduction and murder of newlywed Shirley Banks from Bristol. |
| He was later implicated in the murder of 25-year-old Ms Lamplugh, from London, who disappeared in 1986. Her body has never been found. | He was later implicated in the murder of 25-year-old Ms Lamplugh, from London, who disappeared in 1986. Her body has never been found. |
| The Prison Service confirmed his death at HMP Full Sutton and added: “As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.” | The Prison Service confirmed his death at HMP Full Sutton and added: “As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.” |
| Estate agent Suzy Lamplugh went missing after meeting a client thought to be Cannan | |
| Ms Lamplugh disappeared after going to meet a client in Fulham on 28 July 1986. He was known only as "Mr Kipper" and was never traced. | |
| According to reports, Cannan was nicknamed Kipper during an earlier prison sentence. | According to reports, Cannan was nicknamed Kipper during an earlier prison sentence. |
| He also bore a resemblance to an e-fit of a man with whom Ms Lamplugh was seen talking on the day she went missing - thought to be the mysterious Mr Kipper. | He also bore a resemblance to an e-fit of a man with whom Ms Lamplugh was seen talking on the day she went missing - thought to be the mysterious Mr Kipper. |
| A search of the back garden of a house once owned by the mother of prime suspect John Cannan in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, was conducted in 2018. | A search of the back garden of a house once owned by the mother of prime suspect John Cannan in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, was conducted in 2018. |
| Shirley Banks was murdered by Cannan and her body was dumped in Somerset | |
| Owner Phillip Carey bought the home in Shipton Road from the mother of Cannan, a convicted killer. | Owner Phillip Carey bought the home in Shipton Road from the mother of Cannan, a convicted killer. |
| Two sites in Worcestershire - a former Army barracks and a field outside the village of Drakes Broughton - and a woodland in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, have also been searched in the hunt for Ms Lamplugh's body. | Two sites in Worcestershire - a former Army barracks and a field outside the village of Drakes Broughton - and a woodland in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, have also been searched in the hunt for Ms Lamplugh's body. |
| In 1989, Cannan was jailed for life for the abduction and murder of Shirley Banks and two further rapes. | In 1989, Cannan was jailed for life for the abduction and murder of Shirley Banks and two further rapes. |
| She was a newlywed factory manager from Clifton, Bristol. | |
| Cannan was arrested 11 days later in Birmingham, where some of Mrs Banks' possessions were found. He was then arrested. | |
| Mrs Banks' body was discovered in a stream on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. | |
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