Kiszko case file may be reopened - Murder

20 March 1999 The Times By Robin Young A MAN who was interviewed about the murder of a schoolgirl more than 23 years ago, but never charged, could face a private prosecution brought by the girl's family. The family of Lesley Molseed, who was 11 when she disappeared from her home in Rochdale, Lancashire, on October 5, 1975, have instructed lawyers to demand access to police evidence so that they can consider proceedings against...

Continue Reading... Labels: Lesley Molseed, Raymond Hewlett, Stefan Kiszko

TV-call hope in murder of girl

18 September 1999 Yorkshire Post Joanne Ginley The family of murdered schoolgirl Lesley Molseed is hoping an emotional call to a TV programme might help to catch her killer. The caller to ITV's This Morning show from Lancashire claimed to have been sexually abused by her own father more than 20 years ago. She said he had been a suspect in the murder of a schoolgirl. And she gave other information which Lesley's family say fits...

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Jonathan Rose, Lesley Molseed, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Stefan Kiszko, Steve Panter, Trevor Wilkinson, West Yorkshire Police

Mystery woman in TV phone clue to murder

18 September 1999 Manchester Evening News Neal Snowdon The family of a girl murdered in 1975 whose killer has never been brought to justice are hoping a call to a TV programme could provide a vital breakthrough. Lesley Molseed, 11, was killed after leaving her home on Rochdale's Turf Hill estate to buy bread for her mother. She was found murdered, stabbed and sexually assaulted at Rishworth Moor, near Oldham. Now a woman calling...

Continue Reading... Labels: Crown Prosecution Service, DNA, FSS, Ireland, Jonathan Rose, Lesley Molseed, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Stefan Kiszko, Steve Panter, Trevor Wilkinson, West Yorkshire Police

Stefan's aunt hails new move to bring suspect to justice

22 March 1999 Manchester Evening News Neal Snowdon The aunt of Stefan Kiszko - jailed for a child-killing he did not commit - has welcomed fresh attempts to bring the chief suspect to justice. The M.E.N. exclusively reported on Friday how relatives of 11-year-old victim Lesley Molseed have asked Manchester lawyers to bring a private prosecution against convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett over the 1975 murde...

Continue Reading... Labels: Campbell Malone, Crown Prosecution Service, DNA, FSS, Jonathan Rose, Lesley Molseed, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Stefan Kiszko, Steve Panter, Trevor Wilkinson, West Yorkshire Police

Innocent victims of a horrible crime

20 March 1999 Yorkshire Post The murder of Lesley Molseed and the jailing of Stefan Kiszko for a crime he did not commit piled tragedy upon tragedy, while a convicted paedophile suspected of being the real killer went free. Chief Reporter Andrew Vine looks back at a notorious miscarriage of justice....

Continue Reading... Labels: Campbell Malone, Crown Prosecution Service, DNA, FSS, Ireland, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Stefan Kiszko, West Yorkshire Police

Murder quiz 24 years on

20 March 1999 The Sun A MAN suspected of murdering an 11-year-old girl 24 years ago could face trial after her family launched a private prosecution bid. Lesley Molseed's relatives asked lawyers to bring the action against convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett, 54. The girl's body was found on moors near her home in Rochdale, Lancs. She had been stabbed and sexually assaulted. Local man Hewlett, now thought to be in Ireland,...

Continue Reading... Labels: Donegal, Lesley Molseed, No. Ireland, Raymond Hewlett, Stefan Kiszko

Molseed family tries for private prosecution

20 March 1999 Yorkshire Post Andrew Vine, Chief Reporter The family of murdered child Lesley Molseed are to launch a private prosecution against the convicted paedophile they believe killed her - 24 years after her body was found and six years after the man wrongfully jailed for the crime died. Relatives of Lesley - found stabbed on moors near Halifax in 1975 three days after she disappeared from her Rochdale home - have instructed...

Continue Reading... Labels: Crown Prosecution Service, Lesley Molseed, No. Ireland, Raymond Hewlett, Stefan Kiszko

Agony never ended after little girl was murdered

19 March 1999 Manchester Evening News Neal Snowdon and Steve Panter Torment of two tragic families for 24 years The murder of Lesley Molseed was a tragedy which has devastated the lives of two families for 24 years. Lesley's family has faced unimaginable suffering since her body was found on moorland on October 8, 1975. Their agony has never ended, because they know that Lesley's brutal murderer remains free. Parallel to the...

Continue Reading... Labels: Crown Prosecution Service, DNA, FSS, Ireland, Jonathan Rose, Lesley Molseed, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Stefan Kiszko, Steve Panter, Trevor Wilkinson, West Yorkshire Police

Too late for Stefan, but lawyers now seek private prosecution

19 March 1999 Manchester Evening News Neal Snowdon A man suspected of murdering schoolgirl Lesley Molseed 24 years ago could face a sensational murder trial in a private prosecution brought by her family. Relatives of 11-year-old Lesley have asked Manchester lawyers to bring the action against Raymond Hewlett, a convicted paedophil...

Continue Reading... Labels: Crown Prosecution Service, DNA, FSS, Ireland, Jonathan Rose, Lesley Molseed, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Stefan Kiszko, Steve Panter, Trevor Wilkinson, West Yorkshire Police

High priest of evil set free to prey on children

High priest of evil set free to prey on children 14 March 1999 The News of the World Paul McMullan and Amanda Revell Walton Satan sex monster abused his own kids..then let sick disciples do the same A sick 'high priest' of Satan who raped his own kids, then handed them to devil worshippers for more abuse will this week be FREED to prey on other tots. Michael Horgan hung his naked daughter and stepson on HOOKS and tied them...

Continue Reading... Labels: Lesley Molseed, Michael Horgan, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale

Lock him up

Lock him up 13 March 1999 The Sun WHEN will we ever learn? Michael Horgan gets 10 years for sordid and dangerous sex attacks on children. Two-thirds through his sentence, he is let out. Never mind that he is still such a menace that the police have to watch him like hawks. Horgan is kept in a bail hostel after protests from parents. But next Tuesday he will be a free man. The law says he cannot be caged any longer. What...

Continue Reading... Labels: Lesley Molseed, Michael Horgan, Raymond Hewlett

Fears as child sex monster set free

Fears as child sex monster set free 13 March 1999 The Sun Ian Hepburn A CHILD sex monster is feared to be plotting attacks on kids from inside a bail hostel - in time for his release next week. Depraved Michael Horgan, 50 - who has already changed his name to Shaun O'Donnell - is known to have established links with other sex offenders. Evil Horgan liked to hang kids from ceiling hooks in a secret attic den before beating and...

Continue Reading... Labels: Lesley Molseed, Michael Horgan, Raymond Hewlett

Fugitive child sex monster is back

2 January 1999 Mirror A dangerous British paedophile is back on the prowl in Ireland looking for victims. Convicted child abuser Raymond Hewlett, from Scotland, was believed to have left the country, but now he's returned. The 53-year-old pervert has already been jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl and is suspected of murdering another 11-year-old in Britain. He is on a paedophile register in the UK, but can move freely around...

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, Donegal, FSS, Ireland, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett

Dragnet for a sex beast

3 January 1999 Sunday Mail Police hunt switches to Scotland One of the most evil paedophiles in Britain may be hiding out in Scotland. Raymond Hewlett, 53, is a convicted child abuser who has raped a 12-year old-girl. He was also named in a book recently as the prime suspect for the unsolved rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Englan...

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Grampian Police, Ireland, Lesley Molseed, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Stefan Kiszko, Trevor Wilkinson, West Yorkshire Police