All the family ever wanted is justice

7 February 2003 Rochdale Observer Before the Crimewatch programme went out on Wednesday evening, Lesley's sister, Julie Anderson, said that in light of the latest developments, the family were "just trying to get on with it the best way we can''. She added: "At the moment we are just concentrating on what's happening tonight''. With news that detectives now had a DNA profile of Lesley's killer, the Observer was inundated with...

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

TV slot calls up murder leads

6 February 2003 Rochdale Observer Adam Derbyshire Murder squad detectives are pursuing a host of fresh leads as the hunt for Lesley Molseed's killer intensifies. Sensational new DNA evidence has given the 27-year-old inquiry an adrenaline boost and police say they will never have a better chance of cracking the case. Now the net could be closing in on the killer after an appeal on BBC's Crimewatch programme yielded more than...

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Stefan, the other victim of killer who is still free

5 February 2003 Manchester Evening News Nicola Dowling MILD-mannered Stefan Kiszko is a victim who will never see the killer of Lesley Molseed brought to justice. He died in December 1993, less than two years after his release from prison when scientific evidence proved he was not the man who attacked her. He was just 4...

Continue Reading... Labels: Crown Prosecution Service, DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, Raymond Hewlett, Stefan Kiszko

DNA test clears murder suspect

February 05, 2003 Rochdale Observer Adam Derbyshire The prime suspect in the Lesley Molseed murder inquiry has been cleared as a result of sensational new DNA evidence, it can be revealed today. Convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett - the man named in a 1997 book - is not the killer of the 11-year-old schoolgirl who was abducted from Stiups Lane, Turf Hill, on 5 October 1975. Her body was found three days later on desolate...

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Max McLean, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Stefan Kiszko, West Yorkshire Police

Tragic trail begain with a trip for a loaf

5 February 2003 Rochdale Observer Timeli...

Continue Reading... Labels: Dick Holland, DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Ronald Outteridge, Stefan Kiszko, Trevor Wilkinson

Horror cries out for justice 28 years on

4 February 2003 Yorkshire Post A simple errand to buy her mum a loaf of bread from a local shop led to one of the biggest manhunts in history. Lesley Molseed, a slightly built 11-year-old girl, was abducted and sexually assaulted before being stabbed to death on a remote moor in 1975. Her death shocked a nation but the conviction of tax clerk Stefan Kiszko drew the matter to a close for a time. However, forensic evidence proved...

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Max McLean, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Stefan Kiszko, West Yorkshire Police

DNA evidence could nail Lesley's killer

4 February 2003 Yorkshire Post Detectives hunting the killer of a schoolgirl who was murdered 27 years ago announced a dramatic breakthrough in their investigation yesterday. They now have a DNA profile from semen left at the scene of the crime by, police believe, the killer of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed. And they revealed that their prime suspect, convicted child abuser Raymond Hewlett, formerly of Todmorden, was no longer...

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Max McLean, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Ronald Castree, West Yorkshire Police