Family of British toddler speaks as Australian inquiry into cold case murders begins
Key takeaways
- "If [the police] had done their job in 1971, we would have known the truth years ago," Ricki Nash told a New South Wales (NSW) parliamentary inquiry looking into cases of unsolved murders and long-term missing people.
- Cheryl Grimmer, 3, disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong, south of Sydney, in January 1970.
- A suspect was charged with her abduction and murder in 2017, but his trial collapsed after his teenage confession was ruled inadmissible.
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Katy Watson Australia correspondent Family handout Cheryl Grimmer was three when she disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in January 1970The brother of a British toddler who disappeared from an Australian beach has told an inquiry that the family has lived with the consequences of police failure for more than 50 years.
"If [the police] had done their job in 1971, we would have known the truth years ago," Ricki Nash told a New South Wales (NSW) parliamentary inquiry looking into cases of unsolved murders and long-term missing people.
Cheryl Grimmer, 3, disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong, south of Sydney, in January 1970. Despite extensive searches, there were no leads.