In May 2021, Jennifer Johnson, Bishop's girlfriend at the time of the murders, was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice, having admitted she lied about the sweatshirt in the original trial. She was remanded in custody to await sentencing. [31] [32] On 19 May, Mr Justice Fraser sentenced Johnson to six years in prison, stating that her crimes were "at the most serious end of the scale". Johnson did not attend the sentence hearing, having refused to do so. [33] [34] [20] We never forgot Babes in the Wood or gave up on catching their killer, say police". Brighton and Hove News. 10 December 2018 . Retrieved 10 December 2018. Words can not begin to explain the pain we are all feeling right now. Never did we think we would experience heartbreak and pain like this.”

a b "Unsolved: Here are three Brighton murder mysteries that remain unresolved". The Tab. 2018 . Retrieved 9 October 2022. Cheshire Live (24 June 2009). "Ellesmere Port Babes in the Wood dad Barrie Fellows will face no action following sexual abuse arrest - Cheshire Live". Chesterchronicle.co.uk . Retrieved 10 December 2018. Significantly, Beachy Head is the same location where Jessie Earl’s body was found. But what makes Louise's case even stranger is that whoever abducted and killed her would have needed the capacity to hide her body and dispose of the distinctive Fiesta car. There were plenty of witnesses who undermined the story of the lying murderers, including the bus driver who confirmed he had taken them from the Albermarle to the Archery Tavern, where they were met by a female with dark hair. At his 2018 trial, Bishop revealed that his father had been arrested for the Frame murder at the time, but not charged. [43] Admitting this while claiming innocence of the 'Babes in the Wood' killings (before he was convicted), he claimed his father had been 'wrongly arrested'. [43] He said that his father had accordingly told him to not "get involved" in the search for Fellows and Hadaway in 1986. [43]Father of 'Babes in the Wood' murder victim arrested". Telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved 25 October 2016. He even identified the exact hat Field had been wearing on the day of the murder, despite the teen wearing a different one in the coffee stall. Office for National Statistics figures show in Sussex for the year ending December 2019 there were 14,802 violent crimes involving injury, of which 18 were homicide.

As Tobin saw out his final days in the hospital, seriously ill with cancer and no doubt in pain, I had no sorrow or pity for him. He was a vile man who gave no thought to his victims or their loved ones when he brutally took their lives. How Babes in the Wood killer Russell Bishop escaped justice to strike again". The Independent. 10 December 2018. He revealed his plan to disperse her remains by throwing parts of her body out of train windows - something he had already done with her legs. Bishop grew up in a family with his parents and his four brothers. His mother, Sylvia—an internationally renowned dog trainer—was described in court as "domineering". After educational problems and dyslexia, Bishop was sent away at age 15 to a special needs school, St Mary's Horam, in Maynard's Green, East Sussex. He ran away and hitchhiked home to Brighton. At the time of the murders of Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, Bishop, who was 20 years old, was working as a roofer and living in a ground floor flat in the Hollingdean area of Brighton. [38] Criminal history [ edit ] Georgie Last, Chloe’s niece, posted an emotional statement on Facebook about her “beautiful auntie and uncle”, who she said were “amazing parents” to four children: “We will all do everything to make sure they are supported, loved, and looked after,” she wrote.A salesman who stopped for a rest discovered Mr Thurgood slumped by the side of a car with gunshot wounds to his head and chest.

May 2021: Jennifer Johnson, Bishop's girlfriend at the time of the murders, is found guilty of perjury. Kirk, Tristan (17 May 2021). " 'Babes in the Wood' killer's ex-girlfriend convicted of murder trial lies". The Evening Standard . Retrieved 18 May 2021. She described the couple as “the most funny and loving pair” who loved each other deeply, adding that she would always remember what a “crazy, loving auntie” Chloe was to her. “We all love you so much, for ever and always in our hearts.” The 17-year-old Londoner's mum allowed her daughter this taste of independence and, on August 16, she arrived in the resort and found lodgings on Seaside. When it came to trial, again at Lewes, Mahon appeared before the same judge who had handed Gray and Field the death penalty.

He put the body of Morgan, a mother of two, head-first into a homemade incinerator before dumping her remains, the judge was told. The body of Ware, a mother of three, has never been found, but the prosecution believe he used a similar method to dispose of her body. He also drowned her pomeranian dog, Lady, whose remains were found tied to a kettlebell in a pond on Brown’s farm.