Murders in Stafford.

[sandy]

I've heard the same story from relatives about the RAF guy. It wasn't called 'Slash' street for nothing.

 

[Wyred]

It wasn't called 'Slash' street for nothing.

I've also heard it called "Slash Street" but i thought it was for a different reason, I was told it was a popular 'watering point' when you left the Reynolds Bar at 2 in the morning!!

 

[tek-monkey]

Well I actually just ran into the girl who found it, lol. She's at the college.

D'oh, no she aint. Thats her niece, doesn't time fly!

 

[Gramaisc]

yeah, i remember the wheelie bin murder.. massive news at the time - it seemed like everyone who told the story knew someone related to the incident somehow!

I had two uniformed officers call at my house to ask me if I could identify my wheelie bin with confidence. I showed them the holes that I had drilled to stop the lid freezing shut and the four inch high numbers which corresponded to the number on my front door. They were about to go away happy that I could vouch for it, until I asked them if they were going to have identity parades for the bins that had no proof of identity.

 

[charliem66]

years and years ago, possibly almost 20 years no a body was found in a wheelie bin at the back of my parents' house in the service alley, this was on oxford gardens though, doubt it was related.

The woman in question was 39, Marion O`Neill/ Alcock is her married name, had 2 boys and her bf was 23 at the time, he was cleared of everything, she was found at the back of my aunts house in oxford gardens/ service ally, and my mom was one of her best friends until 18 and then they lost touch, can anyone tell me if they ever found her killer???

 

[Glam]

The woman in question was 39, Marion O`Neill/ Alcock is her married name, had 2 boys and her bf was 23 at the time, he was cleared of everything, she was found at the back of my aunts house in oxford gardens/ service ally, and my mom was one of her best friends until 18 and then they lost touch, can anyone tell me if they ever found her killer???

Blimey @charliem66 you've dragged this 1 up a bit ain't ya?
I used to work with Marion at St. Georges, lovely, lovely woman.But I honestly can't remember if they caught anyone for her death.
I thought the bloke, that was found actually pushing the wheelie bin with her body in was arrested?

 

[citricsquid]

Blimey @charliem66 you've dragged this 1 up a bit ain't ya?
I used to work with Marion at St. Georges, lovely, lovely woman.But I honestly can't remember if they caught anyone for her death.
I thought the bloke, that was found actually pushing the wheelie bin with her body in was arrested?

I googled around a bunch and it was her boyfriend (Lesley, he was 23 at the time) who was arrested and charged for obstructing the coroner (?) and pilfering a few quid from her bank account post death but he was later cleared of involvement... other than that there appears to be no record of this crime online. This would probably need someone to investigate local records in person as they don't appear to be online.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/murder-hunt-1423750.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/man-charged-1424701.html
http://totalcrime.co.uk/2014/06/21/murderbook-1900-1999/

 

[Withnail]

... can anyone tell me if they ever found her killer???

I googled around a bunch and it was her boyfriend...

The first two links are in post #9 on <page1.

Third one says - 'June 15 – Marian Alcock, 39, mother of 2 – struck over the head and found in a wheelie bin in Stafford. Her boyfriend Leslie Turley-Maus, 23, was cleared of obstructing a coroner in 1994.'

Are you local @charliem66 ? You can look through old copies of the Newsletter, either in bound print form at the William Salt Library, or on microfilm at the Central Library - they may afford a fuller picture, but it would require a certain amount of 'spadework' on your behalf.

 

[shoes]

It was found in the service alley on the sandon road side of oxford gardens, between henry and hopton street. also where i grew up.

I say grew up. grew.

Oh, and holy thread revival, batman!

 

[tek-monkey]

My memory isn't what it was, but I think they just let it go in the end. Leslie said he found her at the bottom of the stairs like that when he got home, panicked and dumped the body. He spent quite a while in a bail hostel in Stoke, then was cleared. Don't remember seeing much of him after that, but it was his brother I knew not him.

 

[arthur]

there was another murder that end of town when the body had been kept in the upstairs bedroom for a long time - i think it was a young lad that was murdered. Shame all this doom and gloom and peoples lives wrecked.

 

[tek-monkey]

That could have been at the top of Marston Road?

 

[Glam]

there was another murder that end of town when the body had been kept in the upstairs bedroom for a long time - i think it was a young lad that was murdered. Shame all this doom and gloom and peoples lives wrecked.

That could have been at the top of Marston Road?

No64 Marston Road? I house shared there for 18months not long after I left my ex. The murdered man wasn't living there at the time. I believe my landlord sold it and the owner at the time was the alledged murderer??

 

[charliem66]

Blimey @charliem66 you've dragged this 1 up a bit ain't ya?
I used to work with Marion at St. Georges, lovely, lovely woman.But I honestly can't remember if they caught anyone for her death.
I thought the bloke, that was found actually pushing the wheelie bin with her body in was arrested?

sorry only logged on again now, no my mom moved 2 northern ireland and brought us up here, id like 2 know what happened my moms best friend, we still have family in oxford gardens though...

 

[charliem66]

I googled around a bunch and it was her boyfriend (Lesley, he was 23 at the time) who was arrested and charged for obstructing the coroner (?) and pilfering a few quid from her bank account post death but he was later cleared of involvement... other than that there appears to be no record of this crime online. This would probably need someone to investigate local records in person as they don't appear to be online.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/murder-hunt-1423750.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/man-charged-1424701.html
http://totalcrime.co.uk/2014/06/21/murderbook-1900-1999/

thanks, i would really like 2 tell my mom that someone was convicted, i searched 4 hours 2 even find this forum!

 

[charliem66]

Blimey @charliem66 you've dragged this 1 up a bit ain't ya?
I used to work with Marion at St. Georges, lovely, lovely woman.But I honestly can't remember if they caught anyone for her death.
I thought the bloke, that was found actually pushing the wheelie bin with her body in was arrested?

is there anyone that was got for her murder? my mom wants 2 know! she moved 2 northern ireland at 19 but she was her best friend and lost touch with marions family x

 

[charliem66]

years and years ago, possibly almost 20 years no a body was found in a wheelie bin at the back of my parents' house in the service alley, this was on oxford gardens though, doubt it was related.

marion oneill

 

[charliem66]

I knew both the person who found the body and the person who was prosecuted for it. It was mid 90s, can't remember the exact date but I'd say approx '94. Pretty sure it was the year before I started uni anyway.

can u tell me if the person was marion? and who was convicted? thanks

 

[charliem66]

I googled around a bunch and it was her boyfriend (Lesley, he was 23 at the time) who was arrested and charged for obstructing the coroner (?) and pilfering a few quid from her bank account post death but he was later cleared of involvement... other than that there appears to be no record of this crime online. This would probably need someone to investigate local records in person as they don't appear to be online.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/murder-hunt-1423750.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/man-charged-1424701.html
http://totalcrime.co.uk/2014/06/21/murderbook-1900-1999/

thanks, just my mom wants 2 know wot happened 2 her best friend

 

[charliem66]

I knew both the person who found the body and the person who was prosecuted for it. It was mid 90s, can't remember the exact date but I'd say approx '94. Pretty sure it was the year before I started uni anyway.

can you tell me who was prosecuted 4 her muder?