The court found the Parole Board had taken a ‘balanced approach’ to Simms’ release and judges refused Mrs McCourt’s bid to challenge their ruling.
She has days to contest the decision but said the legal fight is ‘almost killing her’ and she lacks the ‘energy, stamina and funds’ to carry on.Helen McCourt was killed on her way home from work in 1988 ‘To carry on would just put my family and everyone else through the wringer again.’He said: ‘The Government should recognise the exceptionally tragic circumstances here and apply some common sense.
The law was passed unopposed in March but Simms was let out on license a month before it came into effect.The investigation eventually led police back to the George and Dragon pub where she worked and was a regular. The 22-year-old’s blood and fingerprints were found in Simms’ flat above the pub and part of an earring matching one of Helen’s was found in the suspect’s car.The pub landlord was convicted of murder based on DNA evidence in 1989.Mrs McCourt has described not knowing the whereabouts of her daughter’s body as ‘torture’.‘All I want – all I’ve ever wanted – is to have my child back. Whatever tiny bits or pieces there are, it’s my daughter, and I want them back. And I can’t have them now.
This is wrong,they should tat the killers forhead so everyone knows what he,s done