Garden search continues in Lamplugh case

SEARCHES OF a back garden in connection with the murder of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh continued for a fourth day yesterday.

Miss Lamplugh was declared dead, presumed murdered, after going missing aged 25 in 1986, having left her London offices to meet a mystery client known only as Mr Kipper.

Specialist forensics teams have been focusing their activity on the rear garden of a semidetached house in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, which once belonged to the mother of prime suspect John Cannan.

The Metropolitan Police are leading the search at the property, where officers have dismantled a car garage and used angle grinders to dig through its concrete base at the edge of the yard.

The home’s current owner, insurance marketer Phillip Carey, said activity could continue into next week.