Name of suspect in Cheryl Grimmer cold case revealed in parliament by NSW MP

Girl’s family had told the man, known by pseudonym ‘Mercury’, to meet with them by Wednesday midnight or they would make his identity publicFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales MP has used parliamentary privilege to reveal the identity of a man who was previously charged by police over the alleged abduction and murder of a UK-born toddler, Cheryl Grimmer, 55 years ago.Cheryl vanished from outside a shower block while with her mother and three older brothers at Fairy Meadow beach in the Illawarra region of NSW on 12 January 1970. Continue reading...

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