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Merseyside Police Offer £20,000 Reward for Killer of Diane Sindall
A £20,000 reward is offered to find Diane Sindall’s killer after DNA evidence cleared a man wrongfully imprisoned for 38 years, police said.
- After fresh testing, investigators have relaunched their search last year following a male DNA profile from the 1986 crime scene sample, Merseyside Police say.
- The investigation was reopened in 2023 after new DNA evidence showed Peter Sullivan, previously convicted, was not the source, and he was released last year.
- Investigators report that forensic results are pending for 43 samples submitted earlier this month, as Diane Sindall, 21, was raped and murdered in Birkenhead in 1986 after her blue Fiat van ran out of petrol.
- Authorities have offered a £20,000 reward through Crimestoppers for three months until 22nd April 2026, with callers assured anonymity via no caller display or 1471 facility.
- Detectives say familial links could still identify someone, with Wilson stating `Thinking of your allegiance over that time might have changed your conscience`, as police work with the National Crime Agency to screen voluntary DNA samples from Swansea, Perth, London, Hull, and Newcastle.
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New DNA evidence could catch 'Beast of Birkenhead' decades after Diane Sindall murder - The Mirror
Florist Diane Sindall was brutally killed in 1986 - Peter Sullivan, who was wrongly convicted of murder, was released from prison last year after spending 38 years behind bars
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Great Yorkshire Radio£20,000 reward offered to catch 'Beast of Birkenhead' who murdered Diane Sindall
Nearly 40 years since the murder of the florist, police say new DNA evidence could finally identify her killer after the man police thought was responsible, Peter Sullivan, was released having served 38 years in prison - the longest miscarriage of justice the UK has ever seen.
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