Man suspected of killing Bristol toddler is named View Image

A person, whose trial over the disappearance of a British toddler more than 50 years ago collapsed, has been identified by an Australian politician.

Cheryl Grimmer, aged three, was kidnapped from a changing area after spending a morning at the seaside with her mother and three brothers in 1970, near the city of Wollongong in New South Wales (NSW) state.

The body of the child, originally from Bristol, has never been discovered.

Jeremy Buckingham, of the Legalise Cannabis Party, used parliamentary privilege on Thursday to identify a man known as Mercury.

Mercury, who was 16 at the time of the incident, was charged in 2017 with Cheryl's abduction and murder after police discovered a confession from 1971.

However, key evidenc

See Full Page