PA Images/Getty ImagesJean Powell was one of the three people in the group given a life sentence for her role in Suzanne Cappers death. Bernadette McNeilly blamed Capper. When police arrived at 97 Langworthy Road, they were met by a complete and utter mess. Each perpetrator began blaming each other for the crimes they committed. She later told police that she gave Capper a good hiding for trying to make [her] go with an Arab.. by 150 Volts. Jean later claimed in a police interview that she assaulted her that day because she believed Suzanne had encouraged her to have sex with one of her friends. She had never known her father and lived with her mother and step-father until they divorced when she was 14. Sixteen-year-old Suzanne Jane Capper died in Withington Hospital on 18 December 1992, from multiple organ failure arising from 80% burns after being deliberately lit on fire on 14 December. Jean Powell was one of the three people in the group given a life sentence for her role in Suzanne Cappers death. She had a sister named Michelle and a brother, also named John. Aside from one brief visit, the last time Mrs Dunbar was in Moston was 20 years ago today when Suzannes funeral procession passed through some of her favourite haunts before making its way to Blackley Cemetery for her burial. In 2012, Jean Powells sentence was reduced by two years after she allegedly showed remorse and helped prevent a jail escape. In this group was a 16-year-old boy called Anthony Dudson and Jeans ex-husband Glyn Powell, 28. Bottom: Anthony Dudson, Jean Powell, Jeffrey Leigh. The police had searched Powells home and found Suzannes hair in the garbage along with her teeth and the pliers used to remove them. Suzanne was very forgiving, Cappers mother said. Her body was covered in cigarette burns. In December of 2011, nine-year-old Aliahna Lemmon was left in the care of a local Susan Kuhnhausen's estranged husband hired a hitman to take her out. When they were taken away and sent downstairs they just started screaming. They certainly dont deserve to get new identities to protect them from the public! Dudson was given a minimum term of 18 years - later reduced to 16. They tied her to a bed frame with cord, rope, electric flex, belts, and a chain, injected themselves with amphetamines, and began their depraved, days-long torture. Sutcliffe said Suzanne thanked him over and over and had told him what had happened to her. Its where a 16-year-old schoolgirl called Suzanne Capper was held captive by six people she thought were her friends. Id just moved into a new flat that very day and I told her to give me a couple of weeks to get her room ready. PA Images/Getty ImagesSuzanne Capper had asked to move in with her mother, but her mother needed a few weeks to prepare her new flat. The driver was disqualified form driving. Suzanne Capper started hanging out with a woman named Jean Powell, 26, who lived at 97 Langworthy Road in Manchester, England with her 3 children. Thats what she did in the end, she survived her ordeal long enough to name every single one of them. McNeilly had her sentenced reduced by 1 year in 2012 and was released from prison in December 2014; she had served 22 years. 'Friday On Hope Street' is the sixth and final track from Torture Garden's Rotisserie Of Pain demo. Dudson was given a minimum term of 18 years. Initially, the gang all denied any involvement but then Anthony, urged by his father, began to tell the truth. Episodes being played now. Before her death, Capper related that she . She went straight up in flames and was screaming, said Jean. Leigh's sentence was reduced from 12 to 9 years in November 1994. Out of fear Suzannes cries and screams were disturbing Jean and Bernadettes children who also lived in the grimy home, the gang moved her to Bernadettes abandoned home which was just a few doors down. Good job there is no God and we are just another species of animal .Some which are good and some like these which are pieces of shite are hideously vile and need putting down . Her mother said when they confronted Powell about it she threatened to burn down their home. Its unbelievable when I hear about multiple murder criminals getting paroled after so many years. There was no boy, however. On December 14, 1992, Suzanne Capper was set on fire and left for dead in Romiley, England (per Confidentials Manchester ). Curated Podcasts. My abiding memory from that time is my father forbidding me from going to the local park after that CCTV image was released showing two children leading James Bulger away. If the Myra Hindley and Ian Brady received whole-life tariffs then so should Jean and Bernadette. I was numb. They were raised primarily by their mother Elizabeth Dunbar and their step-father, John Capper, Confidentials reported. They should be put through everything they put Suzanne through! Justice would prevail. They didnt say anything else and they didnt tell me what injuries she had. Pook was released in 2001 and Leigh in 1998. Bernadette McNeilly, 24, also lived in the home along with her 3 children. She soon started to play truant from school and drifted from house to house, trying to find affection from anybody. of 1 At the hospital, before she fell into a coma and ultimately died, she was able to tell the police who she was, what had happened, and who, exactly, had been responsible. How cruel suzannas mother didnt want her to live in her house. Shes only putting it on as an act not because she nessasrily wants to better herself as a person or that shes actually remorseful or sorry for what shes done she just dosent want to go back to prison because she enjoys the cushy high life that the parole board provides her ,alright no one wants to go to prison but for fuck sake in this country they get fucking ridiculously cushy life and they get more than the homeless and they dont even deserve it. Living in the same house with her own three children was McNeilly. When we confronted her about it she actually threatened to burn our house down.. When we confronted her about it, she actually threatened to burn our house down.. She had suffered 75 to 80 per cent burns. James Bulger horrified me. In 2013 Suzanne's mother told of her utter devastation after parole board bosses approved the release of Dudson after ruling he posed no risk to the public. Every time that evil people like these are released, there should be a "where are they now" follow up. There's so many that have haunted me. Bernadette and Jean were in fact having casual sexual relationships with the coterie of delinquents and drug addicts that visited the house. It was the final song to be completed for the release.CreditsAdam Ford - Lyrics, vocalsMatt Ford - Music, guitar, bass, drum programming, mixGuitar tuningBADGBEBass tuningBEADGLyricsHazy lazy faintly shadyWeary Suzanne's parents divorced when she was 14 years old resulting in her living, for short periods, with various family + friends. She was put the boot of a stolen Fiat Panda, and driven to Werneth Low, a remote area in Romiley, Stockport, 15 miles away. PA Murderer Glyn Powell could soon be a free man [/caption] Collect It was compared to the crimes committed by the Moors Murderers, said Mrs Dunbar. 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Before Suzanne became involved with the group at Jeans house, she had no human companionship other than from her family. This case should have had a death penalty. Bring back Hanging. But im too cry to read this case. The 16-year-old schoolgirl was tortured and then murdered over seven days of sadism by people she regarded as friends, Anthony Dodson, convicted of the murder of Suzanne Capper, who was released in 2013, Jean Powell, convicted killer of Suzanne Capper, who was released in 2017, Bernadette McNeilly, given a life sentence for the murder of Suzanne Capper, in 1993 but released in 2015, The funeral of Suzanne Capper, on January 18, 1993, Suzanne Capper's funeral at Blackley cemetery. Do not insult animals by calling those things animals. 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PA Images/Getty ImagesThe bedframe to which Suzanne Capper was bound for five days while her supposed friends tortured her. The next day they moved her to an empty house because Suzannes screams were upsetting the children in Powells home. For seven days they beat and tortured her until eventually they drove her to an area of secluded scrubland on the outskirts of Stockport, doused her in petrol and burnt her alive. Humanity will never cease to amaze me. Stuffed socks in the mouth. She was very close with her older sister, Michelle, and generally described as a happy and gentle girl. In this suburb on the north eastern edge of Manchester, Suzanne Cappers death never came to symbolise a moral panic about the breakdown of society. These killers should never have been released. He continued to hit her and attempted to remove her teeth. Capper and Michelle alternated between staying with their mother, their step-father, family friends, or in the care of local authorities. Bernadette McNeilly had her sentence reduced because the judge said she was a model prisoner and had an exceptional record. It was in this apparent wilderness that Suzannes killers initially proposed dumping her, but maybe they'd learnt from the mistakes of a man who had terrorised Moston years previously. Dudson was released in 2013. Because thats what the entire trial came down to, whether those two ten-year-old boys had the maturity to understand the difference between right and wrong, to understand that what they did to James was wrong. It was the first of several petty spats that eventually led to Suzanne Cappers horrible death. Suzanne had 75 per cent burns to her body but was still alive. They would taunt her saying, Chucky is coming to play, a quote from a Chucky movie that was released around the time the murder took place. Kelly Anne Bates (18 May 1978 - 16 April 1996) was an English teenager who was murdered in Manchester, England at the age of 17 by her abuser, James Patterson Smith (born c. 1948 ). @Amanda Sutcliffe was able to get Suzanne to a hospital. There was a discourse at the time that blamed the poor for this terrible crime and I was never comfortable with that.. [2] [3] [4] Before her death, Capper related that she had been kidnapped and kept prisoner for seven days at a . Create an account. There was a torture and murder at their home of a daughter and her father. According to Jean, she sat in the car while the others set Suzanne alight. Semi-naked and barely able to stand, Suzanne was pushed by Bernadette down an embankment in the woods and doused in petrol. While these grievances whether true or not would appear insubstantial and trivial, the cumulative effect was to bring Suzanne into contempt and then turn that contempt into hostility. Twenty-four-year-old Bernadette McNeilly had three children of her own and had been living only a few doors down from Jean Powell, but by 1992, she had all but moved in to Powells house, along with her children. Her coffin is carried through the cemetery to its final resting place, Suzanne Capper aged three. This is the disturbing story of Suzanne Cappers death. Real-Time. But, before she was put in an induced coma she was able to tell police the names of her killers. During the trial, the gang turned on each other to alleviate the blame from themselves. In Dec. 1992, Loveless pleaded guilty to the Jan. 11, 1992 murder of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer of New Albany. He was sitting on his own by the side of a road, upset because he was having problems with his girlfriend, when Suzanne went over to see if he was okay. When all four contracted pubic lice in November, Bernadette and Jean pinned the blame on Suzanne because she sometimes slept in the downstairs bed in 97 Langworthy Road. In 1976, the year Suzanne was born, the mutilated body of a 17-year-old girl called Sharon Mosoph was found in the Rochdale canal which runs parallel to Moston Brook. There was the failure of teachers from Suzannes school, Moston Brook High School, to act in the face of her extraordinary level of truanting. I do not believe the people who were found guilty of murdering Suzanne should ever be released.. She had a future in front of her. For seven days they beat and tortured her until eventually they drove her to an area of secluded scrubland on the outskirts of Stockport, doused her in petrol and burnt her alive. Everyone in this girls life leaves her for drugs. There were no such questions with Suzanne Capper. He holds a bachelor's degree in screenwriting (widely considered to be a bad move) from Point Park University. Murder Torture Manchester Parole Board Graham Stringer Prison. The next day, Suzanne Cappers friends moved her into McNeillys former home, where no children were present to hear the teenager scream. Ridiculous short amount of time for a crime this horrific, would have got longer if they had stole money. Three of them Leigh, Dudson, and McNeilly shoved her through the bramble, and as she lay almost entirely naked on the ground, Bernadette McNeilly doused her in gasoline. Your email address will not be published. The horrific spiral of torture and murder that would cost Suzanne her life began in early December 1992 when Powell and McNeilly called at her stepfather John Capper's house in nearby Bewley Walk, where she was living, and took her back to their house in Langworthy Road. Following the beating, Suzanne was locked in a cupboard. In this video, we discuss a UK case that is on par with the Junko Furuta case.Enjoy this video??? She had never known her father and lived with her mother and step-father until they divorced when she was 14. She came to where I worked and I noticed a bruise on her face. She was captured by two vengeful, damaged . The divorce was traumatic for the whole family but it also meant that Suzanne would never have a permanent home and, along with her older sister, she spent periods living with her mother, her step-father, in the care of the local authority, with family friends, and ultimately with Jean Powell at 97 Langworthy Road. Soon, Suzanne started to hang out at the house of Jean Powell, 26, who she had babysat for when she was 10-years-old. They left Suzanne to die. With no children to disturb they tied her to an upturned bed and were free to do as they pleased. Suzanne came to know Jean through a chance encounter with a boy the same age as her, Clifford Pook. Bernadette poured petrol over the terrified teenager and they set her alight. 25 years is actually nothing when you think about it!? They then made Suzanne clean up the mess while hitting and throwing things at her. A case will automatically be re-referred to the Parole Board within every two years.". Before she died, Suzanne had named each of her attackers. It shut in the summer of 2000 and built in its place a business park, Central Park, that is home to Greater Manchester Police and various university buildings. Disgusting, horrible and just ugly. Suzanne Capper was born in 1976. Powell was having sexual relations with two men, Anthony Dudson, 17, and Jeffrey Leigh, 26, who spent a lot of time in the home. Anyone capable of doing something like this to another human being should never ever be allowed back out into the public, let alone given new identities for their own protection! Born in the Greater Manchester region of England in 1976, Suzanne Jane Capper was described by her mother as very forgiving.. Hot Podcasts. Thats what she did in the end, she survived her ordeal long enough to name every single one of them.. The murder of Suzanne Capper was committed in Greater Manchester, England in December 1992. Here, Suzanne was shackled spread eagle to an upturned bed with chains and ropes. In the short walk to 6 Bewley Walk, where Suzanne lived with her step-father, you can see a different Moston being created. E41 - THE TORTURE AND MURDER OF SUZANNE CAPPER Somebody Knows More 31-08-2022 45 mins On the 15th December 1992, Barry Sutcliffe took his normal route to work along Compstall Road, in Romiley, England. After she cleaned the mess, they spent the rest of the night kicking and beating Suzanne with wooden objects and belts. No need to insult religious peoplethat was totally uncalled for. After a number of failed attempts to ignite her, Glyn applied a lighter he had borrowed from Clifford directly to Suzannes naked back. I tried going to my mothers, but because her husband didnt like me, we were unable to stay. British justice is a joke. Glyn Powell, 58, was convicted with three others for burning alive 16-year-old Suzanne Capper in Greater Manchester in 1992. At one point, just hours before her death, Bernadette McNeilly injected Capper with amphetamines, placed headphones over her ears, and blasted rave music at full volume featuring Chuckys catchphrase looping on repeat: Im Chucky. Anthony Dudson, 17, was Jeans on-again-off-again boyfriend. Enraged by this baseless claim, the group forced the girl to shave her pubic hair in front of them and clean it off the floor. The case has been referred previously but there has been no direction for release made. We found out that Jean had taken Suzanne out of school and was making her work as a cleaner at the CIS building in town, Cappers mother later said. Her murder was described by the trial judge as a uniquely appalling crime as appalling a murder as it is possible to imagine. After the bath, Hayes found a pair of pliers and ordered Suzanne to open her mouth. Suzanne was looking for friends when she found this group of people who manipulated and took advantage of her. RM GC72B0 - A PAIR OF HEADPHONES LIES IN THE UPTURNED BED WHERE SUZANNE CAPPER WAS ALLEGEDLY KEPT, BOUND AND CHAINED, BEFORE BEING TORTURED AND MURDERED. Growing up, she and her sister Michelle never knew their biological father. Find the lyrics to any song, discuss song meanings, watch music videos and read artist biographies. Amphetamines would be weighed out on kitchen scales and stolen cars would be traded. The group would spend the next 5 days assaulting Suzanne, injecting her with amphetamines, and burning her body with cigarettes. The murder of Suzanne Capper was committed in Greater Manchester, England in December 1992.