Scottish man could hold murder clue

Anne Dunwell was strangled with her own stockings

Detectives believe there could be a breakthrough in the case of a schoolgirl murdered four decades ago.

The body of 13-year-old Anne Dunwell was found at the foot of a manure heap just off the road between Carr and Slade Hooton, near Rotherham, in 1964.

She had been strangled with her own stockings.

Detectives reopened the case two years ago and now hope information about a man, who spoke with a soft Scottish accent, spotted in the area a week before Anne's death could be the key.

He was seen in the Ball Inn, Bramley, near Rotherham.

Distinctive cigarettes

Detectives say witnesses have given information about the man that make them extremely interested in him.

Detective Sergeant Sue Hickman said: "Obviously putting everything together we think it's a very strong lead.

"The description of this man fits everything we have been appealing for before.

"He was driving the right sort of vehicle and was in the Ball Inn a week before Anne's murder.

"And there are various things we have been told about him by the witness that make us very interested in this man."

The man was single, had lived in both Rotherham and Doncaster and smoked the distinctive Craven A cigarettes.