Suspect in cold case disappearance of Queensland woman Sharron Phillips allegedly confessed

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Queensland woman Sharron Phillips more than 30 years ago claimed it was his “five minutes of fame”, an inquest has been told.

Queensland’s state coroner reopened the inquest into the 1986 disappearance of Phillips after taxi driver Raymond Peter Mulvihill was unveiled as the number one suspect by police.

Phillips, 20, vanished on May 8, 1986, while waiting for her boyfriend after running out of petrol in Wacol, in southwest Brisbane.

Mulvihill…