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Sharron Phillips inquest hears testimony that a taxi driver didn’t kill her in 1986 – his son did
A taxi driver told a relative he raped and beat Sharron Phillips before his son killed her and dumped her body, an inquest into her 1986 disappearance has heard.
Key points:
- Sharron Phillips was last seen standing by the roadside in 1986 after running out of fuel
- The inquest into her death was reopened to hear evidence of a taxi driver’s alleged deathbed confession
- The inquest heard from a woman who claimed the taxi driver told her his son killed Ms Phillips
Allison Clancy told the Coroner’s Court her brother-in-law Raymond Peter Mulvihill confided in her about his role in the crime at a family gathering in 1992.
Mr Mulvihill’s son Ian Seeley told police in 2016 he believed his father had killed the 20-year-old Ms Phillips and coaxed him…
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