Australian prosecutors consider reopening British girl's cold case disappearance
Cheryl Grimmer's family have been petitioning police to consider the new evidence they say they've found.
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Cheryl Grimmer's family have been petitioning police to consider the new evidence they say they've found.
The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions has agreed to consider reviewing the decision to drop the case against a teenager who admitted to abducting toddler Cheryl Grimmer 56 years ago.
The family of a British girl who disappeared in Australia more than 55 years ago has welcomed a decision by prosecutors to consider reopening her case.
Cheryl Grimmer's family have been petitioning police to consider the new evidence they say they've found.
The family of a British girl who disappeared in Australia more than 55 years ago has welcomed a decision by prosecutors to consider reopening her case.
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