He knew that nothing good happened there, but he said Suzanne was so strong willed,he couldnt stop her. Suzanne was very forgiving, Cappers mother said. When they were taken away and sent downstairs they just started screaming. Mum-of-three McNeilly and her drug-crazed gang beat Suzanne, shackled her to a bed, injected her with drugs and pulled out her front teeth with pliers in a seven-day ordeal at a house in Moston, Manchester, in December 1992. Suzanne was meant to move in on Christmas Eve. Inside the house, there were just car seats placed around the house for people to sit on, and there were industrial kitchen scales in the kitchen for weighing out drugs. While behind bars at HMP Durham, McNeilly is said to have enjoyed a romance with Moors murderer Myra Hindley. Murderer McNeilly, 51, was freed in 2015 after 21 years behind bars for subjecting 16-year-old Suzanne Capper to a shocking ordeal in one of Britain's most sadistic murders. Michelle, Suzannes sister, even lived in the house for a period of time before Bernadette McNeilly moved in. PA Images/Getty ImagesThe bedframe to which Suzanne Capper was bound for five days while her supposed friends tortured her. This instability and frequent relocating ultimately led Suzanne Capper to the home of Jean Powell. I said something like been fighting over boys then? but she just shrugged her shoulders. He later returned to further mutilate her body in an effort to fide efforts. The Disturbing Story Of Suzanne Capper, The British Teen Who Was Tortured To Death By Her Friends. Bernadette McNeilly is serving. They played music one song on repeat- 150 volts- Hi Im Chucky. She started to skip school, and her teachers said her behaviour was erratic. Murderer McNeilly, 51, was freed in 2015 after 21 years behind bars for subjecting 16-year-old Suzanne Capper to a shocking ordeal in one of Britain's most sadistic murders. This process of constantly being told about an appeal, then doing an interview and making statements to parole boards is making me ill. She has asked the killer who was part of a gang that tortured and set fire to Suzanne Capper, 16 to be by her side at her upcoming wedding. She can be very manipulative and clever.. Waiting for her was Anthony and Glyn who grabbed her and took her to the kitchen where they shaved all her hair and her eyebrows off. That minimum tariff was cut by 12 months after the court heard she has made 'exceptional progress' in prison. She had originally been renting 91 Langworthy Rd, but after becoming best friends with Jean Powell, decided to move in with her with her own 3 children. Married Mike Martin, 42, was so besotted with notorious "Chucky" killer Bernadette McNeilly that he continued sending her love letters even after he moved to another prison. She spent 21 years behind bars for setting fire to 16-year-old Suzanne Capper in 1992. 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. They all had to shave their genitals and were annoyed by it. Family flees car after huge sinkhole suddenly opens up in middle of the road, Lockdown review: When will we find out if the UK coronavirus lockdown has been extended? Chalky deposits are still visible under the grassland and the area is known locally as The White Stuff. In 2017 Jean Gillespie, formerly Powell, was released. She may have portrayed herself as the model prisoner but I believe she will never control that demon inside her and that makes her a very dangerous woman.. With no children to disturb they tied her to an upturned bed and were free to do as they pleased. I was reading a book called Sadistic Killers: Profiles of Pathological Predators by Carol Anne Davis. She was freed after serving just half her sentence for kidnapping Shannon in a bid to grab 50,000 in reward cash. After being spotted by a passing motorist she was taken to hospital, where she survived for four days long enough to name her attackers and earn McNeilly and three of her five sidekicks life sentences. Karen Matthews was dubbed Britains worst mum for staging daughter Shannons disappearance. She initially dumped him over his past but has now taken him back. The pair now live close to each other, and McNeilly who now uses a different surname works nearby in a shop. She pampered their every whim.Just a month before Suzannes murder, November 1992,she went to visit her mother with a massive black eye,asking if she could stay with her, but her mother turned away, saying that her boyfriend wouldnt like it if Suzanne was to stay. In the end, the Manchester Evening News reported, Jean Powell, Glyn Powell, and Bernadette McNeilly were given life sentences for Suzanne Cappers murder though McNeillys sentence was controversially reduced by 12 months after she proved to be a model prisoner, filled with remorse.. 2023 As a parent myself I would find what Suzannes mother did very hard to live with.Suzanne apparently told a neighbor that Jean had held her for 4 days and beat her up, but from what I read, nobody believed her. Bernadette McNeilly blamed Capper. And the judge said, that Bernadette was filled with remorse. Confidentials Manchester. They have had reports of some kind of disturbance.. It was a much more personal story about loss and for Mostons residents the crime was as upsetting as it was disquietingly familiar. Jean Powellis nowJean Gillespieafter her divorce finalised while in prison. Matthews, dubbed Britain's worst mum for staging her daughter Shannon's disappearance, is best pals with evil Bernadette McNeilly. 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. He holds a bachelor's degree in screenwriting (widely considered to be a bad move) from Point Park University. The infamous rogue's gallery all lived at the property in Reading, Berks - a probation hostel for high risk offenders. After learning of Suzanne Cappers tragic, torturous end, read about Kelly Anne Bates murder at the hands of James Patterson Smith. He said: It sounded like a typical case of a young girl who had problems with her boyfriend and doused herself in petrol. Anthony Dudson, then aged 16, was also convicted of murder and ordered to spend a minimum of 16 years behind bars before he could apply for parole. Manchester United transfer news LIVE Man Utd vs Brighton early team news and takeover latest. Epub 2008 May 28. Suzanne lay on the floor in a fetal position while the girls took turns in kicking and beating her themselves. A few years ago she heard a rumour that one of them had hung himself, but they are just rumours. 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. a man named John Capper. Pediatric Rheumatology Online J 2012 29;10(1):29. Thus are the prudent penalised while the negligent are nurtured. The city has changed over the last two decades but in some districts improvement plods along at a slower pace. Suzanne was very much an innocent girl who is described as just wanting someone to love her. Ive discussed it with my family and we all agreed that this needs to come to an end. The crime occurred just two months before the James Bulger murder and the two were bracketed together by the press and turned into symbols; symbols how low the country had sunk, of the state of the nation, of moral decline, of the breakdown of the family unit, of anything you wanted them to represent. At the time the crime took place, Suzanne was living with her step-father John and her sister Michelle at 6 Bewley Walk. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. McNeilly, 51, was released in 2015 after 21 years in jail for subjecting Suzanne to a shocking ordeal in one of Britains most sadistic murders. Something went wrong, please try again later. The cops asked a few neighbours if theyve heard any shouting or noises but then were quickly on their way. Bernadette and Jean were in fact having casual sexual relationships with the coterie of delinquents and drug addicts that visited the house. The case is absolutely heartbreaking, and researching it for the episode meant a deep dive into Suzannes life, and tortured death. Arthritis Rheum 2010 Aug;62(8):2525-9 Sampath Prahalad, Andrew S Zeft, Richard Pimentel, Bronte Clifford, Bernadette McNally, Geraldine P Mineau, Lynn B Jorde, John F Bohnsack, Variants in TNFAIP3, STAT4, and C12orf30 loci associated with multiple autoimmune diseases are also associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Walking through the Langworthy Road estate, built to house workers of Manchesters long gone cotton empire, it seems impossible that this humdrum street was the setting for one of the worst crimes of the early 90s. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Glyn Powell, 29, Jean Powell (now Gillespie), then 26, Bernadette McNeilly, 24, and Anthony Dudson, 17, were each found guilty of murder. She told me it was some guy murdered that girl and that she was in the wrong place at the wrong time so she is not sorry for what she did. On 18December she died. She now lives almost 200 miles from the West Yorkshire town and under the terms of her release she is not allowed to set foot in the district but speaks to several friends regularly on the phone and via social media. It was here that the worst of the torture took place. During this time Mrs Dunbar assumed Suzanne was safe and staying with her step-father. Its not just the people living on Langworthy Road that would notice but people on Adrian Street from where you can see directly into 91 and 97 Langworthy Road. Victim Suzanne was stripped, plunged into a bath of disinfectant and forced to listen to recordings of McNeilly imitating Chucky, the demonic doll from horror film Child's Play. There were no such questions with Suzanne Capper. She would do anything to make her jail life better and was in lots of sexual relationships with women and men in jail. NOW FREE AND LIVING IN READING WHILST WORKING IN M&S. FACEBOOK HAVE REMOVED OUR POST WHERE WE EXPOSED BERNADETTE MCNEILLY WHO NOW USES THE NAME BERNIE GARDNER AND LIVES IN . The next day she was moved to another house in the street and the appalling physical . Capper screamed all through the night. I believe that she may have been sexually assaulted but this is not proven from what I could found. Suzanne was an incredibly brave young girl. The day I interviewed Mrs Dunbar she had just received news that Anthony Dudson had lost his appeal for full parole. Alejandro Garnacho names three Manchester United stars who helped him settle into senior squad. She was initially taken to Stepping Hill hospital before being transferred to Withington Hospitals Burns Unit. Over the week, the group including Glynn Powell, Jean Powell, Bernadette McNeilly, and Anthony Dudson all got pubic lice. But she will only have justice if those murderers remain in prison., Michelle moved out, saying that she didnt like Jeans evil new friends. While the age of consent is 16 in the UK, Id love to know exactly what she had in common with a 16 year old at her big age. Her release will devastate Suzannes family. She was consistently let down by those around her, even her parents. 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. Gillespie, McNeilly,. Just screaming and shouting and I thought, They didnt care when Suzanne was screaming. Its just that she would do anything for them. Also living at 97 Langworthy Road was Bernadette McNeilly, a 24 year old, who was also a mother of 3. She was supposed to move in on Christmas Eve.. There was another version of this story that Suzanne had only met Jean when Clifford introduced them. She stayed in touch with Matthews and moved to the same area when she was freed. After being spotted by a passing motorist, she was taken to hospital and survived for four days long enough to name her attackers and land McNeilly then 24 and three of her five evil sidekicks life sentences. One example is that when she was in the same prison wing as Rose West and Myra Hindley she had an affair with a married prison warden.. Officers spoke to both Matthews, 44, and her lover Paul Saunders, 57, but made no arrests before leaving. Having lured Suzanne Capper to Powells house, the group high on amphetamines and at this time comprised of Bernadette McNeilly, Jean Powell, Glyn Powell, and Anthony Dudson shaved her head, attacked her, beat her with wooden utensils and belts, and suffocated her with a plastic bag. The end of the song says no pleasewere friends till the end, remember? When Suzannes mother Elizabeth found out about this, she confronted Jean, who threatened to burn her house down in retaliation. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. In a backroom there was an upturned box spring mattress with exposed boards, which Suzanne was tied spreadeagle to, I believe half naked, with electrical wires and chains. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Both women dealt drugs and had a very bad relationship with their neighbors, once setting a neighbors washing on fire. Mr Stringer said: I cant understand the decisions of the parole board. Suzanne was very forgiving, said Mrs Dunbar. Often babysitting Jeans young children for free, Capper would spend the night at their home and skipping school the next morning. Sometime around late November 1992, at one of their drug-fueled parties, Capper and Jean met a friend of a friend named Mohammed Yussif. Bernadette McNeilly had her sentence reduced because the judge said she was a model prisoner and had an exceptional record. Suzanne Cappers torturers pried out two of her front teeth so that her body would be more difficult to identify they had decided to kill her. So at this point you have the two mothers and 6 children in the house. The bedframe to which Suzanne Capper was bound for five days while her supposed friends tortured her. 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 later told police that she gave Capper a good hiding for trying to make [her] go with an Arab.. 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. A staff writer for All That's Interesting, Austin Harvey has also had work published with Discover Magazine, Giddy, and Lucid covering topics on mental health, sexual health, history, and sociology. Matthews fell for Saunders jailed in 2010 for abusing a teenage girl when he carried out work at her flat. The source added: They will pretend things are over until the dust settles but really just carry on seeing each other and the wedding is still very much on.. The house was also frequented by Jeans 29-year-old ex-husband Glyn Powell, 26-year-old drug addict Jeffrey Leigh, and, of course, Clifford Pook. I saw a flash, Jean Powell said during her trial. Its where a 16-year-old schoolgirl called Suzanne Capper was held captive by six people she thought were her friends. Glynn Powell was Jeans 29 year old ex-husband, but they remained friendly, often still having sex with each other, and he would often be at the house. With the last of her strength, she pulled herself to the nearest roadway, where she was spotted by the driver of a passing vehicle. Murderer McNeilly, 51, was released in 2015. Thats what she did in the end, she survived her ordeal long enough to name every single one of them.". She was then driven to woods near Stockport, where she was doused in petrol and set on fire. Suzanne, from Moston, and who had family in Middleton, was held captive then beaten, injected with drugs and brutally tortured over seven days. BERNADETTE McNEILLY AKA BERNIE GARDNER - READING RINGLEADER OF GROUP WHO KIDNAPPED RAPED TORTURED AND KILLED YOUNG SUZANNE CAPPER NOW FREE AND LIVING IN READING WHILST WORKING IN M&S FACEBOOK HAVE REMOVED OUR POST WHERE WE EXPOSED BERNADETTE MCNEILLY WHO NOW USES THE NAME BERNIE GARDNER AND LIVES IN READING A woman who tortured a teenage girl then helped set her on fire was today described in court as a 'model prisoner' as a judge cut her jail sentence by 12 months. Paul Barlowwho was Michelles fianc said Suzanne turned up on her doorstep with a huge black eye and said she wanted to get away from the trouble she had been having. Capper and Michelle alternated between staying with their mother, their step-father, family friends, or in the care of local authorities. Kyle Walker challenges Erling Haaland to improve even more with Harry Kane comparison. She has been given a new name and a makeover and is living in a secret location in north-west England. She also told me that she felt like she had no more fight left in her and that this was going to be the last interview she would ever give. I listened to it and it is absolutely terrifying and really upsetting.. She had 'recorded her own belief that it was impossible for her to have achieved more than she had done' since she was jailed, had left all criminal associations behind her and had fought to maintain her relationship with her children, who are now adults, the judge added. Mum-of-three McNeilly and her drug-crazed gang beat their helpless victim, shackled her to a bed, injected her with drugs and pulled out her front teeth with pliers at a house in Moston, Manchester in December 1992. Clifford was Jeans younger brother and he would ultimately go on to torture Suzanne. There was a discourse at the time that blamed the poor for this terrible crime and I was never comfortable with that.. McNeilly who forced Suzanne to listen to recordings of her imitating Chucky, the murderous doll from horror films Childs Play and Bride Of Chucky will complete a hat-trick of horrific offenders at the altar. Her injuries were a lot more severe than the bruise on her face suggested. Mum-of-three McNeilly and her drug-crazed gang beat their helpless victim, shackled her to a bed, injected her with drugs and pulled out her front teeth with pliers at a house in Moston, Manchester in December 1992. Matthews moved in paedo fianc Paul Saunders earlier this month and cops had to . A belt was also used in the beatings. McNeilly and Matthews became friends when they were banged up together at Foston Hall prison in Derbyshire and kept in touch when Matthews was freed from her eight-year sentence in 2012. After the group made her clean up the hair from the floor they spend hours assaulting her, kicking her, beating her with wooden ornaments and belts, and suffocating her with a plastic bag.