Age: 20
Sex: female
Date: 3 Jun 1991
Place: Vardens Road, Battersea
Alison Shaughnessy was stabbed 54 times in her flat in Vardens Road in Battersea on 3 June 1991.
Two sisters, aged 18 and 21, were convicted of her murder but later appealed. Their convictions were quashed after it was heard that sensational and inaccurate reporting by the media might have prejudiced their trial.
see Newcastle Journal - Thursday 09 July 1992
see Evening Herald (Dublin) - Thursday 10 June 1993
see Irish Independent - Friday 24 July 1992
see Irish Independent - Tuesday 14 July 1992
see Irish Independent - Tuesday 07 July 1992
see "Sisters are jailed for murdering bank clerk." Times [London, England] 25 July 1992: 1. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 6 Sep. 2012.
see Court News
see The Herald
see Independent
see Nick Davies
see The Sun
see Unsolved 1991
