Lesley Molseed Manchester 1975

Stiups Lane Rochdale

1975 was a horrific year for the innocent victims of serial killers. The north of England seemed to be rife with sick and twisted individuals.

5th October Rochdale - Lesley Molseed was a small and delicate child for her 11 years. She often went on errands for her Mum and this day was no different as she went off along Stiups Lane to buy a loaf of bread.

She was snatched from here and taken to a remote place on the west Yorkshire Moors and was found stabbed to death three days later on the 8th October.

Civil servant Stefan Kiszko was wrongly accused and jailed for 17 years being eventually released only to die six months later of a heart attack. His mother had fought tirelessly to have the evidence reviewed and he was declared innocent through DNA analysis.

The real killer was discovered (thanks again to DNA samples) to be Ronald Castree from Manchester - a previously convicted paedophile.

The house of Leslie Moleseed