Mother of woman murdered 30 years ago appeals to killer to come forward
Innocent man served 27 years in jail for Teresa De Simone murder
The mother of a woman murdered 30 years ago called today for her killer to examine his conscience and come forward. Mary Sedotti, 77, and her husband, Michael, 79, made the appeal as detectives try to find the murderer of Teresa De Simone, who was raped and strangled outside a Southampton pub in 1979.
Police have reopened the case after Sean Hodgson was cleared of the murder in March.
Hodgson, 57, spent 27 years in jail but after DNA evidence was re-examined, it was discovered he could not have been the culprit.
He had confessed to the killing of the 22-year-old gas board clerk and part-time barmaid, but pleaded not guilty at his 1982 trial. A jury at Winchester crown court found him guilty.
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