Template:Did you know nominations/Murder of Helen McCourt

Murder of Helen McCourt

 * ... that the murder of Helen McCourt was the first case in which a suspect was convicted on DNA evidence in the UK without the victim's body having been discovered?
 * ALT1: ... that Helen McCourt murderer Ian Simms was the first British citizen to be convicted of murder on DNA evidence without the victim's body having been discovered?
 * ALT2: ... that Helen McCourt murderer was arrested after DNA evidence proved traces of her blood was found in the boot of his Passat car?

Nominated by BabbaQ (talk) at 17:26, 6 April 2013 (UTC) ., Expanded and co-nominated by Paul MacDermott (talk) at 17:26, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I reviewed:Selfie. BabbaQ (talk) 12:24, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * In progress. Anne (talk) 21:01, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Thank you for your article on the tragic story of Helen McCourt. Date and length are fine. No images to check. Please note that refs 3 and 8 are identical and should be consolidated. All three hooks are factual and cited. I prefer the first. However, you need to comb through the article for a couple of reasons. First, not all references are matched with the correct facts. Example: Ref 1 is matched mistakenly with the first two sentences of Overview. Second, there are instances of close paraphrasing throughout the article. "Helen's handbag, coat, jeans and scarf were later found"; "walking his dog [on] a towpath by the Manchester Ship Canal in the Hollins Green suburb of Warrington"; "he spotted a second towel and several items of discarded men's clothing" are examples that are identical to the original sources. Anne (talk) 22:37, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * BabbaQ has vanished off the radar just now, but as he added me to this nomination too I've attempted to address the issues raised. Please let me know if there are others and I'll take a more in-depth look. Thanks Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:50, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry for late answers guys. I think the first one is the best too.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:05, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you. Issues addressed. I took care of some small copy edits. You're all set to go! Anne (talk) 14:10, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * That's great, thank you. Paul MacDermott (talk) 14:48, 25 April 2013 (UTC)