Man convicted of 1975 murder of schoolgirl

A 54-year-old comic book dealer was today found guilty of murdering 11-year-old Lesley Molseed who was found stabbed to death on moorland 32 years ago.

Man convicted of 1975 murder of schoolgirl

A 54-year-old comic book dealer was today found guilty of murdering 11-year-old Lesley Molseed who was found stabbed to death on moorland 32 years ago.

Ronald Castree (aged 54), of Shaw, Oldham, was convicted at Bradford Crown Court by a jury which heard how he abducted the schoolgirl as she went on an errand in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, on October 5, 1975.

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