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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Alan Weston

Girl's murder on 'street of fear' one of most 'senseless' ever seen in UK

This weekend marks the 47th anniversary of what was described as "one of the most tragic and senseless killings ever to take place in this country."

Seven-year-old Margaret Bromley was brutally murdered in a derelict house after she went to the shops to buy sweets for a neighbour as a favour.

Margaret's death sent shockwaves through the community in February 1975, leading concerned mums to call Garrick Street, in Wavertree, the "street of fear".

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