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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jordyn Beazley

Family of Cheryl Grimmer say ‘what we want now is the truth’ after NSW MP names suspect in parliament

Cheryl Grimmer, aged three, who vanished from Fairy Meadow beach in NSW on 12 January 1970
Cheryl Grimmer, aged three, vanished from Fairy Meadow beach in NSW on 12 January 1970. Photograph: Family handout/NSW police/PA

The family of Cheryl Grimmer has said “what we want now is the truth” after a New South Wales MP used parliamentary privilege to reveal the identity of a man who police previously alleged murdered the UK-born toddler 55 years ago.

Cheryl vanished from outside a shower block while with her mother and three older brothers at Fairy Meadow beach in the Illawarra region of NSW on 12 January 1970.

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