'Lucky' Lucan's privileged gambling friends were also said to have spirited him out of the country so he could evade justice, and his estranged wife (who was his intended target when he killed the family nanny) has previously claimed that as a gambler he would never have committed suicide 'as gamblers always win the next hand'. There have been theories that the peer fled to West Africa and - extraordinarily - that his children were flown out there so he could see them.
In the years since he disappeared, Lucan (who would now be 85) has been variously 'spotted' in Africa, India, Australia, Holland and living in a Land Rover in New Zealand with a goat called Camilla. Instead, it turned out to be Barry Halpin, or Jungly Barry, a well-known musician We keep an open mind in relation to this case'.Ī former Scotland Yard detective claimed in 2003 that an ageing hippy living in Goa, India, (pictured) was Lucan. Any significant new information will be considered. Scotland Yard told MailOnline today that Sandra Rivett's case remains 'unsolved' and 'open' more than 45 years after she was bludgeoned to death with a length of lead piping and her body then stuffed into a mail-sack in Lucan's basement.Ī spokesman said: 'The inquiry into the death of Sandra Rivett remains open as is the case with all unsolved murders. He told the Daily Mirror: 'I believe I have tracked down the man, Lord Lucan, who murdered my mother. He has been alive all this time. Mr Berriman, from West Sussex, says Lucan is housebound and awaiting a major operation after decades living Down Under - and has spoken to the Met who have reassured him they will look into his claims.
Neil Berriman's mother Sandra Rivett was murdered by Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, in November 1974, who has never been seen since. The Met Police's cold case team will speak to the son of the nanny beaten to death by Lord Lucan after his sensational claim he has discovered the fugitive peer living as a Buddhist in Australia.
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