Timeline

1 December 1964 Nine-year-old Julia Taylor is abducted, raped, strangled and left for dead but saved by a passer by

8 September 1965 Six-year-old Margaret Reynolds goes missing on her way to school

30 December 1965 Five-year-old Diane Tift goes missing on her way to her grandmother's house

12 January 1966 The bodies of Margaret Reynolds and Diane Tift are found at Cannock Chase

14 August 1966 Ten-year-old Jane Taylor disappears near Cannock Chase and is never seen again

19 August 1967 Seven-year-old Christine Darby is lured into a car by a man near with a local accent

22 August 1967 Christine Darby’s body is found on Cannock Chase4

November 1968 A failed attempt to abduct ten-year-old Margaret Aulton is witnessed and police are called

15 November 1968 Carol Morris is shown the pornographic pictures that her husband took of her five-year-old niece and retracts her statement giving him an alibi for the day Chistine Darby was murdered

16 November 1968 Raymond Leslie Morris is charged with the murder of Christine Darby and is remanded in custody

18 February 1969 The seven day trial ends with Morris found guilty of murder. He is sentenced to life imprisonment

August 2010 Morris begins an appeal

November 2010 Morris is granted a judicial review in the case of the murder of Christine Darby. The review is overturned

May 2011 Morris breaks a 40-year silence, claims his innocence and says he may go to the European court of human rights. He later says he will make no further appeal and will probably end his days in prison