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Murder of Lesley Molseed

Lesley Susan Molseed was an English schoolgirl who was abducted and murdered by Ronald Castree on 5 October 1975 in West Yorkshire. An intellectually disabled man who lived near Molseed's residence in Greater Manchester, Stefan Kiszko ( ), was wrongly convicted of her murder and served sixteen years in prison before his conviction was overturned. His mental and physical health had deteriorated in prison, and he died twenty-two months after his release in February 1992. Kiszko's ordeal was described by one British MP as "the worst miscarriage of justice of all time." Evidence exonerating Kiszko in the crime was suppressed by three members of the investigation team, who were initially arrested in 1993 before charges were dropped. In 2006, a DNA match led to Ronald Castree being charged with Molseed's murder; he was convicted the following year and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Lesley Susan Molseed was an English schoolgirl who was abducted and murdered by Ronald Castree on 5 October 1975 in West Yorkshire. An intellectually disabled man who lived near Molseed's residence in Greater Manchester, Stefan Kiszko ( ), was wrongly convicted of her murder and served sixteen years in prison before his conviction was overturned. His mental and physical health had deteriorated in prison, and he died twenty-two months after his release in February 1992. Kiszko's ordeal was described by one British MP as "the worst miscarriage of justice of all time." Evidence exonerating Kiszko in the crime was suppressed by three members of the investigation team, who were initially arrested in 1993 before charges were dropped. In 2006, a DNA match led to Ronald Castree being charged with Molseed's murder; he was convicted the following year and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1964-08-14 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of birth: 1953-10-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. date of death: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. date of death: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. release date: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1964-08-14". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of birth is "1953-10-18". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the date of death is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the date of death is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the release date is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  8. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373511777

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