New probe into death of Scots mum on Greek island rules it was foul play
dailyrecord.co.ukA new investigation into the suspicious death of a Scots mum on a Greek island 14 years ago has ruled it was foul play. But prosecutors have told the family of Jean Hanlon, 53, that they cannot reopen the case.
The mum-of-three, from Dumfries, had been living on Crete, had gone missing and was later found dead in a Heraklion harbour in March 2009.
Her eldest son Michael, 38, who has always believed his mum was murdered, said: “We now know for certain there was a crime. Someone else was involved.
Someone knows something and someone is hiding something. They need to come forward and just tell us what they know. “It has been 14 years and we know time is not on our side and, with forensics, the more time that passes the more difficult it becomes. “Trying to find out the truth is not something you can simply just let go of.
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