Lesley Molseed killer refused appeal

Ronald Castree

Ronald Castree, 54, who was jailed in November 2007 for abducting and killing 11-year-old Lesley Molseed in 1975, has been told he cannot appeal against his conviction.

Judges at the hearing in Leeds also refused a separate request to cut Castree's 30-year minimum jail term.

Castree, of Brandon Crescent, Oldham snatched Lesley as she went on an errand for her mother on Sunday 5 October, 1975.

Her body was found three days later on moorland on Saddleworth Moor.

She had been stabbed 12 times during a "frenzied attack", the jury was told.

After the hearing Lesley's sister Laura Anderson said: "I'm not going to give him another thought."