'No evidence' to link schoolgirl killer to South Yorkshire clown attack, confirms top cop
The incident took place in Lorderns Hill, Dinnington on October 4, 2016, when someone dressed as a clown threw a log at Owen Russell, then aged 17, who was left with a head wound that required stitches.
Following Leonne’s murder, questions over whether her murder and the clown attack were linked were raised in the local community.
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Hide AdDCI Tate added that, as is standard with the conviction of any murderer, the force would now review unsolved violent crimes carried out in the Dinnington area to see whether Heeley could possibly be linked to them.
His defence barrister, Alan Kent, QC told the court how after the teenager was charged with Leonne's murder, Heeley had confessed to six other murders - including one committed before he was born and to another murder in Essex.