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John Cannan, who was convicted of killing newlywed Shirley Banks in 1989 and was a suspect in the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, has died in prison at the age of 70. Cannan was believed to have been nicknamed “Mr Kipper,” the name given by Ms Lamplugh to the mystery man with whom she went to meet on the day she went missing. He bore a resemblance to an e-fit of the suspect, and he was imprisoned when the murder occurred. Ms Lamplugh vanished after going to meet a client known only as “Mr Kipper” in Fulham on 28 July 1986. Cannan was implicated in the killing, and in 2018, police searched the grounds of a house his mother once owned in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Other searches were conducted in Worcestershire and Somerset.
The Prison Service confirmed the death and said that the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman would investigate: “As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.” Cannan was incarcerated in Full Sutton.
Cannan was convicted of the abduction and murder of Shirley Banks, the Clifton factory manager. He was given a life sentence and a further two for rape. Cannan was arrested in Birmingham 11 days after the murder with some of Mrs Banks’ possessions.
Cannan was deemed too dangerous to release in 2023 by the parole board. The panel found that Cannan refused to engage in programmes to address his reoffending risks and still insisted that he was innocent. He was classified as a category-A prisoner, the highest-risk offenders
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