Missing Cheryl Grimmer: Family's anger over police decision not to contact witnesses

Three came forward after the BBC's Fairy Meadow podcast but police didn't interview them.

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Officers suspect three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer was abducted from Fairy Meadow beach, which is about 50 miles (80km) south of Sydney in New South Wales (NSW), when she went missing on 12 January 1970. The Grimmer family had only just emigrated from the UK.

They have now been told the review, which took four years to complete, has not brought up any new evidence that could lead to a conviction.

They are angry that three potential eyewitnesses who spoke to the BBC were not formally interviewed by officers, despite their contact details being passed to police.

Ricki Nash, Cheryl's brother, said he felt "total frustration" about the way the review had been handled, which he understood was "meant to be a detailed, full review" of the case.