Dossier links killer of Leeds schoolgirl Sarah Harper to Genette Tate murder

A FILE of evidence linking serial child killer Robert Black to the murder of Genette Tate has been submitted to prosecutors.

The Scottish-born sex attacker, who murdered Leeds schoolgirl Sarah Harper, died in non-suspicious circumstances in Maghaberry high security jail in Northern Ireland.

He was serving multiple life sentences for the murders of Sarah and three other schoolgirls in the 1980s and a number of other crimes.

Black, 68, a delivery driver who stalked the roads of the UK searching for victims, has long been suspected of murdering 13-year-old Genette.

Genette, a newspaper delivery girl, vanished from a rural lane in Aylesbeare, Devon, in August 1978. Her body has never been found.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed the evidence file had been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

“The major part of a file concerning this matter has now been sent to the CPS for a charging decision,” the force spokesman said.