Christopher Laverack & Kirsty Carver

Two notorious murders had a big impact on my young imagination, and in both cases police officers turned up at our house with awkward questions. Could these two lives cut short explain my fascination?

In 1984, a young boy was murdered. He was called Christopher Laverack. It shocked Hull and the country beyond. It shocked me, mainly because I was eight, just about the same age as the victim. But the crime also shocked adults, and continues to bother me. The murderer was known to police, an uncle, but never convicted. No doubt mistakes were made, but t…