The Case of The Tortured Teenager
Notorious murder case re-opened in 2016 Who really tortured and killed this 14-year-old lad in 1979? The case of Alan Livesey was re-opened by Lancashire Police in 2016 despite his mother Margaret having been convicted of torturing and murdering him at their home in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire UK on February 22nd 1979. The teenager was found stabbed and bound at his home in The Crescent but the truth about who was really responsible for his torturous death has been shrouded by suspicion and debated widely ever since. Margaret Livesey was convicted of murder at Preston Crown Court in July 1979 and was sentenced to life imprisonment but maintained her innocence until her death from throat cancer in 2001, aged 64. Margaret was released from HM Prison Styal in 1989 with a lifetime licence to The Probation Service and went to live near to her daughter Janet in Surrey. Neither Margaret nor the family ever gave up the fight for the truth to be told about Alan, she even left a clause in her wi