An inquest has opened into the death of Elizabeth McCann who was murdered by Simon Goold in August 2022
The mum of a vulnerable student who was brutally murdered by a convicted rapist has told how she carries a picture of her daughter with her every day. An inquest heard Elizabeth McCann, 26, was plied with booze before being raped and strangled to death by fellow student Simon Goold.
When bar staff refused to serve him any more drinks, he took her back to his flat at a B&B on Manchester Road in a taxi - sexually assaulting her during the journey. Neighbours then heard shouts and screams for around 25 minutes. A post mortem gave the cause of death as 'ligature strangulation', the inquest heard. A toxicology report found Ms McCann had a blood alcohol reading of 109mg, around a third higher than the drink drive limit of 80mg.
"We loved to cook together. We played football. Her favourite team was City and I would be United. I would go in goal and she would trip me up. There are lots of good memories." Fighting back the tears Ms Hammerton said: "She was my friend. She was kind and she lovely and she was very, very vulnerable. I think that's why we clicked so well - we had been through similar things in our past."
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