Simon Parkes: Inquest to examine sailor's disappearance in 1986

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Simon Parkes: Inquest to examine sailor's disappearance in 1986
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Simon Parkes, 18, disappeared on a night out with Royal Navy crewmates in Gibraltar.

An inquest is to be held into the disappearance and presumed death of a teenage Royal Navy sailor in Gibraltar in 1986.

The Gibraltar coroner will hear the case on a date to be fixed after permission was given by the Gibraltar government. Grimson was jailed for life in 2001 for the separate murders of two young men, naval rating Nicholas Wright, 18, from Leicestershire, and former Royal Navy sailor Sion Jenkins, 20, from Newbury in Berkshire.Police searched an underground water tank for traces of Mr Parkes in JanuaryShe said: "I think there is some new evidence, but I'm not allowed to talk about it."We haven't had a death certificate and this news has brought some closure.

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