Murder of an English schoolboy, appeared on the first episode of "Crimewatch UK".
Not to be confused with Mark Tildesley (production designer).
Mark Tildesley
Born
(1976-08-31)31 August 1976
Berkshire, England, UK
Died
1 June 1984(1984-06-01) (aged 7)
Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK
Cause of death
Murder by drugging, gang rape and strangulation
Nationality
British
Known for
Murder victim
Parent(s)
John Tildesley (1932–2005) Lavinia Tildesley (1935–2011)
Mark Anthony Tildesley (31 August 1976 – 1 June 1984) was a seven-year-old English child who disappeared on 1 June 1984 whilst visiting a funfair in Wokingham, Berkshire.[1][2] A widespread search of the Wokingham area, involving both police officers and British Army soldiers, did not locate him.[3] Thames Valley Police initially suspected that his body was buried near Wellington Road in Wokingham, near the funfair from which he was abducted, but they now believe that he was probably buried in a shallow grave on abandoned farmland.[4][clarification needed]
To publicise Tildesley's disappearance, a national poster campaign was launched, with one displayed in every police station in the country. The disappearance was publicised in national news and was featured in the premiere episode Crimewatch UK. Despite a massive public response, however, Tildesley was still not located.[5]
In 1989, Tildesley's disappearance was linked to the Operation Orchid investigation into missing children. In 1990 as part of this investigation, it emerged that on the night he disappeared, Tildesley had been abducted, drugged, tortured, raped and murdered by a London-based paedophile gang led by Sidney Cooke. A member of the gang, Leslie Bailey, was charged with murder in 1991 and was given two life sentences after pleading guilty to manslaughter the following year; he was murdered in prison in 1993.[6][7]
A memorial service for Tildesley was held and a memorial bench placed at the entrance to the fairground site. A headstone was also placed in a nearby burial ground.[8]
^"Paedophile in jail rape allegation". The Herald. Glasgow. 7 January 2002. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via HighBeam.
^"Police fear boy is dead". The Times. London. 4 June 1984. p. 2.
^"Missing Mark: Police are baffled". Wokingham Times. Wokingham. 14 June 1984. p. 1.
^Paedophile's confession opens missing Mark file (19.12.90)
^Oliver, Ted; Smith, Ramsay (25 March 1993). Lambs to the Slaughter. Sphere. ISBN 978-0751-50-337-1.
^"Paedophile gets life for killing boy, 7, at orgy: Homosexual ring abducted children and drugged them for group sex". The Independent. London. 23 October 1992. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^Operation Orchid (Aug '89 – Oct '92)
^Cook, Caroline (21 January 2011). "Brave mum dies without finding murdered son Mark Tildesley". Reading Post. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
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