The six-year-old was raped and killed 35 years ago. Now her family are campaigning to protect others from sex offenders
Adam Stein, 61, was recently released from prison, on licence, after serving 35 years. In 1986, he was convicted of the sexually motivated killing of six-year-old Collette Gallacher. Stein is now living in England under the strictest supervision.
Alarmingly, this is only as a result of the efforts of Lauren and Claire Holmes, Collette’s sisters, who successfully sought the assistance of Robert Buckland, the secretary of state for justice. In the process, the two women have uncovered a disturbing and potentially dangerous lack of vigilance when killers are released, and are now campaigning for a change to the use of the violent and sex offenders register.
