# Mother urges former shipmate to reveal missing sailor’s remains after 40 years

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mother-of-royal-navy-sailor-missing-for-40-years-calls-for-suspected-killer-to-confess/
- Published: 2026-11-08T11:00:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T11:14:33+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/08/simon-parkes-navy-sailor-mother-allan-grimson-suspected-killer
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Simon Parkes vanished in Gibraltar in 1986 and has never been found.
- His mother is asking suspected killer Allan Grimson to reveal where he is.
- Grimson received 22 more years for sexual offences against four people.

## Summary

Margaret Parkes has urged Allan Grimson to disclose where her son Simon’s remains are, as the former Royal Navy sailor was sentenced for sexual offences against four boys and men. Simon disappeared in Gibraltar in 1986, aged 18, and has never been found; Grimson, who served on the same ship, is suspected of killing him but denies it. The family say the uncertainty has shaped their lives for four decades, and they still hope to hold a funeral.

Grimson, 67, received a further 22 years in prison after being convicted of offences against victims who were aged as young as 14. He has already served more than 25 years for murdering two young men, Nicholas Wright, 18, and Sion Jenkins, 20, in Hampshire in 1997 and 1998. The judge said Grimson remained dangerous and might never be released; he cannot be considered for parole until shortly before turning 80.

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