Timothy Morss
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Timothy Morss (born 1963), is a British convicted child sex offender and murderer.
Morss was born in the Leyton area of London. He and his homosexual partner Brett Tyler were responsible for the murder of nine-year-old Daniel Handley, who disappeared from Beckton on 7th October 1994. Daniel had been trying to fix a chain on his bicycle when Tyler enticed Daniel into his car by pretending to be lost and asking for directions on a map. Morss and Tyler drove Daniel away in their Peugeot 405 and pulled into a layby near Hungerford in Berkshire. Daniel was sexually abused and murdered before being buried in woodland near Bristol. His body was uncovered five months later.
Meanwhile, Morss and Tyler fled to the Philippines shortly after Daniel's disappearance, but returned to Britain within months and were arrested on suspicion of Daniel Handley's murder soon after their return.
On 17th May 1996, a jury at the Old Bailey convicted both Morss and Tyler of murdering Daniel Handley. The trial judge described them as "vultures" and sentenced them to life imprisonment with the recommendation that they should never be set free.
On 24th November 2002, seven years into his sentence, Morss was informed by Home Secretary David Blunkett that he must serve a minimum of 50 years in prison before being considered for release. This ruling would keep him behind bars until at least 2045 and the age of 82, but within 48 hours the Home Secretary's powers to set minimum terms for life sentence prisoners was declared illegal.
