Jill Morrell
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Jill Morrell was the girlfriend of John McCarthy, and was a tireless and effective campaigner for his release from kidnappers who held him in Lebanon for more than 5 years.
Morrell kept McCarthy's name in the public domain with a campaign to free him, called "Friends of John McCarthy" (FOJM).
After McCarthy's release on August 8, 1991, the public hoped for a fairytale ending for their relationship. They did stay together until 1994, but they then parted amicably and John met a BBC photographer, Anna Ottewill, and eventually married her in April 1999[1].
Morrell works for charity Cancerbackup [2] as their Policy and Public Affairs Manager, putting into practice the skills she acquired during the FOJM campaign.
[edit] Published works
- Jointly with John McCarthy Some Other Rainbow. Bantam Press (22 April 1993). ISBN 978-0593027295
- No Smoke Without Fire – A guide for victims of a miscarriage of justice (DOC). 1999.
[edit] References
- ^ Former hostage McCarthy weds in private, BBC, 19 April 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
- ^ Cancerbackup website
[edit] External links
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