Joyce McKinney

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Ms Joyce McKinney was a divorced former American Southern belle turned Mormon turned kidnapper, who in 1977 pursued her ex-lover Kirk Anderson to England where she and a male accomplice (Keith May) forced him at gunpoint into a car, took him to a remote cottage and tied him to a bed where she made love to Mr Anderson over the course of 3 days. She was arrested, but fled the UK after arraignment at Epsom Magistrates' Court, subsequently beccoming a tabloid sensation.

“ I loved Kirk so much, I would have skied down Mount Everest in the nude with a carnation up my nose. ”
 
— Joyce McKinney, Cassell Companion to Quotations: P. 271 Section 1

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The name of the band "The Joyce McKinney Experience" The titular and cover star of UK Punk band Demon Preacher's 'Little Miss Perfect' EP (1978)

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