Perth, Western Australia (Old Edition) Home Write a Letter Time Out Special Coverage Crime & Justice Classifieds Search Real Estate Trades & Services Submit About Contact Us Advertising Legal	Killer Greer could be free next year The mother of murdered Mosman Park teenager Sharon Mason says she fears her daughter's convicted killer will be released from jail next year. April Fawcett has written a book about her life and daughter, and hopes to get it published before Arthur Greer comes up for parole. Ms Fawcett said she had been told Greer's parole would begin to be considered next April, and he would be eligible for parole in November 2001. Ms Fawcett said she hoped parole would be refused and that Greer would stay in jail, or that he would be taken straight to the airport and deported. Greer, now 63, is a native of Northern Ireland and has asked to be deported rather than stay in jail. Ms Fawcett said her life had been badly affected by Sharon's disappearance and death in 1983. "It was a double tragedy, because her father suicided after she disappeared," Ms Fawcett said. Michael Mason, who was separated from his wife, had been questioned and followed by police after his daughter disappeared. This pressure combined with his grief and he killed himself. He was buried in Fremantle cemetery. After Sharon's body was discovered buried behind a Mosman Park shop nearly 11 years later, she was cremated and her ashes were buried beside her father's grave. "They were very close in life, and now they are both together at rest," Ms Fawcett said. Sharon was 14 when she disappeared on a Saturday morning after getting off a bus in Stirling Highway opposite the old Mosman Park post office. "The discovery of her body was a great shock, but in a sense it was a relief," Ms Fawcett said. "There was always speculation that one day she might come back. But she wouldn't have done it to us. It wasn't in her nature. "Sharon always phoned up if she was going to be late. She was very reliable, which is why we were worried right from the beginning. "When her body was found, it put an end to the theory that she had run away and started a new life." After Sharon's body was found in a plastic bag during levelling of the carpark behind the shops, police traced the then owner of the Stirling Highway recycled clothes business, Arthur Boycott Greer, and charged him with her wilful murder. He was convicted of wilful murder in 1993, but that conviction was overturned on appeal. He was convicted of murder at a new trial in 1994. Michael Mason had spent all his available time and all his money searching for Sharon. He also wrote a large number of poems about her, 20 of which are included in April's book. April is looking for an experienced book editor and a publisher for her book. She can be contacted at PO Box 327, Kwinana 6167. BACK TO TOP < PREVIOUS - HOME - NEXT> Copyright © 1999 - 2006 Post Newspapers Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.