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Line 47: Due to the brutality of the crime, McGreavy became known as the "Monster of Worcester" and was the subject of substantial press coverage at the time of the crime.<ref name=dinenage /><ref name=Mirror50815 /><ref name=Telegraph52213>{{cite news|title=David McGreavy: Monster of Worcester's crimes shocked a nation|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10072913/David-McGreavy-Monster-of-Worcesters-crimes-shocked-a-nation.html|accessdate=May 22, 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=May 22, 2013|author=Rosa Silverman and agencies}}</ref> Former editor of the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' [[Paul Connew]] was a reporter at the time and had covered the story.<ref name=dinenage /><ref name=Mirror50815 /> Connew has opined that although people remembered the crime, the name of David McGreavy was not well remembered because of the lack of a lengthy court proceeding with the accompanying coverage.<ref name=dinenage /> In 2006, McGreavy again became headline news after he was transferred to an [[open prison]] and allowed to stay in a bail hostel in [[Liverpool]]. ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' newspaper discovered and publicised this arrangement, featuring a front-page photo of McGreavy (released on temporary In 2009, an [[gag order#United Kingdom|anonymity order]] was issued by the [[High Court of Justice]] during McGreavy's parole board proceedings. The order was resisted by the British press and the [[Press Association]], supported by the [[Secretary of State for Justice]], who argued that setting such a precedent would prevent coverage of dangerous criminals. The order was lifted on May 21, 2013 by [[Christopher Pitchford|Lord Justice Pitchford]] of the [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales]] and [[Peregrine Simon|Mr Justice Simon]] of the High Court of Justice, based on the importance of the public interest in possible release of a dangerous criminal and lack of imminent danger to McGreavy.<ref>[https://inforrm.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/case-comment-r-m-v-parole-board-no-anonymity-for-convicted-child-killer-edward-craven/ Craven, Edward (May 29, 2013)."Case Comment: R(M) v Parole Board - No Anonymity for Convicted Child Killer" (containing link to High Court published opinion).] inforrm.wordpress.com. Retrieved May 8, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2013/1360.html ''R (M) v Parole Board'' (2013) EWHC 1360.]</ref> The lifting of the anonymity order brought a fresh round of publicity to the 40-year-old case.<ref name=Guardian52213 /><ref name=dailymail /><ref name=Telegraph52213 /><ref>{{cite news|title=Worcester Child Killer David McGreavy Anonymity Lifted|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-22623176|accessdate=May 8, 2015|newspaper=BBC.com|date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> | |||