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Lord Lucan is now presumed to be dead, a High Court judge has ruled.Lord Lucan is now presumed to be dead, a High Court judge has ruled.
The peer vanished after his children's nanny was bludgeoned to death in London in 1974. A death certificate has been issued 42 years after the peer vanished when his children's nanny was bludgeoned to death in London.
He was declared dead in 1999, despite hundreds of unverified sightings, but the new ruling gives his son the right to inherit the family title. He was declared dead in 1999, despite dozens of unverified sightings, but the new ruling gives his son the right to inherit the family title.
Lord Lucan would be 81 if he were still alive. His son, Lord Bingham, says the 1999 declaration had not proved death "for all purposes". Lord Lucan, who disappeared in 1974, would be 81 if he were still alive.
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If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. His son, Lord Bingham, said: "I am very happy with the judgment of the court in this matter. It has been a very long time coming."
Lucan disappeared after Sandra Rivett was found dead at 46 Lower Belgrave St, Belgravia on 7 November, 1974.
He drove to a friend's house in East Sussex in a borrowed car, which was later found abandoned in Newhaven with bloodstains inside.
The mystery of his whereabouts excited decades of speculation.
At a hearing in December Ms Rivett's son Neil Berriman, was given permission to intervene in the case.
But speaking after today's ruling Mr Berriman, 49, said: "I think [Lucan is] dead. It is fantastic and I am very pleased for [Bingham]."
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