My Sandra was so much more than Lucan's victim

LORD Lucan has been one of Britain's most infamous murderers for 50 years but his victim, nanny Sandra Rivett, has long been overlooked.

- SANJEETA BAINS

Now, her younger sister Charmaine says it's time that changed.

Speaking ahead of an Amazon Prime Video documentary about Sandra, Charmaine said: "This is the first time in nearly 50 years that anyone else has cared about Sandra." With The Murder of Sandra Rivett to go out on the streaming service today.

Charmaine added: "Recognising her as a person, not just a victim, has given me my sister back." Lord Lucan, then 39, killed 29-yearold Sandra on the night of November 7, 1974.

He bludgeoned her with a lead pipe after mistaking her for his estranged wife Veronica.

Lord and Lady Lucan had argued over money and custody of their children, Frances, George and Camilla.

After a fight with Veronica, who came to the basement to see what was delaying Sandra, Lucan fled and has been missing ever since.

With the focus on the elusive aristocrat, the world forgot the beloved sister, daughter and mother left in the basement in London's Belgravia district harmaine said: "Losing my big sister has haunted me for years.

I still miss her. She was a wonderful sister.

"She enjoyed life and was kind caring and supportive to us all." Ironically given what happened to her sister, Charmaine, who wants to withhold her surname, added: "Sandra loved her job and the Lucan children. She was like Mum fun-loving, with a great sense of humour.

"People were drawn to her and she had lots of friends." Born on September 16, 1945, the third child of Albert and Eunice Hensby, Sandra spent the first decade of her life in Australia before coming to the UK, where her family settled in south London.