The brother of a British girl who went missing on an Australian beach more than 50 years ago said he continues to have nightmares about the tragedy.
In what remains one of Australia's most high-profile unsolved crimes, Cheryl Grimmer, who was then three, was kidnapped 52 years ago from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong, New South Wales.
As part of wave of Britons in search of a sunnier climate and new opportunities, her parents Vince and Carol Grimmer had emigrated with their daughter and three sons to Australia from Bristol in the late 1960s.
But 52 years ago today, on January 12, 1970, tragedy struck when she was taken after her oldest brother Ricki, who was aged just seven, left her at the beach changing room for just 90 seconds.
Now, as a new podcast by BBC journalist John Kay delves into what happened, Ricki Nash has told of his ongoing trauma.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday, the heartbroken brother, now aged 59, said he can 'still see her' at the place she was taken, with the last sighting 'in my nightmares'.
Cheryl's aunt, Pam, who still lives in Bristol, added on the programme said the child was 'so cute' and that she did not talk about what had happened for years afterwards because 'it was painful'.
The brother of British girl Cheryl Grimmer, who went missing on an Australian beach more than 50 years ago. said he continues to have nightmares about the tragedy. In what remains one of Australia's most high-profile unsolved crimes. Above: Cheryl alone and with her father, Vince
The Grimmer family had emigrated from Knowle in Bristol to Wollongong in 1969 in search of a better life.
When she was taken from the local beach, Cheryl had been staying with her family at Fairy Meadow Migrant Hostel.
Her other siblings were Stephen, then aged five, and Paul, who was four at the time.
Cheryl's mother had taken her and her siblings to the beach. Vince Grimmer was away working for the Australian Army.
When it became windy and sand whipped around everywhere, the Grimmers decided to head home, with Carol telling her children to wait for her at the changing rooms while she packed up.
Cheryl was taken when Ricki briefly left her to go and tell his mother that she was cheekily refusing to leave the ladies' changing room.
'To be honest I can still see her there. I have got that image all day every day. I have got it in my nightmares. I don't really like being her to be honest John, I get nauseas, I get headaches,' he was heard saying on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday.
In what remains one of Australia's most high-profile unsolved crimes, Cheryl, who was then aged three, was kidnapped 52 years ago from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong, New South Wales. Above: Cheryl with one of her older brothers
Now, as a new podcast by BBC journalist John Kay delves into what happened, Ricki Nash has told of his ongoing trauma. Above: Ricki (centre) with younger brothers Stephen (second from left) and Paul (right) speak to the media in 2016
On January 12, 1970, tragedy struck when she was taken after her oldest brother Ricki, who was aged just seven, left her at the beach changing room (pictured) for just 90 seconds
Because Vince was working at the Australian army's barracks further up the coast, he did not arrive at the scene until the evening. But, because of his job, he arrived with 500 other soldiers who helped to look for the little girl. Above: Members of the military helping to look for Cheryl
'I keep coming back here in the hope we will get answers and keep fighting for Cheryl, she would be fighting hard for me, so I have got to keep fighting for her.
Speaking on the first episode of the podcast, Ricki said that the last time he saw his sister she was standing in the doorway of the women's changing rooms and was smiling and giggling.
'Boys didn't go into the ladies' changing rooms,' he said.
'I said to her "come on, you're going to get into trouble if I have to go down and get her [Mum]."
'And that's when I made that error to go down and get my mother. When we came up, I was probably standing somewhere here, my mother first of all went into the ladies'.
'Then she walked around, there was still no panic from my mother. There was no need
