Complex sentence: In 1937, however, a young girl called Mona Tinsley disappeared and Frederick Nodder was suspected of having killed her; he claimed that she had been alive when he last saw her, and on the basis of the rule was prosecuted only for abduction.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1937, a young girl called Mona Tinsley disappeared, and Frederick Nodder was suspected of having killed her. He claimed that she had been alive when he last saw her, and on the basis of the rule was prosecuted only for abduction.