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[Cogidubnus]

more than lucky

Does seem to suggest that they were on top of him. Mighty lucky if he was able to miss them by accident..................

And if as we're surmising, it wasn't pure luck Kat?

Dave

[Cogidubnus]

Yes Lynn

Especially a quiet sacking for ostensibly unrecorded reasons...

Dave

[lynn cates]

sacking

Hello Dave.

"Or perhaps it was Harvey, lurking in a doorway at the far end of the alley who saw the suspect pass?"

And, as has been pointed out earlier in this thread, if that were later discovered, it would make an excellent ground for a sacking.

Cheers.
LC

[Cogidubnus]

Interesting speculation which is still only just on-topic anyway!

Dave

[Cogidubnus]

Or perhaps it was Harvey, lurking in a doorway at the far end of the alley who saw the suspect pass?

Dave

[lynn cates]

theories

Hello Dave. Yes, but some theorisers postulate a missed go round. And I saw one bit of speculation in which Watkins actually caught a glimpse of the killer fleeing.

Cheers.
LC

[Cogidubnus]

Hi Lynn...and if I recall correctly there was less than a quarter of an hour between Watkins visits - unless I've misremembered...

Dave

[KatBradshaw]

Does seem to suggest that they were on top of him. Mighty lucky if he was able to miss them by accident..................

[lynn cates]

time

Hello Dave.

"I've always wondered about the shortness of the time interval between Harveys alleged momentary appearance at Mitre Square and Watkins discovery of the body."

Well, looks like a 2-3 minute interval. Best estimate for Harvey was about 1.42. Watkins looks like 1.44 or 5.

Not too wide.

Cheers.
LC

[KatBradshaw]

It would be interesting indeed also to know how many left because they couldn't hack the pressure. I know that my sister worked with one of the officers on the Soham case and he lost the plot.

[Cogidubnus]

Tha is true Jason but would you risk it if you were him at the height of the scare?

It'd be interesting to know how many H Division and/or City coppers were disciplined for infractions that Autumn...I suspect with some individuals human nature will out even under the most pressured circumstances.

Dave

[Cogidubnus]

Total surmise but if Mitre Square really was a set-up and Harvey left the bottleneck uncapped? I've always wondered about the shortness of the time interval between Harveys alleged momentary appearance at Mitre Square and Watkins discovery of the body....

Dave

[KatBradshaw]

Tha is true Jason but would you risk it if you were him at the height of the scare?

[jason_c]

This is my understanding of the beats of Watkins and Harvey.

Looking at those beats. If there's one tempting part of Harvey's beat to bypass its the passage way from Duke Street to Mitre Square.

[Monty]

Hi Rob,

Thats what I have also.

They worked a left handed short beat.

Monty