Originally posted by GBinOz
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I don't know if it really is avoided, although no definitive answer can be given since none of the men seen with Stride have ever been identified. However, some of the suggestions about the where abouts of Parcelman after he was sighted by PC Smith have included that, after PC Smith passes by, Parcelman leaves (perhaps if he's a punter, the spotting of the police has put him off type thing), or if Brown's sighting on Fairclough is of Stride, that his man is also Parcelman (with the differences in descriptions reflecting the unreliability of eye-witness's with regards to such details), or that Parcelman hasn't actually left, but when B.S. comes along he's in the ally to the club and goes unnoticed by Schwartz (perhaps due to the known darkness of the ally combined with his attention being focused on the altercation between Stride and B.S. for example), or even that B.S. and Parcelman are one in the same (and for some reason he briefly left her company to go back towards Commercial, Stride waits for his return, and Schwartz shows up as he returns - again, the differences in descriptions reflecting the vagaries associated with eye-witness descriptions).
While none of those can be said to be "the solution" to Parcelman's whereabouts, I think the variety of suggestions that have been offered do indicate that the question has not been avoided. Given the solutions are, by everyone's admission, simply speculative ideas to consider, it is hardly surprising that none of them are widely accepted.
But again, a lack of acceptance of the various suggested "answers" does not mean the question itself has been avoided.
- Jeff
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