John's Echo Interview

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

PC Robinson told the inquest that the woman arrested in Aldgate "smelt very strongly of drink."

Regards,

Simon

[lynn cates]

right

Hello Simon. That's right. I think it was reiterated a time or two.

Cheers.
LC

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

The woman brought into Bishopsgate police station was described by Sergeant Byfield as "Very drunk. She was brought in supported by two constables and placed in a cell."

But I don't recall the woman found murdered in Mitre Square ever being described as smelling strongly of drink.

Regards,

Simon

[lynn cates]

no checking

Hello Simon. Thanks.

Indeed. But they were making an identity between the two. I doubt they checked post mortem as with Liz.

Cheers.
LC

[GregBaron]

A headache remaining...

Five hours passed between drunk and murdered gentlemen. I don't have the science in front of me but alcohol is processed through the body rather quickly.

She was also a very small woman who probably didn't require a gallon of gin to get loopy....

At 1 a.m. I would expect her to be hung over and feeling awful but no longer drunk. Again, I'm no expert but rumor has it that I've had a few over-served occasions in my own time...

I also wouldn't expect a whiff of alcohol to be necessarily worth mentioning under the circumstances....

Greg

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

Sorry to be dim.

You doubt they checked "what" post mortem as with Liz?

Regards,

Simon

[lynn cates]

How much?

Hello Greg. Thanks. Which brings up the question, how many drinks WOULD it take? I am guessing 3-4 large glasses of gin.

What do you think?

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

tummy

Hello Simon. Thanks.

Sorry to be unclear. I mean Liz had her stomach examined for alcohol. Not sure whether Kate's was.

Cheers.
LC

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

Mr. William Sedgwick Saunders, medical officer of health for the City, said at the inquest: "I received the stomach of the deceased from Dr. Gordon Brown, carefully sealed, and I made an analysis of the contents, which had not been interfered with in any way. I looked more particularly for poisons of the narcotic class, but with negative results, there being not the faintest trace of any of those or any other poisons."

I believe alcohol is classed as a narcotic poison.

Regards,

Simon

[lynn cates]

overlooked

Hello Simon. Thanks. I am suggesting that alcohol was overlooked.

(Could be way out here.)

Cheers.
LC

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

Don't worry. I'm out there with you on the same limb.

But why should alcohol have been overlooked?

Surely alcohol should have been one of the clinchers in identifying the woman arrested in Aldgate as the woman found dead in Mitre Square.

Regards,

Simon

[robert newell]

Hi Phil,

OK, I'll bite.

What's the significance of 187?

Regards,

Simon

Hi Simon.. It's not me you asked..but 187 is a police code...for murder. I think.

[Simon Wood]

Hi Robert,

Thank you. I didn't know that.

It also happens to be the number of the bus I used to catch for school.

I hope Phil doesn't leave us in suspense for too long.

Regards,

Simon

[Phil Carter]

Hi Robert,

Thank you. I didn't know that.

It also happens to be the number of the bus I used to catch for school.

I hope Phil doesn't leave us in suspense for too long.

Regards,

Simon

Hello Simon,

murder on the bus? Haha

best wishes

Phil

Nothing to do with either btw

[Simon Wood]

Hi Phil,

Oh bugger! Now it's 188.

This is beginning to resemble a really cheapo serial killer movie.

Regards,

Simon