John,again,
Like Graham I recognise you have made an extremely important point regarding the evidence of Mr Skillett whose evidence at the trial was given much more weight---even though he was further away from the driver of the Morris Minor and would have had a more obstructed view of him.The significant factor here is that he identified Hanratty,whereas Mr Blackhall was that much closer with a better view and did not recognise him during the identity parade and like Valerie Storie had the first time round regarding Hanratty, identified a different man entirely.
The evidence of Mr Trower is even more worrying---he claimed a momentary half head sighting and went on the confidently "identify" Hanratty,yet Paddy Hogan, the man outside whose flat this "sighting" was alleged to have taken place said that on that particular morning Trower hadnt arrived until AFTER the Morris Minor had gone past and that he was especially late that morning to pick him up!
It certainly needed to be looked into!
Like Graham I recognise you have made an extremely important point regarding the evidence of Mr Skillett whose evidence at the trial was given much more weight---even though he was further away from the driver of the Morris Minor and would have had a more obstructed view of him.The significant factor here is that he identified Hanratty,whereas Mr Blackhall was that much closer with a better view and did not recognise him during the identity parade and like Valerie Storie had the first time round regarding Hanratty, identified a different man entirely.
The evidence of Mr Trower is even more worrying---he claimed a momentary half head sighting and went on the confidently "identify" Hanratty,yet Paddy Hogan, the man outside whose flat this "sighting" was alleged to have taken place said that on that particular morning Trower hadnt arrived until AFTER the Morris Minor had gone past and that he was especially late that morning to pick him up!
It certainly needed to be looked into!
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