Hi Julie,
Good point. If the report of the forensic investigation of the car was ever made public, I've never seen it. Lack of fingerprints I can understand - JH either wore gloves or was very careful not to touch a hard surface. Fibre from his clothes, maybe mud or dirt from his shoes on the floor of the car I find harder to get my head round. However - I do know someone who worked in a police forensic lab and who is old enough to recall the A6 Case. He told me that a thorough good hoovering of the interior of a car would, so far as early 1960's forensic technology was concerned, effectively remove virtually all evidence (apart from fingerprints). He also said that the police in 1961 would certainly have applied the adhesive-tape test to the upholstery, to pick up any fibre from clothes; he said they would have used a very powerful vacuum cleaner to collect any dirt, dust or other debris from the floor. If they found zero forensics to connect the car to a suspect, then that is because the car was very thoroughly cleaned. Yes, this absence of forensics most certainly is an unexplained aspect of the case, but of course it's the absence of forensic evidence of anyone other than VS, MG and MG's aunts (presumably) who were regular users of the car. No Hanratty, no Alphon. Yet we have it from Hanratty's own lips that he was careful not to leave fingerprints behind during a burglary (but not always careful enough), so maybe I could go along with a possible scenario that after the crime he managed somehow to very thoroughly clean the interior of the car. (I can hear the squeals of protest already...).
Ron, why do you keep referring to the Bedford jury as 'dim', and so forth? Are people from Bedfordshire notorious for being dim? Or what?
Graham
I don't believe this case was thoroughly investigated, I think some of the evidence was fabricated or manipulated, there are far too many unexplained aspects to the case - for example why there is an absence of any forensic evidence in the car from the attacker WHOEVER HE WAS.
Ron, why do you keep referring to the Bedford jury as 'dim', and so forth? Are people from Bedfordshire notorious for being dim? Or what?
Graham
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