Hi Ron,
I agree this would seem likely, but Woffinden says they interviewed him on 26-Sep and asks how it is possible for Hanratty to have been identified between the morning and the afternoon. But there must have been activity before this and it may well have included previous contact with Pratt.
The 2002 appeal says “it was Mr Leonard who informed the police of the link between the name “J Ryan” and James Hanratty” (point 48) and that Acott/Oxford received information from Leonard on 25-Sep (point 38). So Leonard had been traced before the 26-Sep interview with Pratt.
I don’t know why they were so keen on Alphon, but it is clear that by doing this they knew nothing about any Ryan/Hanratty/MrsGregsten connection.
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The 2002 appeal says “it was Mr Leonard who informed the police of the link between the name “J Ryan” and James Hanratty” (point 48) and that Acott/Oxford received information from Leonard on 25-Sep (point 38). So Leonard had been traced before the 26-Sep interview with Pratt.
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