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I should have thanked jimarilyn (James?) earlier for his kind welcome.
Graham, like a lot of people who read Foot and Woffinden's books, I was a Jimdidnotdoite but the DNA evidence converted me to a Jimdiditite. However if everyone were in the same camp, the forum would be very boring, so all shades of opinion should be tolerated.
One point which is put forward in Hanratty's defence is that the murderer was not a good driver, whereas Hanratty was, or so runs the argument.
Clearly the murderer was not a proficient driver according to Valerie Storie's account of the early hours of 23rd of August and the witnesses in London later that day.
JH had form for car theft, and according to Woffinden (page p 86) had 'learned' to drive between February 1957 and 3 July 1957. He does seem to have been unsuccessful in his car thieving as is evidenced by the fact that he was caught in July 1957 and again in March 1958. A car thief who can drive properly and in a manner which does not draw attention to himself is more likely to evade capture than one who cannot.
We also know that within hours of taking his hire car in Ireland he had bent it. Likewise we know that in the early days of his ownership of his new Alpine it also had suffered body damage. It is a matter of debate as to whether the damage was sustained before or after JH took delivery.
As against the above pointers to the effect that JH was useless behind the wheel, we have statements quoted in earlier posts on this forum that his younger brother, Michael, had said that JH was a good driver and had in fact taught Michael to drive. But if this is true one has to ask when and in which vehicle this driving tuition took place? Does anyone know the answer to that question?
I did pose the above questions in an earlier post, but it might have got submerged by Babybird67's polemic.
Graham, like a lot of people who read Foot and Woffinden's books, I was a Jimdidnotdoite but the DNA evidence converted me to a Jimdiditite. However if everyone were in the same camp, the forum would be very boring, so all shades of opinion should be tolerated.
One point which is put forward in Hanratty's defence is that the murderer was not a good driver, whereas Hanratty was, or so runs the argument.
Clearly the murderer was not a proficient driver according to Valerie Storie's account of the early hours of 23rd of August and the witnesses in London later that day.
JH had form for car theft, and according to Woffinden (page p 86) had 'learned' to drive between February 1957 and 3 July 1957. He does seem to have been unsuccessful in his car thieving as is evidenced by the fact that he was caught in July 1957 and again in March 1958. A car thief who can drive properly and in a manner which does not draw attention to himself is more likely to evade capture than one who cannot.
We also know that within hours of taking his hire car in Ireland he had bent it. Likewise we know that in the early days of his ownership of his new Alpine it also had suffered body damage. It is a matter of debate as to whether the damage was sustained before or after JH took delivery.
As against the above pointers to the effect that JH was useless behind the wheel, we have statements quoted in earlier posts on this forum that his younger brother, Michael, had said that JH was a good driver and had in fact taught Michael to drive. But if this is true one has to ask when and in which vehicle this driving tuition took place? Does anyone know the answer to that question?
I did pose the above questions in an earlier post, but it might have got submerged by Babybird67's polemic.
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