Originally posted by jimornot?
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If we examine the relationship between LA and JH from early-61 they were associated as burgular and fence so must have developed some sort of understanding - Hanratty kipping on the 2 armchairs in her flat, &tc. There are some newspaper reports that call LA Jim's "girlfriend" too.
I can further believe that JH leaned on LA for more money from his ill-gotten gains from time to time, but that on the whole she considered him a quite decent crook. She therefore defended and shielded him as much as was reasonable.
Later as the evidence mounted she came to consider him a danger to women generally and herself in particular because he was capable of rape and murder, so turned against him.
I see nothing strange in that, people fall out and lyalties change.
KR,
Vic.
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