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This newspaper article from June 1996 certainly makes for very interesting reading.....
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"A body of men, HOLDING THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO NOBODY, ought not to be trusted by anybody." --Thomas Paine ["Rights of Man"]
"Justice is an ideal which transcends the expedience of the State, or the sensitivities of Government officials, or private individuals. IT HAS TO BE PURSUED WHATEVER THE COST IN PEACE OF MIND TO THOSE CONCERNED." --'Justice of the Peace' [July 12th 1975] -
This sighting seems a variation of a sighting many of us will have come across before. The version I came across was about a couple who saw a dramatisation of the A6 Case in the (early?)1970s and realised they had probably witnessed vital evidence in relation to the crime. Why they had been unaware of their vital evidence up till that point was always a problem with the reliability of their evidence.
This newspaper account contains the same details as I recall them, but adds one very important detail that removes the problem of delay: it is claimed that the couple made statements to the police the very day after the crime was committed. Taken at face value such statements would be as significant as other contemporary statements that have never seemed to surface: the notes taken by Kerr, the student who first spoke to Valerie Storie; the first statement made by Mrs. Lanz, proprietor of the Station Inn.
However I remain a little sceptical of the account. The couple preferred to remain anonymous. There is no explanation offered as to why they were driving through the area at around 3am in the morning. There is no explanation of why they stopped to offer assistance; the driver was not standing underneath an upturned bonnet so why did they assume the car was occupied? Would many couples have stopped to offer a stranger help at that time in the morning? Would they have been able to see much of a man's face in what was presumably an unlit area? Would Alphon not have politely rejected their offer of help instead of being abusive and drawing unnecessary suspicion on himself? Given the obvious potential importance of their alleged sighting it is hard to believe the couple would have remained schtum given the high profile reporting of the crime in 1962.Comment
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Remember the story of couple trying to assist what may very likely have been the killer, didn’t remember it as having been an ex policeman!Comment
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