A6 Rebooted

[ansonman]

The Matthews Report is now available at https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C20846951

Many thanks indeed for the update.

It’s not the report but rather a briefing note that commences at page 35. Presumably the previous pages comprise the report. Nonetheless, it’s fascinating and you deserve much recognition for having obtained it.

l downloaded it earlier today for free. Essentially, Matthews concludes that Hanratty’s conviction was unsafe and recommendeds that the case be referred to the Court of Appeal. He doesn’t say who he thinks committed the murder but says that the case against Alphon was much greater than the case against Hanratty.

What stands out for me, and which l was unaware of, is the ID parade in which Storie eventually identified Hanratty. Matthew’s makes the following observation:

”It would appear that his (Hanratty) was the only London accent among members of the parade”.

Unbelievable.

Thanks again djw.

Ansonman

[djw]

I think 35 is the page numbering applied by the National Archives (or someone other than Matthews). You can see on page 45, Matthews refers to the outset of the paper where he suggests referring the case to the Court of Appeal which is on page 35. The National Archives held the Appeal documents in several batches and the Matthews report was held within a batch of the appeal.