Not up to me to determine Barry’s guilt or innocent. That is the justice systems job. He is without doubt a prime suspect. I have no idea if SM is deceased. I assume so but again there is very little evidence that she is deceased right now
my biggest complaint from years ago is that the AA contained hearsay and information that would be inadmissable in court. Judge Murphy warned prosecution ahead of thae preliminary. Opinions got formulated based on some of that info but as the facts started to dribble out in the preliminary and hearings I could see foundational weaknesses in the prosecution case and avenues for the defense. I will always believe if they had delayed the arrest and got their case buttoned up they may have succeeded. But instead prosecution fumbled around on some factual evidence once they realized their speculation about sequencing was off. There are so many open ended questions still. If I were to speculate which I am loath to do I have said repeatedly that Barry may genuinely not know where his wife and leaving for Broomfield a day earlier than planned may play a roll… but again that is a tiny bit of all the utter speculation in this case. I feel like I could literally argue both sides of this case some days. But there is zero shadow of a doubt that the case got botched by the prosecution and both judges gave prosecution a fair amount of leeway before they no longer could which just ramped up defense’s ire. It is interesting to find out that the prosecution issues are related to more than just the Morphew case and is an ongoing issue.
Which parts do you mean regarding hearsay?
I'm not even referring to the rumours about the prosecution , presented as fact.
The source of complaints about all else is the same and though I have not studied the other cases in detail, I'm disinclined to take them on board.
What specifically could the prosecution have done better to button case up in a no body case?
Cases have been won on circumstantial evidence in the past, with and without bodies.
What would another police force have done better?
What could a prosecution have done better?
This case had attracted world publicity from the outset, Disappointing Iris is laying that on the AA when it was always there.
i'm trying to see a way to argue both ways but BM had motive, history, god-complex and attitude enough to become a prime suspect almost immediately sans bleach or anything else. That and his hypocritical declarations of love for Suzanne when he was happily having a relationship with another woman, not his first, if the tapes are to be believed.
What has he got going for him?
