Because we know no one did hear them, so the witness/es who saw them talking on the doorstep were no longer there by the time Alistair came back.
We don't know if he did. Maybe he thought he'd bungled it and was walking away when Alistair reappeared and called him back? I don't think it was immediate that Veronica heard the shots.
Perhaps, perhaps not.
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JMO but I've always thought the previous investigation team(s) became headless chickens after the first few weeks/months. The planning objection theory was the final straw for me. I wonder if it was for the family too. I've always thought it was mistaken identity (as suggested by the wife) and someone else was lucky that night. Hardest murders to solve are where there is absolutely no connection between victim and perpetrator. MOOPerhaps, perhaps not.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson stated, “They will conduct a thorough reinvestigation of this murder."
It looks as if they have no new information and have been instructed to start at the beginning, with a new team coming in to look at it from a different angle.
Scotland's legal chief orders 'complete reinvestigation' of Nairn banker's murder
New teams of prosecutors and police are to take a fresh look at Alistair Wilson's doorstep killing in 2004.
Which is completely in conflict with the usual process unless there is a basis for a new investigation. The only reasons I have seen in past cases is either new evidence or some serious concerns around previous investigations (as happened in, for example, the Stephen Lawrence and Daniel Morgan cases). But, whatever doubts we may have about past efforts, there has been no suggestion of the sort of concerns which drove the new investigations in the Lawrence and Morgan cases (essentially proven corruption in the original investigations). Of course, it does not mean that either such concerns have not been raised or that a senior officer review has not taken place. It could be that they have chosen not to reveal it.Perhaps, perhaps not.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson stated, “They will conduct a thorough reinvestigation of this murder."
It looks as if they have no new information and have been instructed to start at the beginning, with a new team coming in to look at it from a different angle.
Scotland's legal chief orders 'complete reinvestigation' of Nairn banker's murder
New teams of prosecutors and police are to take a fresh look at Alistair Wilson's doorstep killing in 2004.
Could it be that the family has made a serious complaint? Would that have prompted this?
Yep, and this is why the Lord Advocate has decided that it needs a new team and a fresh look.
The mistaken identity idea to me cannot be 100% ruled out although I know the police have pretty much done do. The big issue is that the person who turned up, went to AWs house and asked for him by name. So if it was mistaken identity it was a case of it being the "wrong" AW rather than a random wrong person.
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The Lord Advocate can issue instruction regarding a prosecution. She cannot make an operational order to the police as that power is reserved to the Justice Secretary. In practice the Lord Advocate, acting under her coronial powers, can pursue an investigation (but requires any instruction to the police for their assistance to be from the Justice Secretary as the reporting line for Police Scotland). It is the apparent blurring of cabinet responsibilities in this case which is so unusual (along with the previously mentioned apparent absence of the usual reasons for a new full investigation as opposed to a case review).
I know that she can't issue an order. She issued an instruction and that is what is getting carried out.
And this is why the Lord Advocate has stepped in.Murdered banker's family have 'lost confidence' in police
Alistair Wilson was shot on his doorstep almost 20 years ago and his killer has never been caught.www.bbc.co.uk
Exclusive: Murdered Nairn banker's family brands Police Scotland 'incompetent'
Alistair Wilson’s widow Veronica and son Andrew blasted senior leadership at the force and say they have "lost confidence" that the doorstep killing will ever be solved.
I recall from earlier in this thread that there were a dozen people in that area with the same name and I believe 14 Crescent-named streets in the town. A mistaken identity murder might never be solved. That's where I think this one is and will remain. The envelope with Paul on it makes no sense for that very reason.
The person who orchestrated this hit needed Alistair Wilson dead, on that date, so a mistaken identity murder wouldn't have solved their problem. I think they would not have given up if that was their mindset and the right Alistair Wilson would have been killed within a reasonably short timescale, not necessarily in the same set up, OR they would have gone into hiding immediately, which would have been obvious to everyone who knew them and to the police, or come forward to the police to identify who posed this mortal danger to them, exposing the extortion if there was any, and seeking protection. This person wasn't prepared to get their own hands dirty, but the right victim would have known immediately who was behind it and would still be alive with this knowledge. I don't think they would just carry on their daily lives and ignore the danger they were in and I believe police would have investigated this angle, IMO.
