Found Deceased UK - Lindsay Birbeck, 47, Accrington, 12 Aug 2019 *Arrest*

[HongKongPhooey]

Does anyone think one of the tabloids would release his name?

Just curious.

V much doubt it tbh

 

[WiseOwl]

Detectives have this evening (Tuesday, August 27th) arrested a 16-year-old youth on suspicion of the murder of Lindsay Birbeck.

https://www.lancashire.police.uk/ne...made-in-lindsay-birbeck-murder-investigation/

Astonishing news. I wonder if this 16 year-old has anything to do with Lindsay's daughter who is the same age?

 

[Sally4x]

I suspect, given his age, UK will not release his identity.

Aaron Campbell aged 16 who killed Alesha MacPhail in Scotland last year only had his name released after the trial when the judge removed the ban on naming him.

 

[happyday]

Astonishing news. I wonder if this 16 year-old has anything to do with Lindsay's daughter who is the same age?

Thought the same thing.

 

[Sarahlou]

16! God's sake! Glad they have got him though.

 

[Amonet]

Does anyone think one of the tabloids would release his name?

Just curious.

No, they know better than that. They've been in this situation before and would likely wait until a conviction until requesting that the judge allow the name to be made public. But even with a conviction the judge may choose to keep the name private.

I would say it's extremely unlikely, though not impossible, that the name would be released before a conviction.

 

[happyday]

I was just thinking that if this is trash bin guy, he had booties over his shoes like sub contractors wear while doing work in a house. So maybe he was just doing construction nearby & had materials in the bin?

However I feel like LE must have more on him because they flat out called him a suspect and arrested him instead of calling him a POI and picked him up for questioning. Seems like they have something on him.

Do we even know if trash bin guy is the one they arrested?

 

[Sarahlou]

I was just thinking that if this is trash bin guy, he had booties over his shoes like sub contractors wear while doing work in a house. So maybe he was just doing construction nearby & had materials in the bin?

However I feel like LE must have more on him because they flat out called him a suspect and arrested him instead of calling him a POI and picked him up for questioning. Seems like they have something on him.

Do we even know if trash bin guy is the one they arrested?

Can't imagine it's not him. He looks the right age. They must have a lot more than just a video of him with a bin to arrest him for her murder.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Astonishing news. I wonder if this 16 year-old has anything to do with Lindsay's daughter who is the same age?

That's why I asked if Lindsay had children and how old they were. Trash bin guy looked very young.

 

[chimpface]

Can't imagine it's not him. He looks the right age. They must have a lot more than just a video of him with a bin to arrest him for her murder.

Not necessarily. UK police only need suspicion for an arrest. A blue wheelie bin was found near the body and he's caught on cctv pulling a blue wheelie bin in that direction. I'd say that's suspicion enough.

 

[chimpface]

I wouldn't be surprised if more arrests follow shortly.

 

[Alyce]

Can we sleuth him or will he be protected due to his age ..

You can always sleuth - just dont put it on this open thead

 

[Alyce]

Does anyone think one of the tabloids would release his name?

Just curious.

Nope, they are not that reckless - they'll all know the name of course

 

[Angleterre]

How long to HO pathologists usually take to release PM results?

In my experience, I would be in attendance at the HO PM and the HO Pathologist would tell me his or her findings and what they believed happened if it’s apparent. Sometimes you have to wait for toxicology because it’s really not known but that isn’t usually the case in a murder because the cause of death is usually apparent. However, their written report takes weeks and weeks. Whenever a HOPM is performed the SIO (my role) would be in attendance throughout alongside a forensic photographer and a Detective to take evidence exhibits and a Detective to write down everything that the pathologist states.

 

[crhedBngr]

I wouldn't be surprised if more arrests follow shortly.

Hmmmm. Food for thought . . .

 

[Scorpiette]

I wouldn't be surprised if more arrests follow shortly.

More arrests?

 

[CharlestonGal]

I wouldn't be surprised if more arrests follow shortly.

Yes, I expect so. Probably another juvenile.

 

[WiseOwl]

I wouldn't be surprised if more arrests follow shortly.

It wouldn't surprise me either. If it was indeed Lindsay in the wheelie bin on 17 August then where has a 16 year-old hidden a body for 5 days? They wouldn't own a car or a property so surely they would have had some help concealing the body for a few days?

On the CCTV footage trash bin guy appears to be pulling the bin from the direction of Huncoat - would it be possible that the blue bin came from the same area that Lindsay lived in?

 

[CharlestonGal]

More arrests?

No doubt.

 

[CharlestonGal]

No, they know better than that. They've been in this situation before and would likely wait until a conviction until requesting that the judge allow the name to be made public. But even with a conviction the judge may choose to keep the name private.

I would say it's extremely unlikely, though not impossible, that the name would be released before a conviction.

We here at WS will know his name for sure. We will not say it, but we will know it.