On the morning of 9th Oct 1986 he intended to go bait digging but his car broke down on Ditchling Road, Brighton. He dumped it by the side of the road and walked home with his dog, Misty.
Bishop admits he then went looking to steal a vehicle because he needed one for work. He went to the Sussex University car park. He was hoping to steal a red Ford Escort like the one he owned so he could change the number plates.
He found a car but couldn’t start it and decided to head for home.
He got talking to someone on his way home. He saw Nicola and Karen playing on a tree in Wild Park. He then went to someone’s house “to purchase a small amount of cannabis.” He was asked to wait and spent 15 mins on the doorstep. He got his cannabis and went home.
Bishop says he popped into a public toilets to roll a joint which he then smoked as he walked home. He thinks he got home about 1850. Jenny wasn’t home. He got in the bath, then answered the door to an insurance salesman. He doesn’t remember who the salesman represented.
Bishop says he then cooked a meal, did some washing and watched the last 10 mins of Eastenders. He says he can remember what happened in the episode. Jenny came home, they watched a film and they went to bed.
Two police officers called at 0230 in the morning and asked if he knew anything about the missing girls. Bishop agrees that the police returned again at 10 the next day.
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