UK UK - Suzy Lamplugh, 25, Fulham, 28 Jul 1986 #6

[Cherwell]

Doyle said the man he'd seen was holding a champagne bottle with ribbons on it, such bottles had been sold locally (why would "Kipper" drive with SJL to Shorrolds and take his champagne with him to a house viewing?).

And why wouldn't he leave it in the car while they were viewing the house?

 

[Konstantin]

And why wouldn't he leave it in the car while they were viewing the house?

Yes, that's what I mean -- if this guy had driven with Suzy to the viewing from Stevenage Road, it would make more sense for him to leave the champagne in the car rather than lug it around a house viewing. Why would you even do that? If this sighting is real, and this man who arrived with SJL in his car to view this house, he would surely leave the champers to get warm and unpleasant in his fancy BMW. If he had turned up there separately to meet her and wanted to impress her by surprising her with a "posh" bottle of fizzy wine with ribbons on it, one might expect him to bring it with him to present to her. I can't imagine Suzy being impressed, but hey.

Or maybe he just won it in a raffle. Or the witness was wrong.

 

[WestLondoner]

It's fascinating that Doyle gave a better description than Riglin did, yet it's always the artist sketch based on Riglin's account that's used in documentaries etc pointing at Cannan. The obvious reason for using the inferior likeness ever since is that it looks more like Cannan, who doesn't have a broken nose or look like an East End villain.

 

[WestLondoner]

The bottle of champagne would mark Kipper out as a bit of a twit, frankly, and clearly not a serious business person. Drinking at lunchtime was on the decline by 1986 and didn't really still happen among people who drove as part of their job. If you didn't know this you weren't a genuine yuppie.