Recent content by Malaconotus

All victims of sex crimes in the UK, adult or child, have lifelong anonymity by law. I guess that the sad death of Gaia Pope means that no longer applies but it would still be extremely dubious ethically, and in appalling taste, to disclose and discuss the previous case at this time and I would...

I'm inclined now to think this isn't a murder case but a misunderstood medical emergency. Clonidine can be prescribed to treat PTSD and anxiety and can cause hypothermia, which can lead to paradoxical undressing and terminal burrowing behaviour. Alternately, brain tumours can cause epilepsy and...

A taxi would likely be cheaper than a stay in a local hotel, but either is possible.

This, to me, is the strongest indication that the murder did not take place in JY's flat. I have always thought that the murder took place somewhere which would incriminate the killer and necessitate the removal of the body, i.e. in the killer's own flat. The arrest of CJ and the dismantling...

No, we do not know that at all. The flats were converted and sold off by Clifton College in 1992 and CJ, GH, and at least one other then-current or former schoolmasters purchased the flats in which they now live. CJ purchased Flat 1 from another of the other former schoolmasters in March...

I have to say I'm slightly bemused by the turn this discussion has taken. Why is anyone assuming that VT does not own a car? Because he rides a bike or commutes by bike and train? The Netherlands has a higher rate of car ownership than the UK but 27% of all journeys are made by bike. Even...

Perhaps he was on his way to a flight which was subsequently cancelled, causing him to have to return for a flight two days later... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12025793

Otto, If you want to create a situation where there is a mistrial and a guilty man walks free you are going the right way about it. You could satisfy your own curiosity about all of the above if you learned to use google properly. There is no need to have this discussion in the public...

I strongly suggest all posts naming who they believe has been arrested are deleted. Speculation about him has the potential to jeopardise the trial. I and others interested in the case have been aware of him and his connection to the flat for two weeks or more but we thought it inappropriate...

If it is accurate, then it means the deposition site is not where it was surmised earlier, but is actually about 75 yards further up the lane, north of the quarry, here...

She went there directly from the pub. She may well have told a colleague in the pub that was what she was doing.

The verbatim statement from the police was "As a result of the findings of the post mortem we believe that Joanna's body has been in the roadside verge at Longwood Lane, Failand, for several days before being discovered on Christmas morning" See my previous post on this subject for link to...

The application for no 44 was granted to Clifton College in 1988 and the work done around 1991, at which point the staff purchased the newly created flats. ETA - I suspect the scaffolding around 42 reflects the fact that work is now underway to convert to four flats.

Correct. The foreshortening effect of the telephoto makes this unclear, but the shed is beyond the end of the building. You can definitely walk all the way around.

They both lived in Bristol since before that. There has been some confusion over this because I think people are assuming that they moved in together for the first time in October. That is not the case. They were living together at another address in Bristol. WRT the stairs, I'm...