UK UK - Janice Weston, 36, Murdered, A1 Layby, Brampton, Cambs. / London, 10 September 1983

[Professor Moriarty]

Yes the perp had asked a other shop if they made number plates a d they daid no but pointed him in the direction of the shop that did.

Ive not seen anything written anywhere about whether the plates that were made were exactly the same as the car reg. We know a hand written note was given with a reg request on it. We do not know if a digit was deliberately changed to fool anyone. But if anyone has seen anything to the contrary please share on here. Remember news reports can get things wrong.

If police had seen the car with one digit changed, I think they would still have stopped it. They were looking for a fairly rare car. Police would commonly radio registration plates into the control room before stopping cars. The control room would reply "red Ford Cortina, owned by Mrs Jones of Glasgow" or whatever. In this case the response would almost certainly not correspond with the make and model of the car and the police would have known that the plates had been changed.

 

[tes1984]

Ive not seen anything written anywhere about whether the plates that were made were exactly the same as the car reg. We know a hand written note was given with a reg request on it. We do not know if a digit was deliberately changed to fool anyone. But if anyone has seen anything to the contrary please share on here. Remember news reports can get things wrong.

The lead officer Len Bradley confirmed that the number plates were the same registration as the ones on Janice's car. He said he didn't think it was a coincidence, and was surprised that the killer didn't want to distance himself from the car and that number plate.

 

[INSP MORSE]

The lead officer Len Bradley confirmed that the number plates were the same registration as the ones on Janice's car. He said he didn't think it was a coincidence, and was surprised that the killer didn't want to distance himself from the car and that number plate.

The question then becomes. Were the new plates actually put on the car or were they used on another car. Maybe something to do with car ringing that the perp knew wouldn't come back on him? He took the car then used the plates for some unconnected putpose?