UK UK - Suzy Lamplugh, 25, Fulham, 28 Jul 1986 #8

[Lady Stoddart-West]

Yes it seems no one is being honest and they all seem to have something to hide, i have to question why the police allowed the discrepancies

They really didn’t want to blacken her moral character I feel. NB: ‘she was just a modern girl’ article which some were comfortable about.

It seems curiously old fashioned IMO now to worry about who she may or may not have seen on Sun night, outside of AL.

 

[kes1972]

But then at what point was the straw hat put on the back shelf of the car? Or was that a copy? If someone knew her well or had been following her they would have known/seen her habits re the straw hat. It could be easy for friends or family to say "yes that is her straw hat" when in fact it could be a close copy, in my opinion. JMO

Edited to ask again, do we know if the white fiesta VIN was checked?

Also edited to ask, were the office cars all white fiestas? Therefore did someone change the numberplates over? JMO MOO

May have taken the hat at the time and put it back later but the more i think about that scenario the less likely it seems to be realistic, why would you need to use the hat?
Scenario - someone tells sl to write down incoming interest os sr, then “hey suzy your car is on whittingstall (only change is the hat on the parcelshelf number plates and her keys swapped less the ignition key) the only people who could do this is the people returning in time for sl to leave so sl car parked on sr hat taken used in other work fiesta keys changed sl sent somewhere else maybe with someone else dealt with hat replaced purse put in door keys changed car checked by police forensics find zero because she was never on it. Need to have checked the other fiestas??

 

[Officer Dibble]

Yes they did have at least one other white fiesta at that office in use, i wonder if that was ever checked?

i don't know but someone could have switched reg numbers over and put a copycat straw hat (unless it had her fingerprints on it?) on the back passenger shelf. JMO MOO

 

[Officer Dibble]

May have taken the hat at the time and put it back later but the more i think about that scenario the less likely it seems to be realistic, why would you need to use the hat?
Scenario - someone tells sl to write down incoming interest os sr, then “hey suzy your car is on whittingstall (only change is the hat on the parcelshelf number plates and her keys swapped less the ignition key) the only people who could do this is the people returning in time for sl to leave so sl car parked on sr hat taken used in other work fiesta keys changed sl sent somewhere else maybe with someone else dealt with hat replaced purse put in door keys changed car checked by police forensics find zero because she was never on it. Need to have checked the other fiestas??

I just feel its all possible that a switch was done but if so that means a lot of planning. Edited to add: Just my opinion. JMO MOO

 

[Officer Dibble]

Strange thing to have a set of her flat keys?
And good point on someone being able to have access to her home

No not in UK. When selling your home you gave a spear set of keys to the estate agent office, for viewings by estate agent staff.

 

[Lady Stoddart-West]

I would love to know if it was a different branch who had spare copy of her flat keys

It was on the market with Putney branch so keys there & other branches prob borrowed as needed.