Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Smiley Culture: Absolutely no coverage at all in the mainstream media on DC Stuart Hobkirk and what he had to say. I am just checking the blog of the 'bobby' who decided to smooth ruffled feathers and knows without being present his colleagues did not kill Smiley. A few good comments but notice how those from the force have to bring up the colour of a persons skin 'black'..The story a few days ago also now changed, it was clear then that Smiley went by himself into the kitchen. DC Hobkirk is now saying Smiley stabbed himself and they witnessed the event...when one lies one lies for a reason and that reason is, they do not wish the truth to be known.. One question, four men turn up at Smileys house and Smiley ends up dead,the men tell the police Smiley stabbed himself, would the police believe Smiley killed himself , I don't think so....

Anonymous said...




Facts:

Why was he allowed to go into the kitchen unsupervised to 'make a cup of tea' during the execution of a search warrant?

Why wasn't one of the officers 'minding' him which is normal practice when I used to conduct searches of residential premises?

I cannot believe in a high profile case like this that the police would not have been extra cautious to avoid any mishaps.

It looks shoddy...

zorro



Anonymous said...



Back and forth - the fact of the matter is that a man has died whilst in the supervision of police officer. In 2011 what educated well trained police officer is going to raid a drug mans house and let him wonder into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, how do they not know (with all their training) that this suspect was not going to be getting rid of evidence. I do not understand how they made him walk around freely big house or not. They knew what they went there for, their actions has to be questioned




http://thethinkingpoliceman.blogspot.com/2011/03/smiley-culture-murdered-by-met.html

Glyn Razzell ' I did not kill Linda'

 RAZZELL VERDICT: The Husband: "Although I don't have any feeling left for Linda, of course I still worry about her. I haven't seriously thought about prison."

"If I get a life sentence then I will probably die in prison I couldn't expect parole because people who are victims of miscarriages of justice don't get parole"

JUST days before the guilty verdict murderer Glyn Razzell spoke exclusively to the Advertiser to protest his innocence and reiterate his claim Linda is alive and well somewhere.
Last Tuesday he said: "I'm feeling exhausted it has been a dreadful ordeal, worse than I was expecting. Obviously I'm very worried, but I'm not expecting to be found guilty. I know I'm innocent and I hope they (the jury) will find the same.

"I think that Linda has gone off under her own steam and own free will and the reason I think that is because of the statement of Jolanda Gingell."

Postwoman Mrs Gingell gave police a statement saying she had seen Linda driving a silver Ford Fiesta in the Lechlade Road area of Highworth and even made eye contact with her the morning after she vanished.

In her statement, which was read to the court during the trial, she said even knowing what she does now she is convinced it was Linda Razzell she saw that morning.

Razzell said: "Linda knew Jolanda through playgroup 10-years ago. Jolanda is a strong woman and I don't think she would make a mistake like that she came forward of her own volition because she said she saw Linda the day after she went missing."

Razzell has been at the heart of Operation Docker since Linda went missing on Tuesday, March 19 last year. The operation's senior investigating officer, Paul Granger, was convinced Razzell was guilty of murdering his wife.

"My life is in ruins. I haven't been able to work for two years, my career is trashed and I'll have to start again," said Razzell. "My main concern after the trial is Linda's family who have my children.

"My guess is that they were looking forward to the trial, that I would say where the body is and that they would have closure because they believe that is what has happened. I don't know how they will react to my acquittal.

"I don't know where Linda is, I didn't kill her and I didn't even know her movements. We just had nothing to do with each other.

"They've made me out to be a cool, calculated killer it's a completely irrational thing to go out and murder and get away with it. No way on earth would it be possible to do that I don't wish Linda ill in that way.

"I don't think she is dead because I know that I haven't killed her, don't know why anyone else should have killed her and there's no body."

Throughout the trial Razzell, who maintained his innocence from day one, said Linda was more than capable of leaving without trace.

He said: "There's another side to Linda her family are well aware of and didn't come out during the trial. She does sometimes put herself first, but I have to say I could not envisage circumstances where she would leave her children for 18-months. She could do it for a month if things got on top of her, but I don't understand why she has not come back.

"From here there is no easy way forward regardless of the outcome of the trial. If I'm found guilty I'll try to find a way to heal and correct a dreadful miscarriage of justice because they do still happen.

"If I'm acquitted, as I am expecting to be, how do I approach Linda's family? It's going to be absolutely horrendous."

Throughout the police investigation, which saw forensic officers go through his Meadow Road home with a fine toothcomb and dig up his patio, Razzell always had the spectre of suspicion hanging over him. However, he said the situation drew him and his girlfriend, Rachel Smith, closer together.

"This situation has brought us together," he said. "Rachel has supported me through this and we have faced it together.

"Since I was charged I've had my innocence to prove and, in some ways, my life has had a bit more meaning. My relationship with Rachel is firmer. I did suffer from depression for three years, but that is long behind me."

The prosecution evidence seemed damning.

 Blood, which forensic scientists said there was a one in a billion chance of it not belonging to someone related to Linda, was found in a car Razzell was driving the day she vanished.

 But still Razzell could not offer an explanation as to how it got there.

"I don't know how the blood has got there, I don't know who put it there and I don't know when it got there, but neither do the police or CPS," he said.

"The only person who knows is the person who did it. I don't think she has been murdered by anybody I'm at a loss to explain it. I'm worried about Linda. It worried me that she might have mental problems.

"Although I don't have any feeling left for her, of course I still worry about her. I haven't seriously thought about prison. If I get a life sentence then I will probably die in prison I couldn't expect parole because people who are victims of miscarriages of justice don't get parole."

Razzell gave evidence in the witness box for three days during which time he was fiercely cross-examined by barrister Michael Parroy QC.

Razzell said: "I felt like a rabbit in the headlights cannon fodder for them. I saw Linda's brothers in the public gallery and just had to shut them out.

"I think the police had made their minds up about me right from the start. It's an obvious assumption to jump to. Some of the officers believe in their hearts I'm responsible and set out to prove it rather than keeping an open mind

"I'm not perfect and I am a chess player, but I'm a man who cares about his children although separated from them. If I'm guilty of anything it's having a poor memory, certainly not murdering my wife.

"The support friends have given me through this has been important and helped me through, no question. I'm stronger for it and I'll come out at the end trying to find something positive from it.

"I hope to have a bit of a party, but there is nothing to celebrate there are no winners in this, everybody loses really. I'm going to have to open a dialogue with Linda's family and I don't know how to start there are a lot of things to sort out in terms of practicalities."

http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/archive/2003/11/15/Wiltshire+Archive/7296911.I_didn_t_kill_Linda/

Fred West' a moral minefield'

http://www.anhourago.co.uk/show.aspx?l=8338302

Help solve an open murder case...

http://ionglobaltrends.blogspot.com/2011/03/crime-can-you-break-code-help-solve.html

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/kryptos-clue/

DC Stuart Hobkirk is a liar, the first reports supplied by MURDOCHS the Sun (via the MET) 'crime' reporter Mike Sullivan were as follows....Smiley Culture went to the kitchen to make some tea...When the public picked up on the fact it is illegal for an officer once in your home to let you out of his sight ,we now have a group of officers who claim Smiley stabbed himself in front of them. The 'LACK' of independent witnesses comment is farcical, just the word of four offices and a dead man....I repeat DC Stuart Hobkirk is a liar, something happened in that house and Smiley died....the police have closed ranks and the officers involved need not worry about their pensions.

Reggae star Smiley Culture plunged a carving knife into his chest during a police drug raid on his home, a police detective has said.

Detective Constable Stuart Hobkirk told a judge the musician – real name David Emanuel – stabbed himself in front of officers at his Warlingham home on March 15.

The revelation came at Croydon Crown Court on Tuesday, where Mr Emanuel, who grew up in Tulse Hill, was due to stand trial for conspiracy to supply cocaine.

DC Hobkirk confirmed the warrant for the raid related to information regarding smuggling of drugs.

He told the court the raid involved the same team of officers who helped bring the first drug charges against Mr Emanuel.

When the prosecutor asked DC Hobkirk whether Mr Emanuel “took a carving knife and plunged it into his chest”, he replied “yes”.

The judge dropped proceedings against the 48-year-old because of his death.

An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation has been launched into the raid, with Mr Emanuel’s family calling for a public inquiry.

Hundreds of people packed Lambeth Assembly Hall last Thursday, March 24, to hear an update on the investigation from IPCC Commissioner Mike Franklin.

The angry crowd listened intently to Mr Franklin, who gave details of the investigation, but booed and shouted “murderers” at every mention of police officers.

Mr Franklin said: “The community demands the truth and I’m seeking the truth, but I need your support in this process.”

The commissioner told the meeting the lack of independent witnesses was a hurdle to the investigation, which could only be overcome by extensive forensic examination.

The popular musican’s nephew, Merlin Emanuel, said the family had hired solicitors and a coroner to carry out a second postmortem examination on Mr Emanuel’s body.

Social justice campaigner Lee Jasper, who chaired the meeting, urged people to join the Facebook group Campaign 4 Justice 4 Smiley Culture, which already has more than 5,000 members.

Reggae artist Asha Senator, who went to Tulse Hill School and composed with Mr Emanuel, sang a song he wrote in his memory.

A march is to take place from Wandsworth Road to Scotland Yard on April 16.




http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/news/8941163.Reggae_star__stabbed_himself__during_raid__police_officer_tells_court/

Vincent Tabak: The police were very quick to try and repair the disgraceful shambles of an investigation gone wrong in the murder of Jo Yeates. Chris Jefferies ,thanks to them was slaughtered by the press and his home is up for sale, obviously he can never return to the area, mud sticks.. Vincent Tabak, is he the man who killed Jo or is he 'Johnny foreigner did it sir'...we shall have to wait for the trial and see what evidence they have.

http://www.suffolkstrangler.com/vincenttabak.htm

Smiley Culture and Ian Tomlinson two deaths , both police involvement...

http://smileyculturenothingbutthetruth.blogspot.com/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ian-tomlinson-family-see-footage-of-g20-death-2256630.html

Peter Rowell: Local radio host is missing...Peter may be in a distressed state and wandering the streets after the death of a close relative..if you see Peter please contact the police.






Anyone with information is asked to contact Staple Hill police station on 0845 4567000.


http://www.anhourago.co.uk/show.aspx?l=8338950

Sian O' Callaghan: Remains still not identified...reading between the lines we will not know who the victim is for quite sometime.

The man accused of murdering Sian O'Callaghan will appear in court this morning for a bail hearing.

Minicab driver Christopher Halliwell appeared in court on Monday charged with her murder. The 47-year-old was remanded into custody.

There were angry scenes inside and outside Swindon Magistrates' Court as he appeared for the first time since being charged.

Halliwell, of Ashbury Avenue, Swindon, was arrested by Wiltshire Police on Thursday and charged on Saturday night with killing the 22-year-old PA from Swindon.

Miss O'Callaghan disappeared from the town's Suju nightclub on Saturday March 19. She was last seen alive in CCTV footage filmed close to the nightspot in the early hours after a night out with girl friends.

She lived in a flat just half a mile away with her boyfriend Kevin Reape, 25.

She had sent a text message to her partner on the night of her disappearance, saying: "Where are you? x".

Hundreds of people turned out to help a public search of Savernake Forest, near Marlborough, after her mobile phone was traced to the area after she left the club.

But her body was discovered 15 miles away, close to the Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire on Thursday last week.

Halliwell will face a full hearing at Bristol Crown Court on April 8.

Wiltshire Police search teams were yesterday combing an area of countryside around four miles from the place where Miss O'Callaghan's body was found.

A police spokeswoman said general searches were taking place for items belonging to Miss O'Callaghan that may have been discarded.

Detectives have still not found her bag, boots, keys or phone.

Last Thursday police appealed for information on items she is thought to have had in her large dark bag with a beige flower on the side.

The items included a patterned front door key, a black car key with yellow insulation tape, a Tesco Clubcard key fob, a yellow Kinder Egg plastic casing containing a small animal with a furry belly and lip gloss.

She is also believed to have been wearing or have with her a DKNY watch with fake diamonds.
Meanwhile, detectives are continuing work to establish the identity of a set of human remains found at a second site.

Wiltshire Police have been scouring the national DNA database but have warned if no matches are found it could take "some time" to identify the woman.

Excavation work had been taking place at the site at Baxter's Farm in Eastleach, Gloucestershire - around 17 miles from where Miss O'Callaghan's body was discovered.

Police have said the remains could belong to a woman aged between 23 and 30 who is believed to have been abducted in Swindon between 2003 and 2005.

http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/8941000.Sian_murder_suspect_back_in_court_today/

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Linda Razzell: Search extends to Wales...

THE search for missing Swindon College lecturer Linda Razzell has extended to Wales, in the hope that she might return to the area where she grew up.

The 41-year-old, who had been going through an acrimonious divorce from her estranged husband Glyn, has not been seen since dropping her four children off at school on Tuesday last week. She was due in court that day to settle financial details of her marriage split.

Mrs Razzell, whose maiden name was Davis, was brought up in Camarthen and visits the town several times a year.

Both her parents are dead but she has close relatives in the area. Her cousin Julie Westmore, of Llanybydder, has travelled to Swindon to look after Mrs Razzell's children Catherine, 14, Matthew, 11, Emma, nine and five-year-old Robin.

Mrs Westmore's husband, Stephen, speaking from Wales said: "It is a very difficult time as you can appreciate. It is possible that Linda may have come back down here.

"She knows the Carmarthen area very well and we and the police have thought of this and any possibility that is where she might be.

"All we can do is wait. We have to try and be positive about it all and hope Linda will contact us to let us know she is well.

"Julie spoke to Linda just a few days before she disappeared and everything was fine. Linda is a very caring mother. She is very loved by everyone."

He explained that the Mrs Razzell split from her husband two years ago.

Mrs Razzell, who lives in Pentylands Close, Highworth with her boyfriend Gregory Worrall, parked her car five minutes walk from Swindon College in Alvescot Road. Her mobile phone was later found in the alley.

Police divers have carried out a search of the lake in nearby Queen's Park and specialist search teams scoured the undergrowth but no trace of her has been found.

On Friday, Linda's boyfriend Mr Worrall made an emotional appeal calling for her to return home or get in touch.

He said: "Linda, if you can see me now, or see this, your children want you to come home and I want you to come home."

The Evening Advertiser has helped the police search by producing posters that have been distributed around the town.

Linda is white, slim with dark curly shoulder length hair which she was wearing in a clip when she was last seen. She has blue eyes and a small scar on the bridge of her nose.

She was wearing grey baggy trousers, a grey shirt-like top, brown slip-on ankle boots and a black coat.

Anyone with information about Linda's whereabouts is asked to contact Swindon police on 01793 528111 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111. All calls will be treated in confidence.








http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/archive/2002/03/25/Wiltshire+Archive/7354749.Search_for_Linda_extends_to_Wales/
Linda Razzell is originally from Carmarthen

 

Police divers have been called in to help in the hunt for a missing college lecturer from west Wales.
Forensic science officers were also investigating Linda Razzell's abandoned car for clues four days after she disappeared after dropping off her children and partner.
 

Linda Razzell was last seen on Tuesday morning
The 41-year-old mother-of-four from Carmarthen disappeared on Tuesday from outside Swindon College in Wiltshire where she works.
 
She was last seen seen entering a nearby alleyway in which her mobile phone was later found abandoned.
Police, who have set up an incident room to co-ordinate the inquiry, said they were now very concerned for her safety.
 
Divers were searching a large lake in Swindon and the results of forensic tests on the lecturer's mobile were awaited.
 
Meanwhile, Mrs Razzell's four children aged between five and 14 were being looked after by a relative in her home town of Carmarthen.
 
Mrs Razzell, who is separated, had been due in court to settle financial arrangements with her husband on Thursday.
 

Your family in Wales, your cousins, they all want you to come home.
Greg Worrall

Wiltshire Police's Acting Superintendent Wayne Bonne said: "We are leaving all our options open."
"There is no reason why she would have gone missing.
 
"She might have been illegally abducted."
 
Her boyfriend Greg Worrall, 43, appealed for Mrs Razzell to contact him saying the family wanted to see her: "We love you, come home," he said.
 
At a police press conference on Thursday, Mr Worrall said: "If you can see me now Linda, your children want you to come home, I want you to come home.
 
"Your family in Wales, your cousins, they all want you to come home."
 

Greg Worrall: "We love you, come home"
She has four children by her estranged husband - Catherine, 14, Matthew, 11, Emma, nine, and Robin, five.
Mr Worrall said: "It's Matthew's birthday soon and you promised him a shopping trip.
 
"He won't hold you to it but he just wants you to come home. We love you, come home."
 
Mrs Razzell was seen by a resident living near Swindon College parking her red L-registered Ford Escort on Tuesday.
 
She was then seen to lock the car and walk through an alleyway towards the college in Regent Circus.
 
She had dropped off three of her children and Mr Worrall on her way to work and it was the last time she was seen.

Cached:

Glynn Razzell: Glynn's sister believes her brother is innocent...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8407982/Sian-OCallaghan-murder-teacher-may-be-Swindon-suspects-other-victim.html

Linda Razzell the deeper you search the more bizarre the case becomes, for example...the oldest child telephoned Worrall to say the younger children had not been picked up from school AND IMMEDIATELY Greg Worrall rang the police to say Linda was missing ?????? Why would he assume she was missing at such an early stage ? very,very strange...

'Linda must still be alive'

In November last year, Glyn Razzell was convicted of killing his wife, Linda. Yet her body was never found - and several witnesses said they had seen her after her disappearance. So was she murdered, or did she simply decide to leave? Bob Woffinden unravels the evidence

Tuesday May 4, 2004
The Guardian

Glyn Razzell may well be the first person in this country to be convicted of murdering someone who isn't dead. A former insurance investment manager in Swindon, he was found guilty last November of the murder of his wife. Yet there are many who believe she is still alive.

Linda Razzell, then 41, officially went missing on Tuesday March 19 2002. A learning support assistant, she left home at 8.40am, parked her car, but never arrived at work.

In such cases, the police have an initial investigative strategy: they check the money. If a woman has disappeared and her savings are untouched, then murder may be suspected.


Linda, however, had seemingly withdrawn cash from three banks or building societies the day before she went missing.

Moreover, her 14-year-old daughter remarked that on the morning of her disappearance her mother had been "in a good mood, more cheerful than usual. Normally, she'd say, 'See you at six', but that day she didn't, which I thought was a bit odd."

However, police found bloodstains that were DNA-matched to Linda in a car that Razzell had used, and he was arrested in May 2002.


 Prosecution lawyers believed he had abducted and murdered her as she arrived for work.

 Her mobile phone was found in the small roadway she normally walked through. At the trial in Bristol, they described him as "a methodical man who planned everything in advance and was a good chess player". Despite the fact that no body was found and, indeed, there was no information about what had happened to his wife, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Razzell, now 44, met Linda Davies on a train in 1979. He was 20, she was a 19-year-old student reading French. They married in 1984 but the marriage was not a happy one. Linda had mental health problems and never embarked on a career. As Razzell's life became more successful, hers may have seemed more empty.

With four growing children to accommodate, Razzell designed an extension to their home and builders started work. Linda began a relationship with one of them. Belatedly she learned that he had a reputation for bedding other women, but by then the marriage was over.


 In August 2000 Razzell moved out.

While Linda started a relationship with Greg Worrall, the husband of one of her friends, Razzell found a new partner in Rachel Smith, a work colleague who was 20 years younger than him. The custody battles became increasingly acrimonious. Linda twice alleged that Razzell had assaulted her; both times he was charged and acquitted.

In 2000, Linda started work part-time at Swindon college. Then, at the end of 2001, Razzell was made redundant by his company, Zurich Financial Services. His maintenance payments to Linda stopped and, on Friday March 15, she got a court order freezing his bank accounts. On Monday he phoned his solicitor, who advised him to get back into court as soon as possible.


Accordingly, he pulled out of a day-trip to France he had planned with friends for the following day. They were going to stock up on wine and cheese, and since Razzell's Ford Galaxy was the largest of their vehicles he agreed to swap it for a friend's silver Renault Laguna. (As these were company cars, there were no insurance problems.) This was to become an immensely significant factor in the case.

At 6.24pm that Tuesday, the Razzells' oldest child telephoned Worrall to say that the two younger children had not been picked up from school.


 He rang the police and reported Linda as missing, while the daughter arranged for someone to collect the others.

When they were all at home, the children began texting their mother. One message read: "All we want is for you to come home but if you feel you can't that's fine."

That evening, Razzell met his friends on their return from France. They shared out the wine and took back their own vehicles. Razzell had only had the Renault from Monday afternoon until Tuesday evening.

The next day, police officers spent about 40 minutes searching it.


Nothing of significance was found.

At midday on the Thursday, March 21, the car was taken in for a thorough examination, and retained for four days. Again, nothing was found, nor were there any signs of recent cleaning. But a week later, the police took the vehicle in again.

 This time they found the incriminating bloodspots on the underside of the parcel shelf and on the sides of the boot, and faint stains on the top of the rear seats and on the front passenger footmat.

This appeared to be compelling evidence, but how had the spots been missed in previous examinations?


The police said they had used a different technique this time, although this does not satisfactorily explain why the standard techniques had not worked.

Certainly, there was no other evidence - no hairs or fibres, for example, nor were there bloodspots on Razzell's clothing or in his house, nor any signs that he might have washed blood away. (The police removed the waste-traps from his bath and sinks.) Razzell says that on the morning of Linda's disappearance he had gone for a walk.

 This became the subject of bitter disagreement with the police.

He told them that he had walked past Westlea police station and "there are CCTV cameras outside, so you will be able to verify what I am saying".

However, the police said the cameras were not working. Razzell, of course, could not possibly have known that. "At trial, I produced photographs showing those cameras outside the police station," says Robbie Ross, Razzell's solicitor. "They were pointing straight at where Razzell would have walked past. I don't think anyone in their right mind would have claimed they'd walked past if they hadn't." What is not disputed is that at 8.24 that morning, Razzell took a call at home on his landline; it was Smith telling him that she had arrived at work.

 Linda usually parked her car at about 8.50am in order to reach work at nine.

 It would have taken Razzell at least 15 minutes to reach Alvescot Road (where Linda parked her car) so, had he been planning an abduction, he would scarcely have had time to be in position for her arrival.

 Nor was there any evidence that Razzell had travelled from his home across town that morning. The tapes of traffic cameras from 25 sites were analysed and Razzell's borrowed car was on none of them.
Nor was there evidence of an abduction in the small roadway.


 Linda's abandoned mobile phone may have seemed to suggest otherwise but, had there been a struggle, other items would probably have been dropped.

Also, the phone was not broken or damaged and was under a piece of wood. The first impressions of police who found it were that it had been "placed" there. At that time in the morning, the area is reasonably busy as commuters park their cars, and no one saw anything suspicious.

One witness saw a woman whom she thought was Linda, and described her as "walking fast and looking flustered - I got the impression she was nervous". If this witness was correct, then Linda had by then walked safely through the roadway.

As an insurance manager, Razzell would have understood perfectly that he would not benefit financially from his wife's death.


Moreover, if he had been as scheming and methodical as the prosecution asserted, and if he had planned an abduction and murder, he would have abandoned the idea as soon as he had to swap vehicles.

 After all, any of Linda's DNA in his own car would have been evidentially valueless, she had been in it so often.

Nor did Razzell have the opportunity to dispose of a body. "We accounted for every mile that the Laguna was driven," says Ross. "He was also constrained by time - we know exactly where he was at certain times."
But could Linda have arranged her own disappearance to escape besetting problems?


 There were certainly signs that something strange may have been going on. She actually had two mobiles. The second was only used to contact the children. That Tuesday, she left it at home. She also left behind her college identity badge. On the calendar at home, there was a question mark against the 19th, the day of the disappearance. The previous day in Swindon town centre, when she visited the three banks, she had a list of things she needed to do. One item on the list was "collect travel tickets". This issue was not pursued at trial. In this astonishing case, it may not even be true to assert that Linda did disappear on the 19th.

 She was seen the following day by a woman who knew her well. "I saw her most days", explained the witness, "usually to just say hello but sometimes we had a longer chat." She says that on Wednesday, at 11.15am (she could be certain of the time because of her work schedule), she saw a silver Ford Fiesta. "I thought, 'Oh, it's Linda, good for her, she's got a new car'. I made eye contact, she didn't need to turn her head to see me. I thought that she looked cross and wasn't happy to see me. Even knowing what I know now, I am sure it was Linda."
The prosecution maintained that the witness was mistaken.

Five other sightings of Linda either at Weston-super-Mare or Pendine Sands in south Wales are particularly important. "There were six eyewitnesses, all of whom thought they had seen her and contacted police as a result," says Ross. "The Crown couldn't knock them. None had an axe to grind, they were all very, very credible." Wiltshire police says: "The judicial process ran its full course and the jury reached its verdict."

It might seem almost impossible to believe that a mother would abandon her four children.


 However, Vicky George, Razzell's sister, believes Linda was finding it hard to cope and could have walked out. "Linda lost her own mother when she was just eight, and was brought up by relatives," she says, "and I know from conversations she had with my mother that she didn't believe it unusual for children to be brought up by other relatives. It may seem a bit odd, but that's the way she thought."

Despite the Big Brother aspects of daily life, disappearing is much easier than it seems. (There were about a million people unaccounted for in the last census.)


A fluent French speaker, Linda could have ordered a new passport in her maiden name and slipped out of the country. Amazingly, the police couldn't check whether she had flown out of the country: getting such information out of the major airlines was, apparently, "not a viable proposition".

Moreover, the checks that were made were for Linda Razzell, but her maiden name was Davies - a name so common that standard checks are futile. For example, when police did try to check her maiden name with the utility companies, NPower responded that it had 1,200 LJ Davies's on its database.

It is, of course, even easier to disappear if no one is looking for you because there is a presumption that you have been murdered. "I believe my 'sightings' witnesses," says Ross, "therefore Linda must still be alive. It's easy to disappear, and I think she is still in this country. She may well have had a breakdown. I think an injustice has been done."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/may/04/ukcrime.features11

http://watchingyouwatchingyme-steelmagnolia.blogspot.com/2011/03/regina-v-glynn-razzell.html
Regina v Glynn Razzell

Linda Razzell: reward for missing wife...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/3432667.stm

Linda Razzell: Police reconstruction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1893880.stm

Linda Razzell and Greg Worrall. The story not as cut and dried as reported by the BBC. Greg Worall witnesses say was seen hanging around the home of Glyn Razzell and asking questions about him two weeks before Linda disappeared.

Divers search for missing lecturer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1889728.stm

Linda Razzell is originally from Carmarthen

 
Police divers have been called in to help in the hunt for a missing college lecturer from west Wales.  
Forensic science officers were also investigating Linda Razzell's abandoned car for clues four days after she disappeared after dropping off her children and partner.
 



Linda Razzell was last seen on Tuesday morning
The 41-year-old mother-of-four from Carmarthen disappeared on Tuesday from outside Swindon College in Wiltshire where she works.
 
She was last seen seen entering a nearby alleyway in which her mobile phone was later found abandoned.
 
Police, who have set up an incident room to co-ordinate the inquiry, said they were now very concerned for her safety.
 
Divers were searching a large lake in Swindon and the results of forensic tests on the lecturer's mobile were awaited.
 
Meanwhile, Mrs Razzell's four children aged between five and 14 were being looked after by a relative in her home town of Carmarthen.
 
Mrs Razzell, who is separated, had been due in court to settle financial arrangements with her husband on Thursday.
 

Your family in Wales, your cousins, they all want you to come home.
Greg Worrall
Wiltshire Police's Acting Superintendent Wayne Bonne said: "We are leaving all our options open."
 
"There is no reason why she would have gone missing.
 
"She might have been illegally abducted."
 
Her boyfriend Greg Worrall, 43, appealed for Mrs Razzell to contact him saying the family wanted to see her: "We love you, come home," he said.
 
At a police press conference on Thursday, Mr Worrall said: "If you can see me now Linda, your children want you to come home, I want you to come home.
 
"Your family in Wales, your cousins, they all want you to come home."
 


Greg Worrall: "We love you, come home"
She has four children by her estranged husband - Catherine, 14, Matthew, 11, Emma, nine, and Robin, five.  
Mr Worrall said: "It's Matthew's birthday soon and you promised him a shopping trip.
 
"He won't hold you to it but he just wants you to come home. We love you, come home."
 
Mrs Razzell was seen by a resident living near Swindon College parking her red L-registered Ford Escort on Tuesday.
 
She was then seen to lock the car and walk through an alleyway towards the college in Regent Circus.
 
She had dropped off three of her children and Mr Worrall on her way to work and it was the last time she was seen.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Freedom of Information Blogs and websites...

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A piece of bone, believed to come from a leg or arm, was discovered at the site on Saturday morning.

CABBIE Chris Halliwell will appear in court today accused of murdering night-clubber Sian O’Callaghan – as detectives try to identify a second body he led them to.

Extra security is expected when the 47-year-old father-of-three arrives at Swindon magistrates court this morning after being charged at 9.20pm on Saturday.

Sian, 22, a company director’s PA, vanished nine days ago after leaving the town’s Suju nightclub alone at 2.52am to walk half a mile to the flat she shared with boyfriend Kevin Reape, 25.

A massive hunt was launched 12 miles away in Savernake Forest after a phone mast picked up a signal from her mobile, 32 minutes after she left the club. Halliwell was arrested in his green Toyota Avensis cab when police swooped on an Asda car park in Swindon as he was about to pick up a fare on Thursday morning.

Hours later Halliwell led Det Supt Steve Fulcher to Sian’s body, close to a country lane near the famous White Horse at Uffington, Oxon. Police hope to identify the second body, also that of a woman, in the next 24 hours using dental and DNA records. Forensic archaeologists continued their search in the corner of a field at Baxter’s Farm, Eastleach, Glos, after Halliwell told police that the remains of another woman would be found there.

A piece of bone, believed to come from a leg or arm, was discovered at the site on Saturday morning. DS Fulcher said yesterday: “Bones recovered from the site at Eastleach are believed to be from a young woman aged between 23 and 30 years.

Bid to identify human remains...

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Thi Hai Nguyen..... this is her correct name, which made it so hard to find her via the Internet. However, if the remains turn out to be Linda Razzell's and she was a young woman, only 41 years of age. I believe the fact that Sian ,Claudia and Linda all disappearing on the same date 18/19th March should be investigated. Daily Mail reporting, Thi Hai Nguyen was at a later date in Bristol Court, unconfirmed by them.

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Fear for missing Vietnamese woman
Concern is growing for a Vietnamese woman who has been missing from her Swindon home for nearly month. Thi Hai Nguyen, 20, disappeared from her temporary accommodation in the Wiltshire town on 27 June.
It is thought she may have gone to London to find work, but police have appealed for her to contact them and let them know she is safe.
Thi Hai is 5ft 2ins tall, slim, with dark hair streaked with blonde. She was wearing a necklace and several rings.

Linda Razzell: Are the police playing games ? Vietnamese Hai Nguyen was reported missing at the time the police believe the body was dumped, then why did Hai Nguyen not receive media coverage?..and we now hear that it is possible Hai Nguyen attended a court hearing some years later in Bristol . I gather from this the remains are not now thought to be those of Hai Nguyen... which takes us back to the ONLY reported missing person from that area, around that time IS Linda Razzell...

‘It has been indicated to me that this young woman was taken from the Swindon area between 2003 and 2005.’
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He continued: ‘The remains will now be the subject of further forensic laboratory tests and a post mortem examination.
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'My heart goes out to you': Daughter of taxi driver charged with murder of Sian O'Callaghan sends message of condolence to dead woman's family

By Luke Salkeld, Ryan Kisiel and Emily Andrews
Last updated at 9:44 AM on 28th March 2011

  • Chris Halliwell has arrived at court, charged with PA's murder
  • Police investigate whether second woman's body may be that of missing woman from Vietnam
The daughter of a taxi driver charged with the murder of Sian O'Callaghan has sent a heartfelt message of condolence to the dead woman's family.

Christopher Halliwell’s 19-year-old daughter Natasha posted the emotional note on a social networking site after he was charged with murder.

The father-of-three, 47, arrived at court in a prison van this morning, as police trawl through missing persons records in an attempt to identify a second body found after a two-day intensive search of a field.
Chris Halliwell
ESian O'Callaghan, 22, who was found murdered after she went missing following a girl's night out at Suju nightclub in Swindon.
Charged: Taxi driver Chris Halliwell will appear in court tomorrow over the murder of Sian O'Callaghan
Sympathy: Natasha Halliwell sent a message of condolence to the family of Sian O'Callaghan and that of the missing woman
Sympathy: Natasha Halliwell sent a message of condolence to the family of Sian O'Callaghan and that of the missing woman
Police had said they were shown to the spot by a suspect arrested on suspicion of killing Miss O’Callaghan.

Natasha, who knew Miss O’Callaghan, wrote on Twitter: ‘My heart, and my families (sic), go out to all those affected by this especially Sian’s family & any families with missing people awaiting news.’

A friend of Natasha's told the Sun: 'That's the kind of caring person Natasha is. Sian was a young girl going about her business when this awful murder happened in the home town they shared.

'Natasha feels her family's pain although they weren't close friends.'
Earlier, police confirmed they had found the remains of another woman, thought to be aged 23 to 30. But it could take days for her to be identified, as it is believed she has been dead for up to eight years.
In loving memory: People release chinese lanterns in the Polo Ground, Swindon, at the end of a two minute silence in remembrance of Sian O'Callaghan who was found murdered on Thursday
In loving memory: People release chinese lanterns in the Polo Ground, Swindon, at the end of a two minute silence in remembrance of Sian O'Callaghan who was found murdered on Thursday

People release chinese lanterns in the Polo Ground, Swindon, at the end of a two minute silence in remembrance of Sian O'Callaghan
People release chinese lanterns in the Polo Ground, Swindon, at the end of a two minute silence in remembrance of Sian O'Callaghan
Grief: Well-wishers lit lanterns in memory of Sian, who vanished last Friday night

Officers are still carrying out forensic tests on the bones found near Eastleach, Gloucestershire, and do not expect formally to identify her until today at the earliest.

They had previously found the body of Miss O’Callaghan near Uffington Hill, Oxfordshire, five days after she left a nightclub in Swindon. Police have said they believe it was moved there after she was killed.

Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, who is leading the inquiry, said yesterday: ‘Bones recovered from Eastleach are believed to be those of a young woman aged between 23 and 30.

‘It has been indicated to me that this young woman was taken from the Swindon area between 2003 and 2005.’
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He continued: ‘The remains will now be the subject of further forensic laboratory tests and a post mortem examination.

‘The inquiry team are liaising with the National Policing Improvement Agency’s Serious Crime Analysis Section and the national DNA database in connection with the bones recovered from Eastleach. The police search at the site is expected to continue for the time being.’

Halliwell was formally charged with Miss O’Callaghan’s murder at 9.20pm on Saturday. He had been held for more than 48 hours after being arrested on suspicion of two murders and a kidnap on Thursday.

A joint statement issued yesterday by Wiltshire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service said: ‘At 9.20pm on Saturday, Christopher John Halliwell, aged 47, of Ashbury Avenue, Swindon, was charged by Wiltshire Police with the murder of Sian O’Callaghan.’
Grim discovery: Forensic teams digging at Baxter's Farm near Eastleach, Gloucestershire, discovered bones from the limb of a woman acting on information from the man they are holding in connection with the murder inquiries
Grim discovery: Forensic teams digging at Baxter's Farm near Eastleach, Gloucestershire, discovered bones from the limb of a woman acting on information from the man they are holding in connection with the murder inquiries

Triubes: Hundreds of flowers have been left outside Suji nightclub in memory of Sian O'Callaghan. Sian was last seen alive after leaving the club last weekend
Triubes: Hundreds of flowers have been left outside Suji nightclub in memory of Sian O'Callaghan. Sian was last seen alive after leaving the club last weekend

Simon Brenchley, Wiltshire District Crown Prosecutor, said: ‘Having reviewed the evidence, I am satisfied that there is sufficient to charge him, and that it is in the public interest to do so.’

Halliwell will remain in police custody at Gablecross police station in Swindon until his court appearance.

Wiltshire Police have released no further details about the second body they found at Eastleach.
Fine-tooth comb: Police search old boxes and bags of rubbish outside the neighbour's home of a man being held on suspicion of murdering Sian O'Callaghan
Fine-tooth comb: Police search old boxes and bags of rubbish outside the neighbour's home of a man being held on suspicion of murdering Sian O'Callaghan

Mr Fulcher repeated his appeal for a poacher who saw Halliwell in the Savernake Forest to come forward.

 
He said: ‘I would repeat my appeal for anyone out “lamping” or poaching in the Ramsbury area at any time from 3am on Saturday, March 19, to contact the force with any information they might have about suspicious activity, a green Toyota Avensis estate or persons in the area at that time.’

‘I would stress again that I only want information that is relevant to the Sian O’Callaghan inquiry. We are not interested in prosecuting anyone for lamping or poaching.’


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370610/Sian-OCallaghan-murder-Chris-Halliwells-daughter-Natasha-sends-message-condolence.html#ixzz1Hssou9In

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Linda Razzell, family waiting to to hear if the remains found are Lindas. Daily Mail reporting police say the bones are of a much younger woman. BUT if it is Linda Razell... who killed her ? The police will certainly not inform the Daily Mail whose gums start flapping before they have put their brains into gear....

Sian O'Callaghan murder: Hunt in field for second body after tip from suspect

In an isolated field, on Friday night diggers continued to sift through the soil on a grim mission to find a second body linked to the Sian O’Callaghan murder investigation.


Officers continue to search at the site near the Uffington White Horse where Sian O'Callaghan was found Photo: GETTY
Search teams were led there following a tip from Chris Halliwell, the taxi driver suspect in the case. Their efforts were focused on land near Eastleach Turville, about 15 miles north of Swindon.
Yesterday, Det Supt Steve Fulcher, who is leading the investigation, said Mr Halliwell, who remains in custody on suspicion of kidnap and double murder, had led him to the field in person.
Police said that if they found the body it was likely to have been someone who was killed “some years ago”. The family of Linda Razzell, 41, a teacher who went missing in Swindon in 2002, were waiting to see if she could be a second victim. Mrs Razzell’s estranged husband, Glyn, was convicted of her murder in 2003. He has always protested his innocence.
Police found Miss O’Callaghan’s body near the White Horse in Uffington, Oxon, on Thursday. They believe she was killed elsewhere and her body moved.
The 22-year-old office administrator had not been seen since she left Suju nightclub in Swindon shortly before 3am last Saturday, texting her boyfriend, Kevin Reape, to say she would be home soon.
Mr Reape was asleep, but woke 30 minutes later to find the message and became anxious that she was not home. He texted her back, writing: “Worried.x”

The message was picked up by Miss O’Callaghan’s phone 15 miles away in Savernake Forest, near Marlborough. A search of the area involved 400 volunteers, but it was not until Thursday afternoon and after the arrest of Mr Halliwell that police were led to her body lying in undergrowth more than 20 miles away.

Mr Fulcher, of Wiltshire Police, said: “He led me to two locations; one where we discovered the body of a woman who we believe is Sian and also to another location where we believe that a second body may be.”

He was taken to the second site at about 5pm and shown a spot near a set of gateposts, just inside a field next to a crossroads. The field is owned by Anthony Kinch, a farmer. He said: “All I can say is it is not far from the road, the area where they are looking.”

Graham Soule, whose property overlooks the area, said a group of plain-clothed officials arrived at 3pm on Thursday. Later, figures in white suits could be seen erecting a blue tent and the search progressed over a quarter of a mile.

As they continued to search the area, police were given another 24 hours to question Mr Halliwell. Last night they said they did not know who the second body could be: “We do not at this stage know what we are dealing with.”

Mrs Razzell, a mother of four, has never been found. Mr Razzell was convicted after traces of his wife’s blood were found in a car he had borrowed, but the blood was missed during two forensic examinations and Mr Razzell’s family believe the police made a mistake.

A post-mortem examination was carried out on Miss O’Callaghan’s body yesterday and the results are expected over the weekend.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8408016/Sian-OCallaghan-murder-Hunt-in-field-for-second-body-after-tip-from-suspect.html

Terry Lubbock: Reports of my death are grossly exaggerated..

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BOOS AT MICHAEL BARRYMORE COMEDY COMEBACK

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Comedian Michael Barrymore was booed off stage at The Comedy Store in London (Pic: Frank Barrett)
Sunday March 27,2011

By David Paul

Comedian Michael Barrymore was booed off stage at the weekend just as he was hoping to launch a comeback as a ­seaside entertainer.
Barrymore, who was once the highest-earning TV entertainer in Britain, was jeered off stage at The Comedy Store in London on Friday night.

It is the latest shambolic public appearance by the star, who went from earning £2million a year to bankruptcy after a man was found dead in his swimming pool.

The former Strike It Lucky presenter, who was a surprise addition to the bill, performed a rambling 15-minute set and left to a chorus of boos and shouts of “Get off”.

His gags about taking drugs, his medication’s musical side-effects and donner kebabs failed to impress the crowd.

Audience member Wes Shipley, 34, from Birmingham, said: “No one had any idea Michael Barrymore was appearing. I thought it was brilliant at first and clapped along with everyone to welcome him on. But the guy’s obviously no idea what he’s doing in a modern comedy club. A lot of his jokes were old and out of place. And he sounded completely out of it.”

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The biggest laugh came just after he left the stage. The compere asked who might be on next and one wag shouted: “Bruce Forsyth?”
Host Ian Coppinger told the crowd: “I thought it was fantastic. A man who’s from a completely different circuit and hasn’t done stand-up in years…gets up in front of you all.”
Barrymore, 58, will be hoping for a warmer reception in Blackpool this summer.
He will be performing at the North Pier Theatre every Saturday from mid-July until the end of October in Michael ­Barrymore’s Big Night Out.
Duggie Chapman, who is producing the show, said: “I think the nation is ready to accept Michael back into its heart. It’s not as though charges were ever brought against him. The silliest thing he did was run away and hide.”

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Mr Chapman has known ­Barrymore for 30 years and invited him to Blackpool last month.
“We discussed the idea of a season run and he got more and more excited about it,” said Mr Chapman, who says he has no doubt tickets will sell well at the 1,200-seat theatre.

“We’ve not done any real publicity yet but there’s already a lot of interest,” he said.

“There’s a real buzz around the town that he’s starring here this summer.”

Barrymore’s world crumbled when, in March 2001, father-of-two Stuart Lubbock, 31, was found dead in the swimming pool during a party at the star’s home in Roydon, Essex.

Mr Lubbock had severe internal injuries, and traces of alcohol, cocaine and ecstasy in his body. An inquest recorded an open verdict. The day after Mr Lubbock’s death Barrymore checked into a clinic often used by those seeking treatment for addiction and depression. As the scandal rumbled on his career nosedived and he eventually filed for bankruptcy.


At one point he moved to New Zealand. A comeback attempt saw him star in Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother in January 2006.

But in December that year Essex Police launched a fresh inquiry into Mr Lubbock’s death, which found he had died as a result of a violent assault.

Mr Lubbock’s father Terry campaigned to get someone charged and became a familiar sight at Barrymore gigs. He has since died.

Barrymore and two other men were arrested on suspicion of murder in June 2007. Three months later the Crown Prosecution Service said he would not face any charges. The file on Mr Lubbock’s death remains open.


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Chris Halliwell charged with murder..

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Linda Razzell cleaned out her car the weekend before she disappeared. Lindas boyfriend also seemed to be acting in a suspicious manner when she disappeared, monitoring Glyns movements ? why, was Linda seeing someone else ?

Linda cleaned out her car the weekend before she disappeared. This was the first time she had done this. DNA from an unknown male was subsequently found in the car. This man was never identified.




The day before Linda disappeared she visited Glyn’s bank claiming to want to pay money in and obtained information about Glyn’s account by deception.

Linda had financial problems and was behind with mortgage payments, maintenance payments from Glyn had stopped because he had been made redundant.

Linda was having problems at work, and was reported to be confrontational. She had to be spoken to by a senior member of staff, and was moved from one class because of her conduct with the students, and a clash with the tutor.

A long standing friend of Linda’s claims she saw her in a silver fiesta driving through Highworth the day after she disappeared. She said Linda looked cross to see her. The Police believe she was mistaken and have tried to discredit her. Extensive police enquires at the DVLA involving 70 small silver hatchbacks, and checks every Wednesday for 3 months for a car and driver matching the description have failed to trace them. This leaves only one conclusion, and that is that the witness was correct, and she did see Linda on the 20 March 02. The day after she disappeared.

There are at least 3 sightings of Linda in Weston-Super-Mare, one as recently as the summer of 2003.

There were 2 sighting in Wales, one at a café & one with another man hitching a lift not far from the café.

Linda was going through a very long and difficult divorce.

She was extremely bitter towards Glyn because of his new relationship.

The Police searched over 200 locations including all the places known to Glyn in the Swindon area. They had identified areas by soil samples taken from Glyn’s car tyres, boots & shoes, from maps and from witnesses but no trace of Linda has been found.

Linda gained an order to freeze Glyn’s bank accounts a few days before she disappeared.
On the morning Linda went missing her children reported her being much calmer than normal. Usually she would be very stressed in the mornings, especially as one of the children had lost their homework and that had made them late. Linda would have been 15-20 minutes late for work on the day she disappeared.

Her children reported that Linda said goodbye in a different way that morning, saying just "goodbye" rather than "see you at 5.00" like she normally did.

Linda was issued with a staff identify badge for working at the college which should be worn at all times in work. The badge was found in a drawer at her home.

Linda has 2 mobile phones, one for normal use and one as an emergency phone number for her children. The emergency phone was left at her home on the day she disappeared.

The calendar at Linda’s home was marked with a question mark on the 19 March, which was apparently drawn on by Linda before she disappeared.
Linda has a long history of mental illness dating back to the late 1970’s.
There was evidence to show that these symptoms were coming back. The children reported their mum being very upset a lot of the time and going off on her own not wanting the children to hug her. She had been prescribed anti-depressants but was not taking them.
Linda has disappeared before but took the children each time.
The address of the Official Residence of the Ambassador of Burundi, Africa was found on a note book at Linda’s home. Linda was friendly with a couple whose husband had worked on aid projects in Burundi and Linda had helped him with the language. Burundi is French speaking.

Analysis of Linda’s home computer showed that internet sites that deal with cheap flights were looked at shortly before she disappeared.


Linda is a fluent French speaker and had lived in Paris for a year. She loved to visit France on holidays.

Linda is an avid reader of crime novels. At the time of her disappearance she was three quarters of the way through Trial & Retribution 3. This novel contains descriptions of police methods when dealing with a murder investigation and the plot features a body in a boot of a car, and planting evidence to incriminate somebody.
Linda and her boyfriend visited 3 different banks in Swindon the day before she disappeared. CCTV shows money was being withdrawn.
A photo of Glyn’s rented home was loaded onto Linda’s home PC 2 days before she went missing. Linda had never lived at this address.
Linda’s boyfriend visited Glyn’s next door neighbour asking for information on Glyn a week before she disappeared.

3rd Party Involvment?

A women thought to be Linda was sighted in January 2002 kissing another man in a pub car park in Stratton. The man had a beige car. The description of the man does not match her boyfriend. Was there someone else?

At 8.30am on the 19 March a beige car with a man sitting in the driver’s side was sighted near to where Linda parks her car. Despite extensive police enquires the car and driver have not been traced.

A beige car and a red Ford Escort (Linda drives a red Escort) were sighted at 6.50am at junction 16 of the M4 in a lay-by on the 19 March 02.


A witness claimed in court that she saw Linda’s boyfriend on the 19 March 02 sat on a wall in Queen’s park at around 9.30am. Queen’s park is near to the road that Linda parks her car, she would have to walk through this park to get to work.

Phone records show that Linda’s boyfriend was not where he said he was on the day that Linda disappeared. There are 3 occasions when his phone used masts away from where he claimed to be. This was identified using cell site analysis. He was not cross examined about this at the time for legal reasons.


Linda’s boyfriend had been monitoring Glyn's movements during the 2 weeks before Linda vanished, one example is when he knocked on Glyn’s next door neighbour pretending that he thought this was Glyn’s house, & asking if Glyn still lived there.

Linda’s boyfriend knew that Glyn had used the Laguna on the 19 March 02 when he was questioned by Police on Wednesday 20 March 02.