Description
| Product ID: | 9781914603365 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Who Really Killed Claire? |
| Authors: | Author: Alan Jackaman |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | True crime, True crime, Police and security services, Crime and criminology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Police & security services, Crime & criminology, Criminal or forensic psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A controversial case involving the use of evidence of 'bad character'. Shows the undesirable effect that pressure on the police to solve a case can have. Asks if bias to confirm mistaken suspicions took hold, and challenges a highly questionable conviction. Who Really Killed Claire? re-investigates the brutal yet apparently motiveless murder of 16-year-old Claire Tiltman in Greenhithe, Kent in 1993. It describes how police investigations faltered for almost 20 years until Colin Ash-Smith, due to be released from a long prison sentence for attacks on young women, was belatedly charged with this cold case murder. One of the UK''s very first cases involving ''bad character'' evidence under a controversial new law. Expertly researched, the book revisits the crime scene, investigation, prosecution, media frenzy and questionable urgency that led to Ash-Smith''s pre-emptive arrest and conviction for murder. Meanwhile, A predatory serial killer was eliminated from the investigation despite ''hallmarks'' making him a strong suspect. Well placed to raise doubts, ex-cold case investigator Alan Jackaman analyses the wholly circumstantial evidence and explains why he believes police became too preoccupied with the wrong man. Alan Jackaman spent over 25 years as a police officer, including with the Metropolitan Police dedicated Murder Investigation Team and Murder Review Group looking into unsolved murders. He is the author of Napper: Through a Glass Darkly. |
| Imprint Name: | Waterside Press |
| Publisher Name: | Waterside Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-04-25 |
