It was a great talk. I particularly liked the similarities in the Cameo and Cranbourne Road murders (Insp Balmer, dodgy witnesses). I also wanted to ask George when his book on the Cranbourne Road Murder would be published, which will be in about nine months. I would have liked to ask one question, which is did he know why Balmer targeted Devlin and Burns, who came from Manchester, and fabricate the evidence that resulted in them being convicted? Hopefully this question will be answered when the book is published.
I know quite a lot about the Cameo Murders, through George's book and have read it on numerous occasions. I don't know a lot about the Wallace case, well not the way Ged does anyway! As for the Cranbourne Road Murder, I only know what I've read on Yo and a couple of other sites. i am really looking forward to reading this book, as the research GK has clearly done, will hopefully lead to Devlin and Burns being pardoned.
One of the main points I think was the fact that the police were so respected during past times, that juries didn't even contemplate a police officer lying or fabricating evidence. In the Cranbourne Road murder, the jury were asked to believe that two burglars had been in the house when the victim returned home. The burglars then killed her and left the house without taking anything. Devlin and Burns had never been involved in violence and had an alibi that they had been breaking into a warehouse in Bolton at the time Mrs Rimmer was murdered.
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I just wish the talk had lasted longer - this for me was the highlight of the day.
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