Ian, it was a pleasure to meet you and your wife too and was so glad that us outsiders were received with such warmth by the Wirral Debating Society members.
We were eventually thrown out of the room as the caretaker rightly needed to lock up
however, Russell, Philip, Fiona, another chap, MarkR and myself remained in the pitch black car park for at least another 30 mins discussing all we could find out.
Mark has traced some of Julia's missing 35 years where she was a live-in Governess down south. It was intriguing that one of the audience brought up the fact that it could have been someone from these missing years that committed the deadly deed, though somehow, the Parry/Qualtrough phone call - lying about whereabouts etc really does make me think we know the names already of those involved.
If we are to believe Whittington-Egan. He reckons he spoke to the killer in 1966 - ie Parry (did Parry tell him he could say tell him a lot more but had promised his father not to - not even for money)
If we are to believe John Parkes and Mr Atkinson's son - Parry/the blood/the glove/the bar Then Parkes too spoke to the killer - or his accomplice.
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If we are to believe Wilkes, then he claims a policeman involved in the case would spill the beans when he retired as there was more to the case that would interest him.
Too many people have kept schtum on this and now they're not here.
One thing seems for sure - Tom Slemen got it wrong and only brought out his theory (as fact) when he thought there were no living Johnston relatives to rebuke it.
I say above 'if we believe' because one thing which isn't helping the solving of this case is hidden - or not so hidden agendas by authors on the case.
Someone is lying when...............
James Murphy has either cherry picked the Lily Lloyd/Richard Gordon Parry statements to suit his own ends to finger WHW as the killer or John Gannon has tweaked the said statements to finger Parry being involved - at least in the Qualtrough call.
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