Jackaman, Alan

Who Really Killed Claire?

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ISBN 13:: 9781914603365
author:: Jackaman, Alan
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Waterside Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2023
Pages:: 240
Dimensions:: 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.5 centimetres (0
Genre:: Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Criminology,
Condition:: New
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Who Really Killed Claire? re-examines the 1993 murder of 16-year-old Claire Tiltman in Greenhithe, Kent. A police investigation that faltered for nearly two decades was reignited when Colin Ash-Smith, a man due to be released from prison for attacks on young women, was belatedly charged with her murder.

Alan Jackaman, an ex-cold case investigator, expertly researches the crime scene, investigation, prosecution, media frenzy and questionable urgency that led to Ash-Smith's pre-emptive arrest and conviction. He also revisits the 'bad character' evidence used in a new law at the time, which was one of the UK's first cases involving this type of evidence.

Jackaman analyses the wholly circumstantial evidence and explains why he believes police became too focused on the wrong suspect. This thought-provoking book raises questions about the reliability of justice and the importance of re-examining cold cases.

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