This case is following in the footsteps of the JB case,with many similarities in it.
Withheld and " lost " evidence in BOTH cases made it for an UNFAIR trial and I would have thought illegal. The ordinary man in the street can be jailed for withholding evidence in a court.
Senior officers once again have been accused of a cover-up over documents after it emerged that doubt has been cast in the investigation.
While Eddie was in prison,two challenges were put before the COA,but were rejected. The Times has now uncovered documents which allegedly suggest that key details were kept from Eddie's legal team along with errors which had meant that CRUCIAL forensic evidence was lost.
Chief Superintendent Ted Humphreys had described how officers had allegedly walked through the crime scene instead of it being sealed off,so leaving footprint evidence. Photographs of Paula's body were never taken. This Humphreys dossier was never shown to Eddie's defence team.
A report written by another officer didn't think t appropriate to copy the report,that if the defence wanted one they'd have to apply for a production order.
Another new development in the case is that a DS Gooch sent from the Lancashire Police by the Police Complaints Authority to examine Merseyside Police's handling of the case had recently got hold of 50 pages of handwritten notes. These were handed to him by Matt Foot,current lawyer for Eddie.
These notes had been told " that they didn't exist ",but contain many pieces of evidence which are relevant to the murder inquiry.
Sue Caddick,Eddies sister had said of the latest developments,that " it's a stain on the British Judicial System ",then she went on too say that these newly uncovered documents will son be sent to the CCRC. The CCRC have studied Eddie's conviction for decades ?It's appalling !!
The same as in the JB case,evidence has been continuing to be found,that which was hidden and not seen either by the defence let alone the jury. The case is corrupt,that is clear.
The " dithering " continues as the CCRC are still considering whether the case is referred to the COA.
Eddie was jailed because the jury hadn't accepted the validity of a suicide note which had been found at their home. Police had said he'd fooled his wife into writing the note then forced her to cliimb a ladder in the garage along with a noose around her neck. a bit like JB when he " forced Sheila onto the floor so that he could shoot her "------------------just like that !!
Campaigners for Eddie,insist that the suicide note is genuine.
Because I knew the couple,in a professional capacity,I'm going to get in touch with Eddie's sister. I also knew the young chap who Paula used to go out with before she married. She used to visit him in prison,as he himself was inside for murder,as I'd told him too give himself up when he approached me one day covered in blood.