It's funny how everyone is accused of lying, but not the late Milbank.
It is assumed, had he lived longer and/or been approached by an "independent" investigator, he would have told the truth, rather than lying as Essex police forced dozens of people to do in the run up to the trial and afterwards.
This is despite him knowing the truth about the 999 call for 40 years and not mentioning it to anyone, except for Heidi Blake.