How did the relatives know JB had not been seen moving between WHF and his home

[mike tesko]

did the police appeal for witness themselves.

Yes, they made very extensive enquiries, and checked everything out once the nature of the investigation changed from SC/688/85 to SC/786/85 (September 985)...

[grahameb]

Relatives passed on information to the police that a lorry driver had seen Jeremy crouching in the side of the lane near to the farm, on evening of 6th August 1985...

Was this lorry driver ever called as a witness?

[mike tesko]

Was this lorry driver ever called as a witness?

He was spoken to by the police and denied ever saying to a person who put the information forward that he had said such a thing at all, to anybody...

Police traced a large number of vehicles that had been seen in the vicinity of whf and Pages lane on 6th and 7th August 1985, including the lorry driver in question, but no useful information came from such enquiries....

[Roch]

Relatives passed on information to the police that a lorry driver had seen Jeremy crouching in the side of the lane near to the farm, on evening of 6th August 1985...

I wonder if this is the kind of stuff being pm'd between guilty camp posters and waverers.  I've had a theory about this for some time.  I bet this is not the only relative inspired allegation doing the rounds on the quiet.

[mike tesko]

I wonder if this is the kind of stuff being pm'd between guilty camp posters and waverers.  I've had a theory about this for some time.  I bet this is not the only relative inspired allegation doing the rounds on the quiet.

The lorry driver in question was traced, as i say, he apparently spent the night of 6th August 1985, parked up somewhere along the Malden road, but saw nothing suspicious

[Buddy]

I think that RWB influenced the rest of the family to turn against JB. I do not need to remind you of the reasons. As a prompt I will just say MONEY.

[andrea]

This is the first ive heard about a lorry driver seeing someone crouching behind a hedge or whatever.

[Buddy]

This is the first ive heard about a lorry driver seeing someone crouching behind a hedge or whatever.

Probably a poacher having a dump Andrea.

[andrea]

Probably a poacher having a dump Andrea.

wonder what he wiped his arse on? 

[smiffy]

Relatives passed on information to the police that a lorry driver had seen Jeremy crouching in the side of the lane near to the farm, on evening of 6th August 1985...

Appears to be the relatives telling lies or hearing chinese whispers and reporting them etc.
Yet another huge question mark to further undermine their claims and another point in assessing the credibility and reliability of their evidence.

[Hartley]

Relatives passed on information to the police that a lorry driver had seen Jeremy crouching in the side of the lane near to the farm, on evening of 6th August 1985...

Any evidence of this, or is it complete nonesense?

Judging from what information is contained in the various relatives statements, notes and diaries, I find it completely inconceivable that this happened but didn't get recorded.

Unless somebody can show me otherwise, I think I'm going to have to but this down to yet another Tesko Tall Story. 

[grahameb]

Any evidence of this, or is it complete nonesense?

Judging from what information is contained in the various relatives statements, notes and diaries, I find it completely inconceivable that this happened but didn't get recorded.

Unless somebody can show me otherwise, I think I'm going to have to but this down to yet another Tesko Tall Story. 

If would be good to see where this information came from? I have already spoken about the growth of rumours in my post in the off topic thread.

[vidvic]

Appears to be the relatives telling lies or hearing chinese whispers and reporting them etc.
Yet another huge question mark to further undermine their claims and another point in assessing the credibility and reliability of their evidence.

Or, it could just be complete bollocks.

[Roch]

Any evidence of this, or is it complete nonesense?

Judging from what information is contained in the various relatives statements, notes and diaries, I find it completely inconceivable that this happened but didn't get recorded.

Unless somebody can show me otherwise, I think I'm going to have to but this down to yet another Tesko Tall Story. 

Are you 100% certain that all relatives' notes and diaries were contemporaneous and not in any way concocted or altered after the fact?  I only ask because three of the main prosecution witnesses all seem to have kept diaries / notes.  When I look at Stan Jones, I do not feel overly comfortable with all this diary / notes stuff.  There's a Rat away somewhere.  Or perhaps a Haddock?

[Hartley]

Are you 100% certain that all relatives' notes and diaries were contemporaneous and not in any way concocted or altered after the fact?  I only ask because three of the main prosecution witnesses all seem to have kept diaries / notes.  When I look at Stan Jones, I do not feel overly comfortable with all this diary / notes stuff.  There's a Rat away somewhere.  Or perhaps a Haddock?

That is a completely different subject to that which my post is addressing. My post is addressing that in my opinion, if any of the relatives had knowledge of Jeremy being seen crouched at the side of the road on the night of the murders then that information would have found its way into at least one of their witness statements, personal notes or diaries.
Whether you believe that the notes and/or diaries are contemporaneous records, or not, is irrelevant.