From memory, the man said there was no insignia on the van, but yet Spedding's van had his insignia on it at the time, which was pointed out by the coroner's counsel. (found the reference, posted below.)
In any case, BS's van was forensically examined, as were all of his vehicles and home and workplaces, perhaps even moreso than some other potential POIs in the case. The area in the bush was also searched, and there seems to be no shred of evidence linking him to William. He seems to have been excused from the inquest after giving testimony (unlike some others who have been told they may be recalled later), and it seems nobody had questions for him after his time on the stand (whereas the coroner had allocated much more time for his cross examination, and ended up being wasted court time apparently). His lawyer indicated that although evidence backing up BS's statement of his whereabouts had been available to police for years, they had not bothered to seek it out and he is now suing police. Although historical charges were brought forth, BS was acquitted in one location, while the charges were dropped in the other court on same charges, meaning there is no evidence of BS being a child sex predator. Media is now referring to BS as a 'previous' POI and/or a 'one-time' POI. Perhaps it is time to focus on other potential POIs.
Mr Pollard was shown an image of the van owned by Mr Spedding in 2014. The van had writing on the front of it.
"You said the van you saw coming out of the bush, that you thought was Bill Spedding's van, didn't have writing on the front," Mr Craddock said to Mr Pollard.
"Correct," Mr Pollard said.
"Then it couldn't have been Bill Spedding's van coming out of the bush," Mr Craddock said.
Spedding's van in bush evidence questioned
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Defence lawyer Peter O'Brien was this month forced to gather the evidence that clearly ruled Mr Spedding out, despite it being available to police for years.
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Police investigated the allegations and charged him with historical child sex offences, but all of them were dropped or dismissed because there was no evidence.
Mr Spedding has always denied these allegations and his legal team allege the charges were laid as part of a smear campaign to put pressure on him.
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