I have no beef with the aggressive interrogation technique. Jubelin said he put the foster parents through a similar process.
"What is unforgivable is the incompetence and unprofessionalism of the police involved in not actively trying to corroborate Spedding's alibis, and other evidence that was there for the grabbing if they could be bothered to follow thorough."
BTW regarding Moynihan, the cop who was interrogating Spedding and treated him with utter contempt:
A seasoned homicide detective could be sacked after an internal investigation found he had sex in his unmarked police car while he was on duty, took photos of his genitalia in the office and pretended to be at work when he wasn’t.
Over the course of Detective Sergeant Justin Moynihan’s career, he has played a leading role in some high profile investigations, including the case of missing toddler William Tyrrell.
But it appears his 22-year career could be over following allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
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November 10, 2019 - 6:24AM
The Sunday Telegraph
"What is unforgivable is the incompetence and unprofessionalism of the police involved in not actively trying to corroborate Spedding's alibis, and other evidence that was there for the grabbing if they could be bothered to follow thorough."
OK, To be fair, I think they did try to corroborate the alibis. We followed here in real time----I remember clearly reading and hearing about the proof that BS and his wife were putting forth.
The wife had a receipt from the coffee shop across the road from the school, where they were going to see their grandson accept an award. BS said he met his wife there for coffee before they walked to the school award show.
The receipt was timestamped and dated and was for 2 coffees, paid for by wife's bank card. The problem was, it did not prove that she bought them for herself and her husband.
And LE interviewed the Employees, and they could not say for sure that BS was there that morning, although they did recognise him as being there before. And there was no cctv.
The same thing happened with the witnesses to his visit to the school awards. His grandsons said he was there, and there was another friend of theirs who claimed to see him that morning. And BS was able to describe what he saw in the award show, like the children's choir singing a certain song, etc.
But other witnesses said they didnt remember seeing him, including someone he said he saw there nearby. ...so LE was not accepting it all as 100% verified alibi. I do think they tried to corroborate but it is hard if there is no cctv and it is just a large crowd meandering, to find witnesses who can swear they saw someone.
IIRC, there was also a picture that was taken with BS and his grandson and it was on school grounds, but it was at the very end of the award show, and people concluded that BS could have gone to Benaroon and grabbed the child, and then rushed to the school as an alibi.
So I don't want to bash LE and say they didn't try to corroborate BS's story because it seems that they did. And BS came with a lot of baggage, and it made sense that he would need to be investigated. He had been in FGM's home right before the children arrived and had plans to return to the home that same morning. It made sense at the time, that maybe he had driven to the home, and saw the boy in the driveway and sped off with him.
When they did begin investigating him, they found out that he had previously lived with his brotherinlaw, who was in prison for rapiung a 10 yr old girl and killing her father. And they found records of historic accusations of child abuse of a sexual nature against 2 of his relatives, years earlier. So how could they ignore all that?
That ...is incriminating Why was it a secret?
