Missing Bristol woman confirmed murdered

big_white_dog84 · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:09

He's been released on bail. If he turns out to be not guilty then the media owe him an enormous apology and a long hard look at how they report these cases.

Please see my earlier post (160) - I should definitely be a detective. I could have saved them 2 days investigation and a lot of police time and money - David Cameron would love me.

MarcLister · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:11

big_white_dog84 said:
He's been released on bail.

Indeed. Just read that on BBC News. Does that imply he's not guilty? After all if the Police could prove it was him they wouldn't let him go but charge him. And if they believed it was him but didn't have the evidence would they really want to bail him? :confused:

Participant · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:16

MarcLister said:
Indeed. Just read that on BBC News. Does that imply he's not guilty? After all if the Police could prove it was him they wouldn't let him go but charge him. And if they believed it was him but didn't have the evidence would they really want to bail him?

I think it means they have serious doubts. They'd surely not release anyone in a case like this if they had so much as an iota of proof that he was guilty.

Castiel · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:20

Being released on police bail without being charged usually mean that they either have no evidence at all or the suspect is not guilty.

I still think the boyfriend did it regardless of his alibi.

MarcLister · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:27

Robbie G said:
I think it means they have serious doubts. They'd surely not release anyone in a case like this if they had so much as an iota of proof that he was guilty.

That's what I'm thinking. And in a way he was too obvious a suspect, the way he "looked". So I guess the Police are back at square one which isn't too good a place to be considering the national focus the murder has had in the press.

wesley · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:30

they let him go on bail purely they dont have enough evidence to hold him longer. they had 2 full days to find evidence link him to the murder which was plenty of time. so it wasnt him

Danthus · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:36

They would consult with lawyers from the CPS, they would suggest there isn't enough to charge him with. They could be waiting on forensic result. At the end of the day we can only guess.

wesley · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:38

yes but this is a high profile crime, the police would've got the forensic result very quick.

Danthus · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:41

wesley said:
yes but this is a high profile crime, the police would've got the forensic result very quick.

Maybe the festive period has held things up.

Participant · 1 Jan 2011 at 22:50

Or the results were delayed in the post due to the recent bad weather.

Meridian · 1 Jan 2011 at 23:20

wesley said:
yes but this is a high profile crime, the police would've got the forensic result very quick.

It's not that straightforward. For instance, blood searching takes hours, if not days (depending on how many things you are searching), and fibre searching takes a while too. A standard gel run is, I believe, about six hours these days, so DNA is a little slow too.

M

newbiejim · 1 Jan 2011 at 23:26

It has been said on news that they could have held him till Monday morning, dunno if that implies anything tho.

r2d2 · 1 Jan 2011 at 23:27

Looks like everyone is selling their story on the retired teacher.

Some of them are obsurd. A woman complaining he was "staring" at her in the library.

=VTA=MANFACE · 1 Jan 2011 at 23:33

He's innocent, the boyfriend did it.

And the police look like complete fools, as do the press.

Cosimo · 1 Jan 2011 at 23:37

newbiejim said:
It has been said on news that they could have held him till Monday morning, dunno if that implies anything tho.

I suppose that they have consulted the CPS, don’t have enough evidence, been asked by his lawyer to release him and here we are. I bet this case will have a strange twist to it.

lcg · 1 Jan 2011 at 23:52

r2d2 said:
Looks like everyone is selling their story on the retired teacher.

Some of them are obsurd. A woman complaining he was "staring" at her in the library.

Here's another one:

the Daily Mail said:
Family friend and neighbour Isabel Jeffers, 72, recalled how in later life Jefferies used to post his washing from Bristol to his mother. ‘She used to throw it all straight into the machine and put it in the post back to him as soon as it was clean.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eries-freed-bail-days-questioning-police.html

lee32uk · 2 Jan 2011 at 02:37

According to Sky News He is still a suspect. If they had released Him without charge then obviously He is a free man. He could still be re-arrested at any time.

Meridian · 2 Jan 2011 at 08:04

Whatever happened to the days when the Great British Eccentric was just, well, eccentric? Now they seem to be the Great British Murder Suspect. Still, it's a step up from people suspecting the boyfriend for no other reason than that he's the boyfriend.

For that matter, what happened to people remaining quiet until there was some actual real information?

M

GJ02 · 2 Jan 2011 at 08:11

Does anyone know
Were her body was found, did she have to walk that way to go home ?
Also
The stuff she bought from bargain booze, has that been found?

stulid · 2 Jan 2011 at 10:36

GJ02 said:
Does anyone know
Were her body was found, did she have to walk that way to go home ?
Also
The stuff she bought from bargain booze, has that been found?

Red spot is the golf club, Longwood lane is to the right and down.

If she decided to walk towards Clevedon/Nailsea then where she was found found would have been the right direction.