Why Can't the Police Tell Us Who Attacked Abigail? ; As Abigail Witchalls Continues Her Miraculous Recovery, the Detective Leading the Inquiry Gives His First Interview
Evening Standard - London › July 01, 2005
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BENEATH the affable veneer, the tension inside the room in Mount Browne, the Surrey police headquarters in Guildford, is palpable. The questions I am asking go to the heart of the competence of the force and, in particular, to the investigation led by Detective Superintendent Adrian Harper into the vicious attempted murder of Abigail Witchalls in the Surrey village of Little Bookham.
Why did it take 18 hours to notify the public of the attack? Is it true that the victim's hair was washed, meaning vital forensic evidence was lost?See the full content of this document
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Why Can't the Police Tell Us Who Attacked Abigail? ; As Abigail Witchalls Continues Her Miraculous Recovery, the Detective Leading the Inquiry Gives His First Interview
Why did it take six weeks to bring in specialist sniffer dogs?
The Witchalls investigation - codenamed Operation Flute - is meant to be Surrey Police's chance of redemption. Ithas been criticised for failing to find the killer of teenager Milly Dowler, over its controversial handling of the Deepcut Army barracks inquiry, and has a murder detection rate of 82 per cent compared with the 97 per cent boasted by its neighbour, the Metropolitan Police.As a result, it has pitched 150 of...See the full content of this document
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