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Originally Posted by jaysay
I think the problem with this case was that the police suffered from tunnel vision, they got it into there minds that Stagg was guilty and stopped looking elsewhere. I totally agree if there was a data base, Stagg would not have had his life ruined and the right man would have been where he belonged, behind bars and another two lives would have been saved.
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The judge quite rightly stopped the original trial of Stagg, because of the way the 'honey trap' evidence was gathered.
In this country you can't be tried for the same crime twice.
The police, quite wrongly, said they weren't looking for anyone else in relation to the murder of Rachel Nickell. Meaning, by implication, that Colin Stagg was guilty, but couldn't be prosecuted.
The media of course backed up the police idea that Stagg was guilty of this crime.
Many lives, Stagg, the victims and their families, have had their lives ruined by this total fiasco.
Heads should roll.