Who Really Killed Claire? re-investigates the brutal yet apparently motiveless murder of 16-year-old Claire Tiltman in Greenhithe, Kent in 1993.

It describes how police investigations faltered for almost 20 years until Colin Ash-Smith, due to be released from a long prison sentence for attacks on young women, was belatedly charged with this cold case murder.

One of the UK''s very first cases involving ''bad character'' evidence under a controversial new lawExpertly researched, the book revisits the crime scene, investigation, prosecution, media frenzy and questionable urgency that led to Ash-Smith''s pre-emptive arrest and conviction for murder.

Meanwhile, A predatory serial killer was eliminated from the investigation despite ''hallmarks'' making him a strong suspect.

Well placed to raise doubts, ex-cold case investigator Alan Jackaman analyses the wholly circumstantial evidence and explains why he believes police became too preoccupied with the wrong man.

Alan Jackaman spent over 25 years as a police officer, including with the Metropolitan Police dedicated Murder Investigation Team and Murder Review Group looking into unsolved murdersHe is the author of Napper: Through a Glass Darkly.

Format Häftad Omfång 240 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Waterside Press Utgivningsdatum 2023-04-25 ISBN 9781914603365