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George Heron trial. More from cited note 6 needs to be added, to re-enforce how jumping to conclusions is a bad idea

Re the George Heron case;

The blade of a knife recovered from his lodgings matched the stab wounds. Blood splatters were found on Heron's shoe and other clothing. His sister told police that on returning home on the night of Nikki's murder, Heron had gone straight to the bathroom where, uncharacteristically, he spent "a good half hour" washing both himself and his clothes. Although Heron had at first denied going out that evening, four separate witnesses saw a man at the Boar's Head and Clarendon public houses fitting his description. The man was seen buying cheese-and-onion crisps - Nikki's favourite - which police believed the killer used to lure Nikki into the building where she died.

Source (already linked to in the article but very light on that detail) - www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/11/ukcrime.features11

Worth carrying, stating how "compelling evidence" can often be wrong - the main reason we have trials and judges etc I suppose.

I think there is a maxim with these types of cases;

High profile murder + no fingerprints + no witnesses + no CCTV + no DNA = police round up the local misfit and pin it on them.

That certainly seems to be a pattern to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.210.174 (talk) 18:17, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've made some amendments to the article to add more details on the George Heron case. TLJ7863 (talk) 18:52, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Should Heron be mentioned in the lead? Jim Michael 2 (talk) 20:49, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Might be useful to help understand the case in full. As long as too much detail isn't given. TLJ7863 (talk) 22:54, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Jim Michael 2 (talk) 14:59, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]