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Journalists wait bored, heir notebooks on their inees, not concerned eless some sensational autburst takes. place omething which ake good copy.
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Attempts were made in questioning him to prove Colin to have been mentalDavid stated that Colin never struck him as strange, just quiet.
said, talk to himself. This was sectas very recyauı But then, David admitted he talked to himselt too.
Next, Detective Constable David Pointer was questioned. His story January Lab culles when Colin died on was incoherent and contradictory.
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All subscriptions are posted first class on day of publication. exactly 11.35pm when he discovered Colin's body he was completely unable ove tcm knew because it was in his diary up on the same day aRIC WIUEC LICSLaLCICHL death? Then it must havs the after been from the station duty OOOK.
dutv by minutes after discovering Colin.
exactly what the time was? Pointer was moment for an answer. He then fell back on claiming it was a policeman's intuition to have an awareness of the time of events.
A member of the jury a young black man, askec to put a question to DC Pointer.
did Pointer's questioning start that afternoon? copper looked contused After several deep thought, he answer ed. He was wrong. point had been proven never trust a copper's intuition.
Sergeant Pearce. the questioning of Michael vstend of holes.
The worst what he told the though, to .answer. He •ONCE But did he not write his out Colin's ned.
But when did he fill the in? Several in's death, Then how did he know stuck for a ington disregard munity What time, he asked, The Monday, ing out seconds of jury in the quest The propriate.
Next in the dock came .Unde mittee, was shown to be full evtence verdict was aspect of court, SL ADACA he treated Colin Roach upon finding him slumped in the suale SHe admitted Colin could have occu unconscious How did he try to find whetner ne was still alive? By shouting at him, Pearce stated. But didn't he feel his pulse? Oh no, certainly not, because he might have been dead, and never move a dead body. The court was stunWhatever the verdict of the jury, and whatever the circumstances oi Col which will reulanlcau cacıy unceılanı beyond this inquest, thing is proven for certain. The police of Stoke Newhave savase brute hostility to the black comburhoodof the neighStop press 20 June. After be for three hours the returned majority verdict of 8 to 2 of suicide tions from the coroner that ins tolowe cerener Photo G.M. COOKSON other verdict Was Barnor Hesse, of the Roach Family sudDort Com announced that the s irrelevant all that would satisfy the Roach family and their supporters would be a full and public en-
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