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in the vicinity of the location of Bailey's body on the afternoon of her death; this individual had also been seen walking through the underpass at approximately the same time as Bailey, though not in her company. The description of this individual—described as being between 35 and 40 years old with
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and a new inquest into her death be held. Within this ruling, Hickinbottom and
Whipple also noted that a suspect in Bailey's death had given three separate confessions to Bailey's murder in 1978 and 1979—each of which was "entirely consistent" with known facts pertaining to her death and containing
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in middle of the month. On the afternoon of 10 August, Bailey returned home from playing outdoors with her clothes, hands and face in a dirty state; she failed to inform her parents how she had become so grubby and took her Sunday afternoon bath slightly early before leaving the family home to play
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presented at the inquest, the CPS refused to prosecute Sir in relation to Bailey's murder, with a spokesman stating the "realistic prospect" of securing a conviction against Sir in light of the lack of any sufficient new evidence divulged at the hearings would be highly unlikely. Nonetheless, this
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at the time of Bailey's death; his family home was near where Bailey's body was found. At the time of Bailey's death, he had been known as
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or as an unintended result of a childish prank, with the latter being his preferred explanation. Griffiths further elaborated at this hearing he had performed numerous autopsies upon victims of murder who had sustained serious injuries to the neck and that, in his opinion, the circumstances of
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to remain enforced prior to his being ordered to testify at ensuing legal hearings into Bailey's death. Both due to concerns for his safety should he testify in person and the fact Bailey's family were to be present at the scheduled hearings, Sir was allowed to testify via
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before receiving the fatal knife wounds to her throat and that, contrary to his predecessor's conclusions regarding the depths of the single incision wound, the force used to inflict these knife wounds to Bailey's neck had been sufficient to sever
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close to her home. Shortly after 5 p.m., Bailey's parents became concerned when their daughter failed to return home. After a brief, fruitless search of nearby streets and friends' houses, the
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police station. Over the course of two days, he did not admit to Bailey's murder. Investigators concluded, however, that he was responsible for her death following forensic developments regarding the circumstances preceding her death.
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staff of his culpability in murdering Bailey in the late 1970s were entirely fabricated and had been concocted to make himself "look interesting" to specialists at this facility and to ensure his admission to the premises following a
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into Bailey's death was held on 10 March 1976; the jury at this inquest heard testimony from
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bushy, ginger hair and wearing brown trousers and a lime shirt—closely matched the description of a suspect given to police days prior in relation to the sexual assault of a local underage girl. This individual was never traced.
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forensic information not previously disclosed to the public but only uncovered in 2012. Within these accounts, the suspect had related how he had strangled Bailey before cutting her throat with a
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into her death, insisting his knowledge of the case was limited solely to "what heard or saw in the papers or whatever." Sir's inquest testimony lasted for over twenty-five minutes.
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and on the opposite side of the motorway to her home. This location was known to local children as the "Magic Wood", and Bailey's mother had forbidden her daughter to play there.
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upon noting she was still breathing. In addition, at the time of Bailey's death, this suspect had lived close to where her body was discovered.
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that the original inquest verdict into Bailey's death be
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