Strange when other DNA tests failed because the garment was contaminated, yet this test succeeded because the police were being investigated for wrongful acts of justice & set out to prove Hanratty did it ……despite the evidence.

I believe hanratty was totally innocent

The gun in this case is a key piece of evidence, and yet it is a mystery where it came from and who had it in the past.

A number of unanswered questions. The kidnapping took place in the country side. What were the killer's movements up to this point ?

Hanratty was too dim witted to be able to properly cover his tracks.

Biased, not bias.

David his parents/family stood by him and never believed for an instant he committed the crime . In his own words ' I may be a bit of thief but I'm not a maniac "

@@davidhat2446 He was both actually..

@@kailashpatel1706 thief for sure the maniac was someone else called Pet.... oh I forget his name .

Hanratty was an evil c**t I followed the the case there was no doubt about the c**t being guilty.

@@davidhat2446DNA doesn’t lie

No! MK is awesome!

AGER hard to say but it seems it was some sort of guilt complex . No one ever thought it would get this far and someone would actually be hung .

He was just an attention seeker who knew he could get away with confessing for the simple reason he didn't do it and wanted to make British justice look stupid. V Storie failed to pick him out from the ID parade.

People do confess to crimes they haven't committed which is why police often keep some details back. It helps weed. Out false confessions.

​@@margaretbanks8969I believe hanratty was totally innocent

In what way? The station is STILL awesome...

@@georgedowns4034 they put the bus stops right infront of it and took away the train,also the trees have gone. and we have bike sheds suck in the middle. its just an eye sore now.

@@drtydawg73 there's the car park round the back though which is big enough and I kinda find the station blending into the building pretty unique and the station itself isn't really ugly. I guess I see what you mean about the bus area though...

@@georgedowns4034 it just feels like youre walking out into london or something when you come out the station now, where as it used to be like you were walking out into a nice open country type area with fresh air and freedom. i remember coming up from london when i was 18 thinking this was the most awesome place on the earth. its just the same as any other over crowded, noisy and busy town now. :-(

Never, hopefully.

​@@andyc6542Unfortunately soon. I saw a planning application to demolish it the other day. Sad times.

DNA proved his guilt. The disgrace is the campaign by posh lefties like Paul Foot who scorned the old school Scotland yard detectives and encouraged the public to see them as incompetent and corrupt. THEY were right and Foot was wrong. He never apologised.

Too risky...sooner or later another Timothy Evans or Derek Bentley will happen.

@@nicky29031977 not in this day and age .With genetic finger prints . D n.a.. Not happening .

@@christopherjames375 But some immoroal police deliberately plant evidence to frame innocent people. Objects with suspects DNA and fingerprints are planted at crime scenes by police. Some police don't care about the truth , they only care about a successful prosecution because it helps their career progression. it happens all the time in the USA. And is it fair to execute people like Ruth Ellis who , although guilty, went through hell with her boyfriend? (google her name)

I no that tell me something I don t no .

@@christopherjames375 Well then you should know the risks involved...are you saying it's fair that innocent people should be killed now and again? It could be you or your family.

lazyman 24/7 So if you don’t honour your marriage vows you should be shot?

MrG actually someone else got hung because they were unfaithful! Crazy logic .

andy so you say hahah

Was it proved he was guilty ? .

Andy sorry but a naive and over simplistic statement

What happened. Was the DNA positive .

There were issues with the evidence being contaminated, though. Apparently, they stored most of the evidence all together, allowing for potential cross-contamination.

nicky ever heard of human error , or corruption , beginning of ...............

@@davidhat2446 Derek Bentley, the guilford four, Birmingham Six and Stefan Kischko (google them) were cases of human error and corruption at the highest level of the police and judicial system and yet they were overturned so there would be no reason why the judicial system wouldn't admit it's error in this case aswell...end of !!!

nicky you forgot Timothy Evans .haha

@@davidhat2446 Exactly...so it proves my point in my first message even more.

nicky what your saying is horse shit and you know it . There is no reason in the world why the Hanratty case will eventually be overturned and the judicial system admit its error . Why should they without tremendous public pressure ? They protect their own why is why he got hung in the first place . Nothing to do with guilt or innocence .

His alibi was a joke, he was guilty...

Pygiana he dyed his hair because he became aware the police were making enquiries about his housebreaking .Actually nobody at Deadmans hill noticed his weird hair color . This was a plus for Hanratty .

Kailish so you have studied the case thoroughly have you ?

Valerie Storie said the man couldn't drive. In fact, after raping her, he forced her to show him how to drive the car off. Then he shot her multiple times and she collapsed and laid still, so he walked off thinking she was dead. But James Hanratty was an experienced car thief. This doesn't add up at all. Why would you pretend you can't drive to someone you was about to kill? Also, Hanratty had absolutely no history of violent crime. A burglar and a thief, yes. But rape and murder? I remain convinced he set up, despite the circumstantial DNA evidence.

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You have a point

James Hanratty's body was exhumed in 2001 to extract his DNA.His DNA was compared with other DNA extracted from, firstly, mucus preserved in the handkerchief within which the murder weapon had been found wrapped and, secondly, semen preserved in the underwear worn by Storie when she was raped. DNA samples from both sources exactly matched James Hanratty's DNA. No DNA other than Hanratty's was found on the handkerchief in which the murder weapon had been found wrapped.

Should have, not of.

@@alastairgreen6783 You need a girlfriend mate.

christopher james he was defended by a superb barrister.

DH yes he was but the police withheld evidence which would have indicated Alphon as the murderer . You cant get away with that these days .

@@XLENDIBAY1 true they r held accountable them self . And liable 4 prosecution .

Agreed

Hanratt y wasn't innocent DNA has proved that.