Hutton and Lazaro
28 January
2004
The month or so I was going to be away from my
website has turned into several months - principally because I have been writing
a book. But there are two reasons why it now seems a good time to resume. One is
the publication of Lord Hutton's deeply unsatisfactory report. The other is the
handing down of a criminal appeal court judgment in a case involving the
evidence of Dr Camille San Lazaro. More on both of these topics will appear in
the next few days.
(For Lord Hutton's summary of his findings, click
here. The Hutton website also contains the
full
text of the report. For the appeal court judgment in the case of R v
Kevin John Brown, click
here. It is a fascinating judgment which reads like a
short story. For the response of the Newcastle Chronicle - which not so long
ago was standing four square with Dr Lazaro and leading the witch-hunt
against Dawn Reed and Chris Lillie, click
here and
here.)
Sorry I've been away so long.
(In my apparent absence from this website, I have in
fact added one or two new pages. One of these, which has already attracted
over 1,000 hits this month alone, is actually
in
Portuguese. For the updated English version of an extremely
disturbing story which is now tearing Portuguese society apart, click
here.
For the English version of the website of the Portuguese investigative
journalist Jorge Van Krieken, click
here.)
Wednesday, 28 January 2004