Claudia Lawrence-man arrested.
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BBC News reporting that a fifty year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. No further details available as yet.
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It was very strange them searching the alleyway behind her house a couple of weeks ago wasn't it? What could they possibly have found after six years? Or there some other reason behind the search?
Ha ha ha ha!
This is tongue-in-cheek, yes? Ten years at DS and you've never come across the resident DS Murder Investigation Squad?
I'll be hanging on until the jury (if it comes to it) delivers its verdict.
Hopefully North Yorkshire Police have found something to get this case closed, the Met. Police couldn't find their rear ends in the dark with both hands.
Is it because they'd assumed she had disappeared on her way to work so hadn't given it much attention before?
I hope so too. I did wonder if it was just staged for some reason, ie to make the perpetrator panic a bit or some such reason. I do tend to over-think things a bit though
Daft question, but should the police 'assume' anything' when it comes to cases like this. I would have thought searching the back alley was a basic strategy. Especially when they had video footage of a bloke coming away from that area which they have had for some time but only just released.
Yes, like I said earlier I did wonder if that was the case.
Or DSMI unit as they are known by, give it time they are on their way
No they shouldn't but they did seem to focus on her journey to work. One would think that the alley was searched in the early stages and this search wouldn't reveal anything new, but as already said may of been about getting a reaction more than anything else.
How long have they had the video footage and why sit on it?
Apparently the scrubland at the back of the house wasn't previously searched.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/claudia-lawrences-mum-says-never-5382022
North Yorkshire Police are believed to be searching the suspect's home in York, which will continue for several days, the force said.
But detectives said they have not found Claudia's body, who vanished on Thursday March 19 2009.
It came days after police released new CCTV footage which shows two people walking near her home on the evening she vanished six years ago.
MailOnline understands that man's arrest came as a result of that appeal.
Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn, head of North Yorkshire Police's Major Crime Unit and the senior investigating officer in the Claudia Lawrence inquiry, said: 'To ensure the investigation and legal process are not compromised or potentially damaged in any way during this critical phase in seeking the truth about Claudia's disappearance, North Yorkshire Police strongly advises the media and members of the public against identifying the man who has been arrested.
'This includes naming or publishing images of the man on traditional media platforms or social networking sites.
'I urge everyone to show restraint and patience while we carry out these very important enquiries.'"
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3007732/Man-50s-arrested-suspicion-murder-Claudia-Lawrence.html#ixzz3VDeqQIxn
Please do not post this man's identity if found here as requested by the police.
remember that other case a few years ago (Joanna Yeates), near christmas, every since that guy was arrested (the landlord), all the news papers accused him, he even looked guilty to most, but he was innocent, i don't jump to conclusions.;-)
You could be right about that
Or it may be someone she never met before.
I think they must have had the footage for quite some time but only showed it on North East TV a couple of weeks ago. I'm not suggesting that this is the person that has been arrested. It was more a question of 'Are you this man? If so can you contact police' etc. But maybe someone actually recognised him and told police. I think the police have always played their cards very close to their chest with this case for some reason.
Anyone know if that CCTV was recorded recently, or is it from 2009? (or sometime in-between?)
I understood it to be from 2009. They must have had their reasons for not showing it before now though.
The footage was from 2009 on the night she was killed approx 1 hour before she called her parents for the final time.
The man in question was out of view of the camera for just over a minute, so not long enough to kill her, but may have some involvement.
It was interesting to note that the police filmed all those that went to view the footage.