Former officer Tom Wood admits that failure to understand new scientific procedures probably delayed justice for the families of Christine and Helen.
The infamous World’s End murders might have been solved seven years earlier if detectives had understood the implications of a DNA breakthrough, according to the officer who helped snare serial killer Angus Sinclair .
The next day, Christine’s body was found in Gosford Bay, East Lothian, and six miles away, Helen’s body was discovered in a cornstubble field. They had been gagged, beaten, tied up, raped and strangled. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'.
"The second identifiable sample, although smaller, had been there all along, masked by the more prevalent profile. The second sample, which was semen, was from Angus Sinclair." "The tragedy is the caravanette was destroyed just six months before we launched Operation Trinity in the spring of 2004."three young women in Glasgow in 1977.
"Opportunities were missed to catch Sinclair in 1981 and 1997 but also in 2001 when he was arrested for the 1978 murder of Mary Gallagher.
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