LETTERS Lingering doubts
Sir: Whatever the truth of the Hanratty case, it is not correct to say that the police officer who investigated the case now accepts that Hanratty was innocent (Let- ters, 15 February). Detective Chief Super- intendent Robert Acott is reported in the weekly newspaper Bedfordshire on Sunday, dated 2 February 1997, as saying that he is quite confident that Hanratty was the mur- derer, and he went on to say that he believes that Hanratty's mother also thought he was guilty. The mother is now suffering from senile dementia, but other members of the Hanratty family deny that she ever believed him guilty. This casts doubt on a small part of Paul Foot's defence of Hanratty, causing one to wonder what else that is stated as irrefutable fact might not be quite so certain.
N.J. Mustoe
Blackthorn Cottage, 20 Cross End, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire
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