Sion Jenkins.

[123everton]

Watched the documentry about him Channel 4 tonight, did'nt know what to make of him other than he seems a difficult man to like.
But he said after the murder he saw a man in his hallway.
Now call me old fashioned but if I saw a strange man I'd never met before in my hallway I'd ask/expect an introduction especially if I'd just found a dead body on the patio and my kids were nearby.
What about the stranger's disposition? He's just brutally murdered a child and her parent/guardian has just walked in on him so he just calmly walks away unseen and uninterrupted?

[jno]

you might be feeling a bit preoccupied. At least, I might.

[B00]

Couldn't help but feel he came across as cold and calculating, he gave me the chills when I watched it.

[stokemaveric]

he is a difficult man to like you are right everton but it actually DOES look like he was framed after the police failed to find the REAL murderer,just like it seems like they framed barry george,the birmingham 6,etc etc the real killers deserve to hang but while there are these shreds of doubt the death penalty,unfortunatley cannot be advocated..

[spudqueen]

Hmm - not sure the Birmingham 6 were framed, as I remember it they got off on a technicality.

[gelda]

Aggree with Boo there, very creepy.

[123everton]

I understand the case is not proven rather than not guilty, the problem for me is if I found someone in my halway I'd challenge him, especially if I'd just found my daughter lying dead in a pool of blood. I would not make an assumption, and I doubt the killer after such an attack could calmly walk away after meeting the family of his victim.
I found it odd (at the time) that there was so little blood on him but I found it stranger that his wife could believe he did it, she's seen something in him, surely?
I doubt we'll ever know conclusively, he is though a very convincing liar (it's been proven) you can trust a thief but you can never trust a liar and that will always count against him.
Why would independent witnesses lie about the event?

[Oneeyedvic]

Hmm - not sure the Birmingham 6 were framed, as I remember it they got off on a technicality.

Yes, technicalities like their confessions were classed as inadmissible since they were gained after beatings.

Technicalities like scientific tests showing that the statements had been later altered.

Technicalities like the forensic test which originally 'proved' that they held explosives, could actually have been from cigarettes.

[Caribeing]

Watched the documentary as well, I have followed this case a lot and find Sion Jenkins a strange individual quite cold only he knows whether he is guilty. I wouldn't buy his book as he is making money out of a terrible crime! At one point in the case he said there was supposedly a weird character lurking about the area previous to the murder if this was so why leave a young girl alone painting the patio doors! As for the other suspect who has now come to light why didn't he question this at the time! Some things don't add up.

[terambulan]

It was his step-daughter who was murdered. Sion J had returned from a DIY shop to collect his wallet; his own daughters (2) were with him but stayed in the family car.

It would be interesting to know at what point his own daughters got out of the car to see what had happened. Surely they didn't remain in the car while he cleaned himself up and called the police?

Did his daughters give evidence at the trial?

[123everton]

His daughters were in the car, so surely they'd have seen the stranger leave?
Billie Jo was a foster daghter (I understand) makes no difference she mattered tro them as much as any child I'd imagine.
I agree Mary, I won't buy the book either....

[socket2008]

When he was originally convicted there was a documentary on ITV or Channel 4. I thought then that he was guilty. These days though where any 'doubt' is thrown into the court any of the other evidence is usually thrown out.

I do think he is guilty just as I do the McCanns, Huntley and Michael Jackson. But as we know, there are also innocent people in prison too. To expect any judicial system to be 100% correct is very narrow minded.

[Ice.Maiden]

I think there's something menacing about Sion Jenkins, but whether he's innocent or not is another matter. I'd never buy his book.

[123everton]

I saw the Channel 4 show also, the crux of that matter as I understood it, was that they used a pig's skull to demonstrate the blood splatter and this they decided was inadmissable as a pig has a much thicker skull.
What I don't understand about him, and nor did he explain, is why perfectly innocent people (friends, neighbours and his own wife) would seek to lie about him and about the event in order to see him convicted of a crime he apparently did'nt commit?