tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post109207895909460273..comments2024-03-29T11:20:37.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: The strange case of Dr John Bodkin AdamsMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1173217644402979412007-03-06T21:47:00.000+00:002007-03-06T21:47:00.000+00:00I am a relative of Dr John Bodkin Adams and met hi...I am a relative of Dr John Bodkin Adams and met him as a small child,he told my father that he did not murder anyone but just was acting as a good doctor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1133799999434597982005-12-05T16:26:00.000+00:002005-12-05T16:26:00.000+00:00The whole case pivots on the Nurses Notes. Recent...The whole case pivots on the Nurses Notes. Recent research by Pamela Cullen, an historian who lives in Eastbourne and has had access to the the Police files (See "A Stranger in Blood" pub by Elliott and Thompson) opened for the first time since the trial, reveals that the notes were not 'discovered behind a cabinet' by the defence, but found by the police first, then passed to the DPP and then pased to the Defence. This circuitous route gives the lie to the 'shock, horror' reaction of the Defence at the trial when the Nurses Notes were produced, apparently for the first time. The purpose of producing the notes was indeed to destroy the Prosecution's case, but it was the DPP's office who passed the notes to the Defence. Why should the DPP seek to destroy its own case? The answer lies in the politics of the day and the intricate slein of connections which linked Dr Adams to the most powerful politiciansin the land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com