Lawrence Cawley was another journalist who wrote an article for the BBC which was published on the 9th of August 2013. According to Lawrence Cawley;
In maintaining his innocence during his time in prison, Simon Hall was no different to many convicted killers.
For 12 years he vigorously denied he was guilty of the murder of 79-year-old Joan Albert at her home in Capel St Mary in Suffolk.
What made Simon Hall different was that he was believed.
Not just by his family and friends but by the wider public, legal experts, parts of the media and the ex-Ipswich MP Chris Mole.
By Lawrence Cawley for the BBC article headed Joan Albert murder: Simon Hall supporters respond to confession dated the 8th of August 2013
As pointed out in other Parts of the Quite A Hall Tale blog series, it’s highly unlikely killer Simon Hall’s family (Lynne, Phil and Shaun Hall) ever believed Simon was innocent. And again it seems clear that by pretending Simon was innocent they could save face.
Lawrence Cawley also stated;
The fact of his confession – made formally to the prison authorities – only emerged on Thursday.
As already stated in Part 19h here, there was an embargo made with the media to allow Suffolk police time to visit with and notify Joan Albert’s loved ones. So whilst Simon Hall’s confession only emerged on Thursday (8th of August) it had been known about for a couple of weeks, including by Michael Naughton.
Lawrence Cawley also spoke to and quoted Michael Naughton in his article. Excerpts read;
And then there are the countless hours of unpaid work by students at the University of Bristol on the Hall case.
The university’s Innocence Project became involved after an approach by documentary makers for the BBC Rough Justice programme.
Dr Michael Naughton told how he received a letter last week from Hall’s wife Stephanie telling him her husband had admitted the murder and asking him to close the case down.
“We are not shocked – we are alive to the possibility that a lot of people who say they are innocent are not.
“We are looking for needles in haystacks in our project.
“It is quite sad in terms of the waste of resources and the distress to (Mrs Albert’s) family members when it turns out like this.”
And the “thousands of hours” Bristol law students have spent on the Hall case, said Dr Naughton, could easily have been spent on “somebody else’s case”.
By Lawrence Cawley for the BBC article headed Joan Albert murder: Simon Hall supporters respond to confession dated the 8th of August 2013
Michael Naughton (Here) still quotes an April 2007 article by a then student called Etan Smallman, published by The Times headed The Innocence Squad. Below is a copy of a paragraph clearly promoting Bristol university innocence project and in turn it’s founder Michael Naughton;
And Campbell Malone (Referred to in Part 19g here) wrote a blog for Stevensons solicitors around the same time headed BBC to Highlight Concerns over Simon Hall Conviction which read;
“As solicitors for Simon Hall we welcome the decision of the BBC to highlight the concerns over his conviction for murder as part of their distinguished Rough Justice series
Through the eyes of a group of law students, members of Bristol University’s Innocence Project, the film follows the progress of the investigation currently being carried out into Simon’s case. Although the film takes up the story half way through and finishes only at the stage the Criminal Cases Review Commission announced the start of their own detailed investigation we believe it demonstrates, in a fair and measured way, why so many observers believe that Simon Hall is a victim of a serious Miscarriage of Justice.
Simon and those working on his behalf have been encouraged by the decision of the BBC to take up his case and are grateful for the work put into the film by the film makers and those participating in it especially the students. Stephensons have been proud to be supporters of the UK Innocence Project since its inception and it was rewarding for us to have the opportunity of working with the students involved. Having ourselves a policy in place of recruiting and training our lawyers for the future from the most able and committed applicants it was encouraging to see that the future of the profession is in such good hands.”
Campbell Malone
In early 2013, after alerting Michael Naughton to the abusive and toxic behaviour of a man called Michael O’Brien (Who was convicted of murdering Philip Saunders who was killed on the 12th of October 1987), Michael replied back to Simon Hall’s then wife Stephanie (Hall);
All of the personal stuff can prevent seeing the wood for the trees
By Michael Naughton Excerpt from an email dated 3rd February 2013
Lawrence Cawley’s statement that Michael Naughton had received a letter last week from Hall’s wife Stephanie was incorrect. Michael Naughton and Gabe Tan were sent an email, not a letter by Stephanie (Hall) on the 26th July 2013.
A few days after the publicity had calmed down, following the media release that Simon Hall had confessed his guilt to his murder of Joan Albert, Michael Naughton emailed Stephanie (Hall) on the 12th of August asking her what should be done with the case files. Michael Naughton stated;
we have circa 15 boxes of files and docs for Simon that we received from Stephensons
Michael Naughton
Presumably Michael Naughton expected Stephanie (Hall) to know at that time, having just learned she had been groomed, conned and exploited by a psychopathic killer, what should be done with the circa 15 boxes of files which he (Bristol university innocence project) had received from Stephensons solicitor.
It is not known if Michael Naughton also emailed Campbell Malone (and/or Correna Platt) at Stephensons solicitor from where the circa 15 boxes of files originated from, or if Michael Naughton had also emailed Simon Hall’s parents Lynne and Phil Hall asking them the same question.
However maybe if Michael Naughton had bothered to read through the 15 boxes of files, absorbed all the evidence contained within them and paid attention to the personal stuff he would have saved himself from embarrassment.
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