This chat really helped clarify the core issues about the case. Great to have a rounded, open discussion. Though I'm definitely not an expert on the case Ironically, my lack of expertise keeps me humble and open to correction. However I believe Mrs Crime Guy are right about Alfie Lyons.
I’ve always thought Alfie Lyons should have been a major suspect in this case and wondered why he was so comprehensively overlooked and believed by the police. It can only come down to relationships between him and the investigators and his standing in the community as there is a load more circumstantial evidence pointing to him than ever pointed to Bailey. He was definitely there, he was capable (people say he was too old and frail but he was only in his 60s and looks very spry in videos of him walking, not old at all) he had conflict with the victim, witnesses reported he had said he didn’t like her, he had an injury, he was a local pot dealer and grower (so not above the law) etc etc. The one thing I find hard to believe is him leaving his partner to discover the body but if he killed Sophie maybe he realised he’d really incriminate himself if he tried to move her body. It makes so much more sense than Ian Bailey ever did.
Thanks for this very interesting conversation. I’ve always thought Alfie Lyons should have been a major suspect in this case and wondered why he was so comprehensively overlooked and believed by the police. It can only come down to relationships between him and the investigators and his standing in the community as there is a load more circumstantial evidence pointing to him than ever pointed to Bailey. He was definitely there, he was capable (people say he was too old and frail but he was only in his 60s and looks very spry in videos of him walking, not old at all) he had conflict with the victim, witnesses reported he had said he didn’t like her, he had an injury, he was a local pit dealer and grower (so not above the law) etc etc. The one thing I find hard to believe is him leaving his partner to discover the body but if he killed Sophie maybe he realised he’d really incriminate himself if he tried to move her body. It makes so much more sense than Ian Bailey ever did.
Yes, it's shocking to think that he left Sophie's mutilated corpse there knowing Shirley would find her. But if he had called the cops to say he "found" Sophie himself, he may have put himself in the frame; it would have been more difficult to explain his arm injury and maybe the cops would have delved into his history of conflict with Sophie...or maybe not. Alfie was probably never going to he seen by cops as a Person of Interest. But he was very careful all the same.
This chat really helped clarify the core issues about the case. Great to have a rounded, open discussion. Though I'm definitely not an expert on the case Ironically, my lack of expertise keeps me humble and open to correction. However I believe Mrs Crime Guy are right about Alfie Lyons.
Wow really interesting!
Comiskey on Alfie Lyons as suspect
https://open.substack.com/pub/crimeguy/p/geraldine-comiskey?r=jud2b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
I’ve always thought Alfie Lyons should have been a major suspect in this case and wondered why he was so comprehensively overlooked and believed by the police. It can only come down to relationships between him and the investigators and his standing in the community as there is a load more circumstantial evidence pointing to him than ever pointed to Bailey. He was definitely there, he was capable (people say he was too old and frail but he was only in his 60s and looks very spry in videos of him walking, not old at all) he had conflict with the victim, witnesses reported he had said he didn’t like her, he had an injury, he was a local pot dealer and grower (so not above the law) etc etc. The one thing I find hard to believe is him leaving his partner to discover the body but if he killed Sophie maybe he realised he’d really incriminate himself if he tried to move her body. It makes so much more sense than Ian Bailey ever did.
Thanks for this very interesting conversation. I’ve always thought Alfie Lyons should have been a major suspect in this case and wondered why he was so comprehensively overlooked and believed by the police. It can only come down to relationships between him and the investigators and his standing in the community as there is a load more circumstantial evidence pointing to him than ever pointed to Bailey. He was definitely there, he was capable (people say he was too old and frail but he was only in his 60s and looks very spry in videos of him walking, not old at all) he had conflict with the victim, witnesses reported he had said he didn’t like her, he had an injury, he was a local pit dealer and grower (so not above the law) etc etc. The one thing I find hard to believe is him leaving his partner to discover the body but if he killed Sophie maybe he realised he’d really incriminate himself if he tried to move her body. It makes so much more sense than Ian Bailey ever did.
Yes, it's shocking to think that he left Sophie's mutilated corpse there knowing Shirley would find her. But if he had called the cops to say he "found" Sophie himself, he may have put himself in the frame; it would have been more difficult to explain his arm injury and maybe the cops would have delved into his history of conflict with Sophie...or maybe not. Alfie was probably never going to he seen by cops as a Person of Interest. But he was very careful all the same.