Who Really Killed Claire?

By Alan Jackaman

Who Really Killed Claire? re-investigates the brutal yet apparently motiveless murder of 16-year-old Claire Tiltman in Greenhithe, Kent in 1993.

It describes how police investigations faltered for almost 20 years until Colin Ash-Smith, due to be released from a long prison sentence for attacks on young women, was belatedly charged with this cold case murder.

One of the UK's very first cases involving 'bad character' evidence under a controversial new law. Expertly researched, the book revisits the crime scene, investigation, prosecution, media frenzy and questionable urgency that led to Ash-Smith's pre-emptive arrest and conviction for murder.

Meanwhile, A predatory serial killer was eliminated from the investigation despite 'hallmarks' making him a strong suspect. Well placed to raise doubts, ex-cold case investigator Alan Jackaman analyses the wholly circumstantial evidence and explains why he believes police became too preoccupied with the wrong man.

Alan Jackaman spent over 25 years as a police officer, including with the Metropolitan Police dedicated Murder Investigation Team and Murder Review Group looking into unsolved murders. He is the author of Napper: Through a Glass Darkly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914603362
• ISBN13: 9781914603365
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Waterside Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"