tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634321588005420812.post640104538522850252..comments2023-10-09T14:21:48.075+01:00Comments on Dr Kelly's Death - Time for the Truth: Hutton and Dingemans visit Mrs Kellybrian in the tamar valleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13475701925894027724noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634321588005420812.post-23109838445114492382012-07-05T08:32:28.245+01:002012-07-05T08:32:28.245+01:00From the very moment that the Inquiry was set up o...From the very moment that the Inquiry was set up on the 18th there was a seeming inevitability that the inquest and Mr Gardiner would be sidelined. However when the family were visited on the 26th the inquest, officially at least, was still up and running. Unlike an inquest Hutton's Inquiry had no power of subpoena so Mrs Kelly (and Rachel) would have to be asked to attend. Hutton also made it clear that the Inquiry would stump up any legal costs Mrs Kelly might incur.<br /><br />The crucial thing from my perspective though is the fact that Hutton stated that he had been given infomation by Mrs Kelly and that this information was never revealed in open court. Hutton's letter disgracefully tries to hide the fact that he had been given "information".<br /><br />Yes, the question has to be asked as to what on earth were Hutton and Dingemans doing attending the Funeral. A funeral is for family, friends, colleagues ... Hutton and Dingemans would have had no more justification than me or anybody else reading this blog. It displayed Hutton's total lack of judgement.brian in the tamar valleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475701925894027724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634321588005420812.post-72863519025964932752012-07-05T07:04:43.382+01:002012-07-05T07:04:43.382+01:00Fair enough, Brian. So what about Dingemans,Senior...Fair enough, Brian. So what about Dingemans,Senior Counsel to the Inquiry? Obviously he would need to take Mrs Kelly over the jumps before her appearance (in voice only) at the Hutton Inqury. Perhaps not this far ahead and in any case,why he would need Hutton there is mystifying. Yet, as you highlight, this meeting was at Hutton's request. Dingemans also went to the funeral on Aug 6. There was nothing remotely like real cross examination in this part of the Inquiry. These are very strange relationships.felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363991252776819712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634321588005420812.post-13543970899999075522012-07-04T16:30:55.361+01:002012-07-04T16:30:55.361+01:00Perhaps Hutton could have tightened up his languag...Perhaps Hutton could have tightened up his language but when he writes 'I took no evidence from her' I'm clear that that remark only applies to his visit on 26 July.<br /><br />My feeling is that there was a good deal of chaos at the Inquiry - they were perhaps overwhelmed with the mass of statements and emails coming in. It is a pity so much was undated, I suspect the clerical staff weren't working to the same standards, possibly confusion in instructions. I can't see any other reason for some statements to be listed with their dates, others not.<br /><br />Mrs Kelly may not have made so many statements if some were duplicated in the photocopying. In short I think we have to be cautious in interpreting the number of witness statements.brian in the tamar valleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475701925894027724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634321588005420812.post-87395247306712994432012-07-04T16:00:55.369+01:002012-07-04T16:00:55.369+01:00A suspicious mind might think that the evidence &q...A suspicious mind might think that the evidence "taken" <i>(Why on earth take it in advance??? Ought not evidence to have been provided by <b>police statements</b> which were all available to the inquiry???)</i> might have gone in the opposite direction. Is Hutton bypassing a police investigation?<br /><br />Hutton contradicts himself <b>"I took no evidence from her...The only evidence which I took from Mrs Kelly was the evidence which I heard when she gave evidence..."</b> (which actually was all the evidence we ever heard from her) <br /><br />Perhaps a police investigation bypass was the purpose of the meeting earlier between Hutton and Neyroud.<br /><br />Mrs Kelly made at least five statements to the Police, three undated, and two well after Hutton took "evidence" from her, August 8/9, including a 15-pager on the 8th.felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363991252776819712noreply@blogger.com