The Killing of 12 Year Old Denis Haggart

Lawrence haggart's criminal record wasn't accessed by investigators until almost a year later. The mackai report confirmed that no effort was made to verify beddy's whereabouts on the night of lawrence's attack. It also noted that they didn't consider that the crime could have been sexually motivated. Two officers had searched bedy's car and caravan following the attack, but disregarded them. In one of bedy's previous attacks, he had struck a victim over the head with a glass bottle. Another potential weapon went missing when a piece of green metal was collected from the home, but never logged as evidence. Then there was the discovery that detectives had faked diary entries in relation