Huddersfield: The Murder of Dorothy Wood

In May 1996, ninety-four year old Dorothy Wood said goodnight to her care worker who had come by to get her ready for bed. Profoundly deaf and crippled by arthritis, Dorothy struggled to complete even the most simplest of household tasks, but she was adamant she would keep her independence. The following morning when family friends arrived to help her out of bed and get her breakfast, they found that someone had broken into the house and Dorothy had been murdered. It would not take long for police to hone in on a suspect, but would they have the right man?

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SOURCES GENERAL https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/who-killed-dorothy-wood-crime-14184036   CAUGHT 1998 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/235721.stm

CLEARED https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/experts-unique-earprint-evidence-overturned-as-courts-clear-man-of-murder-74963.html’ https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/murder-spinster-stays-mystery-5092265 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1452346/Expert-evidence-flaws-clear-earprint-killer.html

EVIDENCE https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/23/ukcrime1 https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/new-look-dorothys-murder-case-5063931 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1364060/Prisoners-to-appeal-as-unique-earprint-evidence-is-discredited.html

COURT OF APPEALS http://netk.net.au/UK/Dallagher.asp

FREED AFTER 7 YEARS https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/cleared-murder-after-seven-years-5092262  https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/judge-frees-earprint-murder-case-man-1-2540588 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-convicted-on-ear-prints-is-freed-185827.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.