RAFFERTY’S ACKNOWLEDGED that his conviction of Babbington’s guilt had been seriously eroded with the revelation about Carlton’s paternity, and there were several other possibilities he would be smart to consider.
Yet he’d been so sure of Babbington’s guilt, right from the start. And why not? They had so much evidence it was overwhelming. Too overwhelming? It looked like it now.
So, what remained of his original conviction that Babbington was the murderer?
Obviously, the DNA evidence was seriously compromised owing to Babbington and the victim colliding on the day of the murder. The bloodstained dress shirt was other evidence that would no longer hold water, because of Dr Wantage’s admission that he had retained possession of the key to Babbington’s office, so he could have secreted the
