THIRTY-SEVEN
THE JUDGEMENT
The three judges who sat to hear the appeal lodged by Jack Reid’s legal team produced what I saw as a rather extraordinary final judgement in the case of the so-called Brighton Ripper. Jack’s barrister Simon Allingham once more conducted a spirited and expertly constructed defence of his client, this time backed up by the information obtained through the diligence of the police officers who had originally investigated the case.
Jack’s parents sat solemn faced throughout the proceedings, hoping that this would be the end of their own nightmare and that their son would be returned to them, mentally damaged and scarred perhaps, but physically fit and healthy nonetheless, ready to start a new life in the bosom of his family.
Alice Geraldine Nickels was called to
