I believe Tate had another mobile which as apparently used at some time after 21:00 on the night of the 6th December 1995 to call a girlfriend of his (Clare / Claire). I believe this fact was used by Steele in an attempt to overturn the conviction at some point but it was thrown out. I don't know the full facts but believe it was ruled out because the phone wasn't with Tate on the night.. the exact details I'm unsure of.
I would like to know more about 'Clare' who appears somewhat of a mystery figure? Donna Jagger refers to "Clare" in her WS as Tate's date for the Romford jolly up. O'Mahoney basically reiterates this in his books but unlike all the other individuals he does not make ref to her surname or provide any detail whatsoever about her which leads me to conclude he had no knowledge of her. Incidentally he refers to Donna Jagger as Diane Evans? Maybe he agreed with DJ he would refer to her as such as she didn't want her authentic name in his books?
Tate had parted from his long-time partner and mother of their child, Sarah Saunders, and was in effect a single guy albeit a docu/drama records Liz Fletcher from Southend as being his then girlfriend. As we know Liz Fletcher assisted with bringing the cash refund in respect of the dodgy cannabis back into UK along with 2 other women: Donna Garwood and Gaynor Hayzer. Liz was also at Basildon Tyres with Tate on the day of the murders supposedly in connection with repairs on her car. Can we be sure the trio were not using these women, who all appear to have much younger than Tait/Tucker, as 'drug mules'?
Was Liz Fletcher's VW Polo left at the garage for repair or did she drop it off there with a boot load of drugs? Dealers/users would then go to the garage and take away their share reducing the risk of anyone being caught with a significant quantity.
Andrew Reynolds mechanic at Basildon Tyres said he saw the trio in the Range Rover 5 minutes after the garage closed at this time the Polo was still at the garage. He agreed with Tate to leave the Polo on the forecourt with the key in the glove compartment. Andrew Reynolds said he then had cause to drive past the garage later in the evening and noticed the car gone. Who drove the car away?
From the PDF I uploaded re 'Tucker's Firm' it appears the firm also run a brothel.
It seems Donna Garwood was around 16 yoa with her 'boyfriend' Tucker 38 yoa. Tucker it seems was in a relationship with Anna Whitehead at the same time. Donna Garwood's brother describes his sister as "idolising" Tucker who apparently spent a lot of money on Donna. It also appears Tate/Tucker used a landline (property?) in Donna Garwood's name. Was this some sort of 'safe house'/brothel? This landline had a number of 'alarm' calls to Tate. Were the alarm calls used to summon the heavy if things got out of hand?
Did Donna Jagger go to Lakeside to buy herself a new outfit or did she carry out some sort of drug deal?
Rolfe, Tate and Tucker were all known to the police and it would obviously have been high risk to carry around on their person/cars/homes drugs beyond a quantity for 'own use'. What better way to distribute than by a network of trusty young women who they could control.
Donna Jagger states in her WS she did not like Rolfe getting too involved and this is the reason she didn't go to Holland/Belgium to collect the cash and yet on the other hand she accompanied Rolfe on drug deals eg to North London to exchange drugs/money with a "coloured man" referred to as Gary. On another occasion her and Rolfe met with Steele at Tucker's stables to exchange drugs/money. She also had drugs in the family home despite having a 6/7 yoa daughter. Donna Jagger was a similar age to Rolfe 27 yoa I believe.