Interesting that it wasn't Luke's best friend David High that said he was a lot cleaner looking that evening in Newbattle Abbey. That obviously leaves David Tulloch and the other (as yet unnamed) guy. We're led to believe, as per DH's testimony, that DT & the other guy were more friends of friends in terms of their relationship to LM. My hunch tells me that it was probably DT who said LM was a lot cleaner (although a friend of a friend to LM, my understanding is that he knew LM quite well), so I Iook forward to his testimony being uploaded. Btw, why has the other guy never been named? Was it to do with his age?
Also, why weren't two of the pushbike boys' testimonies transcribed (i e., the testimonies of Dean Houston and Grant Elliot)? That seems quite negligent of the courts -- were there no typists/stenographers available that day? It would have been very interesting to read their description of the clothing LM was wearing. Andrew Holburn described the olive green top with german badge on sleeves sold in Flip and said, crucially, that there was NO ONE else on that stretch of road as they cycled down the length of it from the shop and past LM at just before 1800; of course it was LM, but it would still be nice to read the other pushbike boys' testimonies. Also interesting is the fact that Dean Houston, according to an old Sunday Mail article from Dec '04, said he thought LM was on the phone when they cycled past him just before 1800. The phone records of LM produced in court showed clearly that LM never phoned anyone between 1741 - 1831, so why was he on the phone? Did he pretend to be on the phone to avoid talking to the pushbike boys (who he knew personally) lest they blew his cover? I think so.
Any thoughts?
