HC Deb 20 December 1982 vol 34 cc306-7W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the name of the witness who failed to appear at the trial of the man accused of the murder of John Docherty referred to in paragraph 5 of the letter of 30 November to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras, South from the Under-Secretary of State; and whether the police have now found the witness.

Mr. Whitelaw

As has been widely reported in the media, Mr. James Gibson failed to appear as a witness at the trial in June 1982 of the man accused of the murder of Mr. John Docherty. Mr. Gibson is the subject of a bench warrant issued by the Central Criminal Court, but has not yet been traced.