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Anthony
SINCLAIR
Classification:
Homicide
Characteristics: He
wanted to know what it was like to have sex with a boy
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder:
November 11,
1978
Date of birth: ???
Victim profile: Paul
Kingsley, 11
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United
Kingdom
Status: Found
not guilty of murder. Sentenced to 7 years in prison for
manslaughter
Date of crime: 11/11/78
Motive: He wanted to know what
it was like to have sex with a boy.
Crime: The murder of Paul
Kingsley, aged 11, in Bradford.
Method: He strangled Kingsley by
mistake after having had sex with him.
Sentence: He was found not guilty
of murder, and received 7 years imprisonment for manslaughter.
Interesting facts:
According to
the pathologist, this occasion was not the first time Paul had engaged
in homosexual acts as a passive partner - he had endulged frequently in
the past. The last act however had been forceful.
The way in which
Sinclair was found guilty was based on forensic evidence. In Sinclair's
home a pair of trousers were found that were made out of identical
fibres to some found on the clothes of Kingsley. This was not enough
evidence to prosecute him with however. Then 4 red fibres were found on
Paul's clothes, and 5 of the same fibres were also found on the trousers
of Sinclair. A towel was found in Sinclair's home which matched all nine
red fibres. This was enough evidence.
MurderUK.com
The use of forensic evidence by both the
prosecution and the defence
Forensic evidence can show only two things
but in a variety of ways. It can prove that the accused is guilty, or it
can prove that the accused is innocent of the crime for which he is on
trial. In this way, forensic science is exceedingly valuable.
An example of how useful such evidence can
be can be seen in the case of the murder of Paul Kingsley by Anthony
Sinclair. In this case, the victim, a nine year old boy named Paul
Kingsley, never turned up to Scouts one evening, nor did he return home
that night. His body was found soon after having been violated and
strangled.
Evidence was scarce, and the case was
investigated for a long time. It was noted that some fibres that were
found on the clothes of the boy did not belong to him or any of the
clothes in his wardrobe. They were analysed and it was discovered that
they originated from a factory in Switzerland.
The only people that used that type of
carpet fibre in that particular shade in Britain were a commercial
company. But it was discovered, after a long period of detective work
that an off-cut had been used to carpet Anthony Sinclair’s car. In
conjunction with other circumstantial evidence, this forensic evidence
led directly to the arrest of the accused, and finally to his conviction.
