Montages

Identikit pictures

Idenikit Pics by Guy Wallace and Bar Staff

Left by Guy Wallace Right Rest of Bar Staff

Sketch pictures by Anna Hollings

instructed by Guy Wallace & Roz McNielly

Scott in blue denim shirt

with white tee

Eyes closed blinking

Scott Watson 9:30pm

New Year's Eve 1997

Scott's hair is 8 days longer

than on New Year's Eve 1997

Scott January 8 1998

watson080198

Clean Shaven and Short Hair

Top above at the Police Identikit compositions which were reluctantly accepted by Guy Wallace and Roz McNeilly as the man "sleazing" in the Bar at Furneaux and on the Naiad .

Centre above Identification sketches drawn by Anna Hollings to instructions from Guy and Roz of the man and accepted by Chey Phips also a barman as being accurate.

Bottom is Scott Watson the man Police claim matched the man "sleazing" in the Bar and on the Naiad with Ben and Olivia.

The Resemblance is striking

Below the montages police used to try and get a match with ... and finally succeeded after 3 1/2 months trying.

Note the lack of resemblance to the Identikits and sketches and the the many verbal descriptions all of which spoke of a man with medium to long hair variously described as dirty, unkempt, needing a cut , uncombed parted with a fringe.

The man was also described is being 30-35 thin or 'wiry' and unshaven for several days.

First Montage A

This Montage was the first one made and shown only to Guy Wallace who did not identify Scott from it

Second Montage A

Again no one identified Scott as the Unidentified man in the bar and on the Naiad

Montage B

It was from this montage that Police finally got a conditional positive Identification

It would appear that, contrary to the recommended best practice, the police choose fillers (people they knew were not suspects) more for resemblance to the man they said was "not a suspect" than to the descriptions of the suspect given by witnesses.

By international best practice standards this would be the perfect example of how not to conduct a photo spread or montage.

Many police jurisdictions and governments ant enacting legislation to stop the use of photo spreads or montages and they have been shown to be at the centre of over 80% of exonerations by DNA evidence.

Virginia Line up Law 2005

As a sign of good faith my name and address

Lindsay R. Kennard, 2 Dash Street, Waimate 7924, South Canternury, New Zealand