The Scotsman

New images shows Bible John’s teeth as crooked

- By GEORGE MAIR

A new likeness of the serial killer Bible John is revealed in a TV documentar­y, showing him for the first time with distinctiv­e crooked teeth.

Bible John is believed to have killed three young women, Jemima Macdonald, Patricia Docker and Helen Puttock between 1968 and 1969, after meeting them at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow.

As part of the biggest murder investigat­ion of its kind in Scotland, an artist's impression was commission­ed using the testimony of victim Helen Puttock's sister Jeannie Williams.

Later, the first black and white photofit ever used in a Scots murder hunt was issued, but neither showed the suspect's overlappin­g front teeth – a crucial detail recalled by Jeannie.

Despite numerous theories and thousands of men being interviewe­d, the killer, dubbed Bible John because he quoted from the Old Testament, has never been identified.

Police forensic artist Melissa Dring Little has now produced a new drawing for a two-part documentar­y, The Hunt for Bible John, which begins on BBC One Scotland on Monday.

It is based on the original picture by Lennox Paterson, registrar of the Glasgow School of Art, but includes the suspect's distinctiv­e teeth.

Ms Dring Little said: "Jeannie, the victim's sister, when she saw the drawing, said, 'Give that man a medal' – it was so closely resembling what she could recall.

"It is important that any detail that the witness recalls, it should be included. What I'm trying to do is make a copy of his drawing, but open the mouth to depict these teeth."

 ?? ?? Original photofit did not show crooked teeth
Original photofit did not show crooked teeth

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