‘Was Alfred convicted on officers’ lies?’

A MAN has denied ignoring a ban on contacting his sister.

Nicholas Williams pleaded not guilty at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court to a charge of breaching a non-molestation order on November 26.

The 49-year-old allegedly did this by making numerous phone calls to his sister, Susan Hartley, and her husband Paul.

Prosecutor Jill Seddon told the Huddersfield court that there was some threatening behaviour from Williams but this was via phone calls rather than face-to-face contact.

Williams, of Frances Road, Dewsbury, was granted conditional bail ahead of his trial on March 2. Former detective Steve Lawson (far left) is fighting to prove Alfred Moore (main) did not kill Duncan Fraser and Gordon Jagger (left)

But in 2013 the CCRC announced it would not refer the conviction to the Court of Appeal, saying it had been “unable to identify new evidence that is capable of raising a real possibility that the Court of Appeal would quash the conviction.”

This week Mr Lawson said he was continuing to investigate the case with a view to submitting a fresh application to the CCRC. He said the new application was being considered by a barrister before it was submitted. Around £5,000 has been raised to pay for legal advice before the case is submitted.

Mr Lawson has been looking at archive documents which he says “strongly suggest that certain officers committed perjury at the original trial.” He says the information proves Moore did not have a fair trial. He says a police ID parade involving Moore contained two men who were different in age by over 10 years.

Mr Lawson believes the fresh application to the CCRC has a better chance of succeeding than the previous one which did not have the benefit of being reviewed by a barrister.

He said: “We want the case looked at legally to see if there’s a basis for a resubmission to the CCRC and we will be guided by what the legal advice is.

“We are awaiting a decision from lawyers having presented them with all the information and relevant documents.

“It’s a long slog but we keep going. The more we find out, the more we are convinced that Alfred was innocent.”