Now, 30 years after the murder, Paul Britton, the forensic psychologist who helped detectives with the investigation, has finally come face to face with the man who was wrongly identified and accused as her killer. Their impromptu meeting, filmed by documentary makers, shows two men on opposite sides of the criminal investigation shaking hands. Mr Stagg tells Mr Britton it “feels a bit strange” to finally meet the psychologist involved in the much-criticised police investigation. Mr Britton, 76, replies by way of explanation: ‘You must have heard some stories. You must have been told various yarns which end up giving you a particular way of looking at events… Well, it caused both you and me difficulty.’ Mr Britton said he wanted to meet Mr Stagg and break his silence, deciding it was “time to get it straight”. After the meeting, Mr Stagg, aged 59 and a registered carer, told the Telegraph he now saw the psychologist, his one-time rival, as “more of a person”. However, he lamented that Britton took so long to defend himself after years of being wrongly suspected. Mr Britton explained that he was prevented from commenting at the time at the request of the police.
