(699)  POLICE INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN A HAPPY MEDIUM

The trial of Vincent Simpson, accused of murdering Elizabeth McCabe in 1980, has shed light on some more esoteric police practices in evidence-gathering.  Former senior detective Norman Robertson gave evidence that the police had visited what was described as a trance medium” a month after the body of Ms McCabe was found in February 1980.  At the time Robertson was a detective constable.  He recalled that there had been subdued lighting and that officers had held hands although