The mobile phone expert who helped put Danielle Jones's killer behind bars could help free the Rettendon Range Rover murderers.

David Bristowe, whose evidence proved Stuart Campbell lied about his alibi, has handed new evidence to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) relating to the deaths of three Essex villains.

The CCRC has the power to refer a criminal case back to the Court of Appeal.

Jack Whomes and Michael Steele were jailed for life in January 1998 for the murders of Pat Tate, Tony Tucker and Craig Rolfe, found blasted to death in 1995 in a quiet Rettendon country lane.

At the trial, phone evidence suggested Whomes was in the country lane when he called Darren Nicholls, a small-time crook who eventually turned supergrass and on whose word the jury convicted the killers.

However, Mr Bristowe's meticulous experiments, using Whomes's phone, may now show the original evidence was wrong.

John Whomes, Jack's brother, has consistently campaigned for the release of the pair, convinced of their innocence as more evidence contradicts the courts' findings.

John said: "Mr Bristowe has carried out much of his work for our campaign for no fee because he is so convinced that his evidence is correct. During the trial many of the experiments were not carried out and Mr Bristowe is concerned with what is right and true - not just what one person said was true."

Published Monday, January 6, 2003

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