Double cop killer's daughters break 60 year silence in fight for truth
Aug 30 2008 by Barry Gibson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
THE daughters of a man hanged for murdering two police officers in Kirkheaton have spoken for the first time.
They talk of their “childhood from hell” after their father Alfred Moore was executed in 1952.
The three women – who don’t wish to be identified – want to clear their dad’s name.
They contacted former Huddersfield detectives Steven Lawson and Collin van Bellen, who are investigating the case.
After studying more than 200 pages of Moore’s trial records from the National Archives, the former police officers are convinced the prosecution case against him was weak, with no forensic evidence and a flawed identification parade.
Mr Lawson said the three women were still deeply effected by their father’s execution.
He said: “We have been meeting with the daughters for some time but they are still traumatised by what has happened.
“Now the matter is back in the public domain they want to get involved and clear their father’s name.
“They are aware that two police officers died and their families were ripped apart but they want the truth to come out.
“They and we would like to see Alfred Moore’s name cleared by the Court of Appeal. They want to gather enough evidence to send to the Criminal Cases Review Commission and urge them to take it forward to the appeal court.”
