A former detective claims missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh (pictured) wasn't on her way to meet 'Mr Kipper' on the day she disappeared
A former detective claims missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh wasn't on her way to meet 'Mr Kipper' on the day she disappeared.
David Videcette says he has unearthed compelling evidence to suggest the case was flawed from day one and suggests she faked an appointment to cover her tracks with her bosses.
Miss Lamplugh, 25, vanished in July 1986 after apparently arranging to show a client around a house that was for sale in Fulham, west London.
In her office diary she recorded details of a lunchtime appointment with 'Mr Kipper' at a property in Shorrolds Road.
But former Scotland Yard detective Mr Videcette, who has spent three years investigating the case, believes she never actually visited Shorrolds Road.
He is convinced Miss Lamplugh invented the appointment as she left the office unattended to go on a personal errand in work time.
Mr Videcette believes the police focus on Mr Kipper caused them to miss vital evidence.
The police probe centred on identifying Mr Kipper. In 2002, the Met Police named convicted rapist and killer John Cannan as the key suspect.
The police probe centred on identifying Mr Kipper (left, an efit of the man last seen with Miss Lamplugh on the day she vanished). In 2002, the Met Police named convicted rapist and killer John Cannan (right) as the key suspect
Last November they even began digging up Cannan's late mother's garden (pictured) in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, but found nothing.
Last November they even began digging up Cannan's late mother's garden in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, but found nothing.
Cannan, 64, serving three life sentences for murder and a series of sex attacks, has denied any involvement.
Mr Videcette, now a freelance investigator, told the Daily Telegraph: 'It was clear that the accepted narrative was that Suzy had met her fate after meeting Mr Kipper at Shorrolds Road.
'Unfortunately, that version of events became the accepted narrative and anything that did not fit with it was discounted by the original investigating team.
Miss Lamplugh was officially declared dead in 1994. Her bereft parents Paul and Diana (pictured) died never knowing what happened to her
Suzy Lamplugh (pictured) was declared dead, presumed murdered, after going missing in 1986. John Cannan was named by police as their prime suspect in 2002. The garden of his mother's former home was searched last November
'By 2002 the investigation was entirely focused on finding evidence to prove that John Cannan was Mr Kipper. But the more I looked into it, the more I became convinced that something vital had been missed.
'There is compelling evidence that has convinced me the infamous appointment at Shorrolds Road at 12.45pm on July 28 1986 never took place.
'It is my firm view that Suzy put the Mr Kipper entry in her diary because she had to nip out to meet
