• John’s ex-wife claimed that John had said he removed stripes from his car to prevent it being recognised as a car seen at the deceased’s house.

• But the car was a basic model provided by the company, so unlikely to have any distinctive markings.
  
  
• Some time earlier, when John had a different car, he had been involved in a road accident. The stripes on the repaired wing of the car could not be matched so he had removed the stripes on the other one. He felt that his ex-wife was confused between the two different cars.