• After John was arrested a witness came forward to say he had seen John and Mrs.Bolshaw in a local hotel chatting together a few nights before the murder.
  
  
• John said they met briefly to discuss when they would next meet – this being arranged for the following Saturday.
  
  
• This would have been the first weekend in some months that Mrs. Bolshaw was alone at home as her daughter in law had previously been staying with her. Barbara Taft was in Sussex. So it was convenient for both to meet that weekend.

This meeting in a public place shows that John’s relationship with Mrs. Bolshaw was amicable. Also, he was not hiding the fact that he knew her before she died.