The police enquiry also focused on several other unidentified suspects seen close to Mrs. Bolshaw’s home on the night of 8^th/9^th October. There were a number of suspicious sightings, which included:-

• A bearded man walking in Buffs Lane carrying a bag at 11.00pm on 8th October.

• In the early hours of 8th/9th October a male of heavy build with shoulder length hair almost ran into a car being driven along Buffs Lane, running from the direction of 5 Buffs lane (the home of Mrs. Bolshaw.)

• During the week before her death, Mrs. Bolshaw had told people that underwear had been taken from her washing line, and that she had received an anonymous telephone call.