Harding - Blood on the page: a murder, a secret trial and a search for the truth

Hanns and Rudolf

Kadian Journal

The House by the Lake

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Published by William Heinemann 2018

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Copyright Thomas Harding 2018

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Thomas Harding has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this Work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

First published in Great Britain in 2018 by William Heinemann

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For James

. Front door of 9 Downshire Hill, June 2006 (Rex Features)

. Manuscripts blocking doorway, June 2006 (evidence/Met Police)

. Allan Chappelows missing-person photograph, June 2006 (Rex Features)

. Kitchen at 9 Downshire Hill, June 2006 (Rex Features)

. Allan Chappelows bed at crime scene, June 2006 (evidence/Met Police)

. Allan Chappelows shoes under manuscripts, 2006 (evidence/Met Police)

. Exterior of 9 Downshire Hill, June 2006 (Rex Features)

. Ground floor sketch of 9 Downshire Hill (evidence/Met Police)

. Entomologists at 9 Downshire Hill, June 2006 (Rex Features)

. Allan Chappelows shirt, June 2006 (evidence/Met Police)

. Living room at 9 Downshire Hill, June 2006 (Rex Features)

. Back room at 9 Downshire Hill, June 2006 (Rex Features)

. Courtroom sketch of Wang Yam, January 2008 (artist Julia Quenzler)

. Wang Yams Curry Paradise receipt (author photo)

. Justice Sir Duncan Brian Walter Ouseley (Topfoto)

. Pete Lansdown, former Senior Investigating Officer, Metropolitan Police (Cayman Islands police department)

. Illustration of 9 Downshire Hill from Old Homes in England by Archibald Chappelow, 1953 (Harrison & Sons)

. 9 Downshire Hill front hall, 1920s (Burgh House)

. Allan Chappelow in the Hall School cricket team, 1930 (The Hall School)

. Allan, his father Archibald and aunt Lise, 9 Downshire Hill, 1952 (Merete Karlsbourg)

. The Chucker-Out photograph of George Bernard Shaw by Allan Chappelow, July 1950 (Allan Chappelow family/National Portrait Gallery)

. Downshire Hill with Allan Chappelows motorcycle in street, 1967 (Historic England)

. Allan Chappelow in leather jacket, 1980s (Allan Chappelow family)

. Allan Chappelow and Patty Ainsworth in Austin Texas, April 2006 (Steve Derrick)

. Wang Yam student ID, 1980s (author photo)

. Ren Bishi, Wang Yams grandfather, circa 1950 (public domain)

. Wang Yams father, grandmother and aunt, 1987 (Helen Praeger Young)

. Wang Yam and Li Jias wedding, 1991 (author photo)

. Wang Yams certificate of naturalisation, 1992 (author photo)

. Wang Yams UK immigration photo, 1992 (author photo)

. Wang Yam on CCTV at Tesco Express, June 2006 (evidence/Met Police)

. Wang Yams daughter Angela, self-portrait, 2008 (author photo)

. Wang Yam and Dong Hui cut wedding cake, Belmarsh prison, 2008 (Wang Yam)

. Wang Yams flat at 13c Denning Road, 2017 (author photo)

. Wang Yam, prison cell, 2017 (art Wang Yam/author photo)

. Wang Yam, prison self-portrait, 2017 (art Wang Yam/author photo)

. Spanking bench at West Heath, 2017 (author photo)

The publisher and author have made every effort to credit the copyright owners of any material that appears within, and will correct any omissions in subsequent editions if notified.

Allan Chappelow

Paul Chappelow (brother)

Karen Chappelow (mother)

Archibald Chappelow (father)

George Chappelow (grandfather)

Torben Permin (first cousins son)

Merete Karlsborg (first cousins daughter)

Patty Ainsworth (distant cousin)

James Chappelow (distant cousin

Michael Chappelow (distant cousin)

Wang Yam* (born Ren Hong)

Ren Bishi (grandfather)

Ren Yuanyuan (father)

Zhang Xiulan (mother)

Ren Jining (half-brother)

Zhu Xiaoping (first cousin)

Li Jia (first wife)

Dong Hui (second wife)

Angela (daughter)

Brian (son)

* According to Wang Yam

Allan Chappelows Neighbours and Friends

Lady Listowel

Steve and Jane Ainger

Peter Tausig

Nigel Steward

John and Peggy Sparrow

Thomas Carr (handyman)

Police

Pete Lansdown (Senior Investigating Officer)

Peter Devlin (officer day-to-day in charge of case)

Gerry Pickering (police detective/family liaison)

Rob Burrows (police constable)

Lawyers

Geoffrey Robertson (Wang Yams barrister)

Kirsty Brimelow (Wang Yams barrister)

James Mullion (Wang Yams solicitor)

Peter Wilcock (Wang Yams barrister)

Edward Preston (Wang Yams solicitor)

Mark Ellison (barrister for prosecution)

Mr Justice Ouseley (judge at Old Bailey)

Journalists

Duncan Campbell (Guardian)

Richard Norton-Taylor (Guardian)

Dan Carrier (Camden New Journal)

Wang Yam vs Regina was the first murder trial in modern British legal history to be held in camera, excluding the press and public from the process. This followed a government request that parts of the trial be heard in secret for reasons of national security and/or for the protection of the identity of a witness.

Following this request, an order was made on 15 January 2008 under section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 imposing wide-ranging reporting restrictions on the trial. It stated that journalists can not reveal evidence, submissions, judicial decisions or other matters heard or dealt with