An ex-detective who played a key role in the hunt for serial killer Bible John has called for the case to be reopened. It follows allegations that senior officers in the original 60s investigation orchestrated a “cover-up” on a suspect 48 hours after the last murder.
Ex-detective superintendent Robert Johnstone believes the Crown Office should order Police Scotland to carry out fresh inquiries.
Johnstone spent more than a year on the Bible John case, working with CID boss Joe Beattie at Partick police station in Glasgow. But two former detectives who reinvestigated the case in 1995 claim Beattie kept the name of prime suspect John Irvine McInnes out of the probe as he was the cousin of a close friend – police officer James McInnes.
