THE PIECES OF CARLSSONS CASE TELL A STORY (From Dr Morag Kerr) The only luggage which could possibly have arrived in the shed before Bedford set up the container just after two o’clock was Mr Carlsson’s single suitcase and Nicola Halls suitcase. However, although Miss Hall was booked on Pan Am 103, her suitcase was sent to New York on Pan Am 101 which left at mid-day. Thus the bomb bag, having been substituted for Nicola Halls suitcase, must have been adjacent to Bernt Carlssons grey Presikhaaf hardshell suitcase. Mr Carlsson’s case was the most severely damaged of the group, but even that was not presented in court as having sustained damage consistent with its having been underneath the bomb, and since it is known to have been placed immediately behind the bomb suitcase within a foot or so of the IED, it would have been expected to be severely damaged in any event. The thing is, the bomb wasnt in Carlssons bag. Carlssons bag is one of the most important pieces of evidence in the case, but because it was behind the bomb suitcase. And because it gives us 100% certainty that the bomb suitcase was on the floor of the container with its left-hand side elevated into the overhang section. Bernt Carlssons Presikhaaf suitcase had an unusual construction. It had an aluminium frame that was recovered intact. And it had a separate panel of lining fabric covering the inside of the hinge end which was attached by press studs. Because it was the earliest case to arrive in the Interline shed, by some margin, Bedford was able to tell the cops exactly where he put it in the container. He didnt know it was Carlssons case of course but he knew it was the one that was already there before 2 oclock. And he put it upright, handle up hinge down, on the left-hand side of the back part of the container. The bomb suitcase was later put in front of it. The pieces of Carlssons case tell a story. The aluminium frame has been violently bashed in at one side, with severe pitting of the outside surface by a high explosive blast. This shows the case was exactly where it was supposed to be. The hinge-end piece of fabric has suffered severe, destructive charring on one side. This shows absolutely definitely that there was no other bag below the bomb bag, because that would have prevented that panel being charred in that way. This, to me, absolutely screams out from the photos of the remains of the case. But the forensics guys never spotted it. (wikispooks/wiki/Morag_Kerr#The_pieces_of_Carlsson.27s_case_tell_a_story)
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