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Jo Yeates ‘didn’t know’ neighbour Vincent Tabak
Victim did not socialise with man police believe killed her, parents say
Vincent Tabak, the former neighbour charged last night with the murder of Jo Yeates, did not socialise with her or her boyfriend, Yeates's father says.
David Yeates told the press yesterday: "Jo and Greg didn't socialise [with him]. As far as I know, their paths never crossed."
He added: "It would be good if the person they have arrested is the right one this time, simply because then we wouldn't have to go through it all again.
"I have nothing personal against this man – I don't know him. We are just waiting now."
Tabak, who is 32, will appear in court tomorrow over the December killing. The Dutch man was arrested on Thursday and finally charged on Saturday night after two days of questioning.
An expert on the flow of people into and out of large buildings, Tabak works in Bath for engineering firm Buro Happold. He lived next door to the Clifton home of Jo Yeates and her boyfriend Greg Reardon.
Tabak, who co-habited with his English-speaking girlfriend Tanja Morson, left Bristol for a family holiday in Holland two days after Yeates was reported missing.
He was arrested after a phone call to police revealed new evidence last Wednesday. According to the Mail on Sunday, the caller was in tears after viewing an emotional TV plea by Jo Yeates's parents for information about her death.
Tabak is the second man to be arrested over the murder: Yeates's landlord, Chris Jefferies, was held on December 30 but later released on police bail.
Yeates was last seen leaving the Ram pub after drinks with her work colleagues on December 17. Her body was discovered off a country lane three miles away on Christmas Day. She had been strangled. ·
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To the first three posters:
Have you not noticed that we don't live in the country you like to think it is?
Freedom, justice & honour play no part in the EU's British province.
"Whatever happened to 'innocent until proven guilty' - one man has already had his life damaged by media speculation, now another? It's brainless and very, very wrong to report like this.
Posted by McQueue at 10:00am on January 24, 2011"
Innocent until proven guilty still exists...as in the article, which merely tells us that our paid servants, the police, believe he killed her...that is why he has been charged. Should we not know when someone has been charged by those employed by us?
It seems the media is exempt from observing the contempt of court act. How is anyone to get an imartial jury and a fair trial when they are treated this way by the media? It is a bit like ole judge Roy Bean, "I don't care how you plead you're still going to hang".
Whatever happened to 'innocent until proven guilty' - one man has already had his life damaged by media speculation, now another? It's brainless and very, very wrong to report like this.