THE CAMEO CASE REVISITED

I am of course grateful to the two "anonymous" correspondents who favourably commented on my Cameo Appeal piece.
But can I just say that although I did indeed reveal the crucial appeal-winning statement in 1998 in my book, it was Lou Santangeli, who also discovered it and successfully pursued the case through the legal channels.
He ploughed his own furrow at his own expense for years, only for the lawyers and the Kelly Family to  wrongly be given all the praise.

I do not wish to castigate the Kelly family. I simply believe that the man responsible for such a monumental victory, which vindicated their uncle and removed the decades-old stain from their family name, deserved a simple Thank You.

 As for the comment about Kelly's brothers being blinded by their brothers fate. Firstly his brothers are long dead. Nobody, certainly not me, is criticising them. But there is no justification  for the remaining members of his  family not expressing gratitude to Mr Santangeli.

I myself  have not been given any recognition for my efforts nor do I expect any. On the contrary I have been criticised as someone who has exploited the case and the Kelly family's grief for mercenary gain.  But I can assure you this feeling is not shared by the Connolly family. And I can say with the utmost authority that the supposed financial gain  is no more than an ill-informed figment of these critics imagination.

My motivation like Mr Santangeli's - even though we were working seperately at the time -  was simply to expose a terrible miscarriage of justice. And despite the lack of recognition and thanks, I think Mr Santangeli, like myself, will be quite content that we both succeeded in our different ways.