Revisiting the Boxall Littlemore interview.
Stuart Littlemore is regarded as a highly intelligent barrister and lawyer, so much so he has earned silk and was responsible for representing Eddie Obeid, Pauline Hanson and Schapelle Corby. He has lectured, hosted TV shows, written books and is regarded as about the smoothest operator in his profession.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Littlemore
You could imagine him in a courtroom impaling a sweating witness, stripping away his pretences and lies, reducing the poor wretch to a blubbering mess. In those instances lawyers such as Littlemore are fully briefed, they have rehearsed their questions and know what answers to expect. They are truly formidable men.
But not so formidable that day in Alf Boxall’s living room when he dropped by for an informal on the record chat with the old boy.
Because he didn’t ask Alf if he knew a man named Keane ….
.. and he didn’t bring a picture of the Somerton Man to the interview to ask Alf if he knew him …
.. and he didn’t ask Alf if he knew Jessica as Jestyn.
Then we have these unanswered questions.
What was it that kept Jessica silent to her death? Same with Chemist Freeman, not a living word from him either. And why do you think Paul Lawson wanted to pull the shutters down on his interview with Littlemore?
What they all had in common was they wanted to keep something secret.
Was it just to hide the identity of an itinerant electrical fitter?
The Somerton Man .. 
Perhaps Littlemore should have been asked the same questions? Or, perhaps Littlemore was more anxious to see his name in print? Either way, when u look back, what a missed opportunity he had to show photos and probe deeper than he did. Paul Lawson was a Freemason, so taking that at face value perhaps he knew when to keep mum?
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Littlemore had no need of any further publicity.. and whatever prompted Lawson to suggest the interview be shut down was not due to his religious beliefs .. it was more to do with his fear of betraying a confidence .. being my view.
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@Pete…..Did Littlemore ever do any more work, concerning SM, after his original investigation? You’d think a case that you had been associated with, that had become so high profile, worldwide, would have been manna from heaven for a young reporter like him.
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No mate, he moved on. Busy man.
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Strange that he could simply walk away from a case so interesting, after being so prominent in getting the ball rolling again after (in 1978) 30 years.
As ya’ll know,,,I’m a serial conspiracy theorist, so I have to conclude he was paid off or warned off and is now officially part of the cover-up.
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I’m wondering after Littlemore had finished his ‘interviews’, if he was asked by the authorities what he thought about the individuals he had spoken to-were they being honest or did Littlemore get the impression they were hiding something. I don’t suppose this ever happened, if it did I doubt we will never know.
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I got the impression that the doco was somehow driven by ol’ mate postie (Ruffles?) . It seemed to focus on “his” conspiracy theory rather than the story itself.
Maybe it’s jsut me, but it really seemed like the documntry is about Postie early on, and then later shifts to “now we’d better just cover some of the known details” – sort of like somewhere in between filming they’d decided they were flogging a dead horse, but had gone far enough to warrant completing the filming and producing something.
In that case, Littlemore is interviewing some of those chaps looking for footage rather than digging into the story.
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The government was peripheral
to a US Cold War espionage matter
Keep out of it unless we need you
and keep your trap shut
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In the actual words of Charles Wooley –
“Alan you might have the wrong bloke.
I have no memory of the people you mention.
Of course I have interviewed thousands of people over the past few decades buy (sic) I can’t help you here.”
He actually didn’t say “(sic)” but, well!
So many I have contacted have a similar recollection (if they answer at all)!
Producers, researchers, executives! They all have amnesia!
Stuart will reply but it is via his front desk firewall.
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Littlemore simply didn’t try hard enough with Boxall.
Five minutes with me and he would have spilt the beans.
Would have water-boarded the smug barsteward..or made him drink West End Lager…
They always talk eventually.
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