Mr. Brierley was called back, as you probably remember after Christmas, to deal with the references in the letter to him, and he said that he could not remember whether he had been with her to the doctor on the occasion which was mentioned in the letter. He agreed she had been diagnosed with severe depression. He had no recollection of Carol Park leaving the house and him not knowing where she was. All he remembered was Carol leaving with Gordon Park and the children. He said she had left on only two occasions. Once was at the Easter of 1975, and again at the end of August. He denied having reported her to the police as missing on any occasion. He said that Carol had never walked out, leaving with her whereabouts unknown to him. He insisted there was no third occasion of separation, apart from Easter and the end of August, and he had no recollection of contacts with Mr. West as mentioned in the copy letter. He said that on final parting he knew his relationship with Carol was finished, and there would be no further contact with her. He said it was the end of the nightmare, it was like a visit to the hospital or dentist when it was over. It was a blessed relief.
Mr. Park told us a little bit about that Summer before Carol returned. He said that during the Summer term of 1975 when he thought that Carol was at Normanby with Mr. Brierley, a uniformed police officer had arrived at his home asking for information about Carol. The officer said that Carol had been reported missing by Mr. Brierley, and he had understood subsequently that she had been traced to her mother's home, so that is the evidence we have about that incident of possible disappearance of Carol in the Summer of 1975.