Appendix D
Analysis of Witnesses heard since the hearings resumed and the conclusions suggested
Witnesses and evidence
Conclusions (relevant to terms of reference)
Witnesses re the private investigations and especially the questions of interviews with male prostitutes.
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Male prostitutes re MacLennan's sexual preference and questions of whether he should have been prosecuted.
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Friends/acquaintances of MacLennan's re his sexual preference and likelihood of him having committed suicide.
Witnesses (and 11 statements read) re Yuen Long incident. Many witnesses only relevant to credibility of others.
Witnesses (including Fulton/Lindsay) giving indirect evidence re working methods of S.I.U.
Witnesses (one twice recalled) and 2 statements read re question of Fulton's credibility.
S.I.U. witnesses re. S.I.U. work methods; Fulton's credibility.
(a) MacLennan was homosexual (or at least bisexual).
He probably committed the offences with which he was charged.
(b) Ditto.
(c) MacLennan committed suicide.
(d) MacLennan may well have sexually accosted
David Lave
(e) His dismissal may have nonetheless been
unwarranted,
(f) No link with the 1979 events established,
(g) Fulton was probably asked to set up MacLenna
by the S.1.U. He refused to do so.
(h) The S.I.U. occasionally took short-outae
(i) Fulton may or may not be lying/cxaggerating.
(j) Ditto (h) and (1)
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