Anyone reading the Alan Hall case would be shocked at the blatant attempt to frame him for the crime. Tolley, 30, was shot point-blank in her home in December 2016, in what police described at the time as “an execution-type killing”. After an extensive investigation, named Operation Archer, three men were eventually charged in 2019 with her murder. The refusal to release the report follows continued efforts by police to withhold material relating to the Lois Tolley investigation and the CIPEM interviewing method. Detective Superintendent Tom Fitzgerald also was responsible for that other great questionable miscarriage of justice case, the murder of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart.
