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| Jenkins murder claim is dismissed | Jenkins murder claim is dismissed |
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| Police have dismissed a claim by the former deputy head teacher Sion Jenkins that a "mystery man" may have murdered his foster daughter Billie-Jo Jenkins. | Police have dismissed a claim by the former deputy head teacher Sion Jenkins that a "mystery man" may have murdered his foster daughter Billie-Jo Jenkins. |
| Mr Jenkins, of Portsmouth, was cleared of murder in 2006. He recently released an e-fit of a man he claims was in his house shortly after he found the body. | Mr Jenkins, of Portsmouth, was cleared of murder in 2006. He recently released an e-fit of a man he claims was in his house shortly after he found the body. |
| But Sussex Police said there was no-one unaccounted for in Mr Jenkins' Hastings home at the time. | But Sussex Police said there was no-one unaccounted for in Mr Jenkins' Hastings home at the time. |
| On Monday Mr Jenkins said he had launched a £500,000 compensation claim. | On Monday Mr Jenkins said he had launched a £500,000 compensation claim. |
| He told BBC News he had made the claim to the government for the six years he spent in prison before being cleared. | He told BBC News he had made the claim to the government for the six years he spent in prison before being cleared. |
| 'No investigations' | 'No investigations' |
| He said: "This is not something I just said now. To have Sussex [Police] say that everyone is accounted for, that it not what they were saying [at the time] and I want the statements from them." | |
| But a police spokesman said: "We believe we've identified to our satisfaction all the people who were at the address. No one is unaccounted for." | But a police spokesman said: "We believe we've identified to our satisfaction all the people who were at the address. No one is unaccounted for." |
| The spokesman said that police would be writing to Mr Jenkins to inform him that they would not be carrying out further investigations into the claim. | The spokesman said that police would be writing to Mr Jenkins to inform him that they would not be carrying out further investigations into the claim. |
| Police added that in the absence of "new, significant or compelling" evidence there were no new "viable" lines of inquiry into the murder. | Police added that in the absence of "new, significant or compelling" evidence there were no new "viable" lines of inquiry into the murder. |
| The Billie-Jo Jenkins murder case remains unsolved | The Billie-Jo Jenkins murder case remains unsolved |
| Billie-Jo was found battered to death with an iron tent peg in February 1997. | Billie-Jo was found battered to death with an iron tent peg in February 1997. |
| Mr Jenkins, who was cleared of the murder in 2006, insisted Billie-Jo must have been killed by an intruder while he visited a DIY store. | Mr Jenkins, who was cleared of the murder in 2006, insisted Billie-Jo must have been killed by an intruder while he visited a DIY store. |
| In 1998 he was convicted at Lewes Crown Court of murdering her and jailed for life but had a retrial in 2005 after successfully appealing. | In 1998 he was convicted at Lewes Crown Court of murdering her and jailed for life but had a retrial in 2005 after successfully appealing. |
| However, the jury failed to agree a verdict and a second retrial ended the same way in 2006, allowing him to walk free. | However, the jury failed to agree a verdict and a second retrial ended the same way in 2006, allowing him to walk free. |