He does not look like the official police photofit:
In fact, witnesses at the time thought the suspect was tall with red hair. Tobin was short with brown hair.
The killer quoted from the bible and spoke about a religious upbringing:
In the taxi, John spoke politely about his religious upbringing, quoting at ease from the Bible."I don't drink at Hogmanay," he said, "I pray." (Full Article)
This suggests it was someone from a protestant rather than catholic background. Catholics in Scotland did not routinely study the bible until after Vatican II and even then it only became common in the 1970's. However, the police have said recently that this aspect is more of a media creation and the witness who had reported it had described it as a passing comment not a repeated subject of conversation.
Tobin's age at the time of the first Bible John murder was 22 which is within the age range of the suspect.
The current police position on the Bible John killings seems to be that they were probably carried out by different people and they are all separate crimes. This is why they have been reticent to speak about any potential connection with Tobin and could explain why the photofit and the artists impression are so different. They may be of entirely different people.
Tobin's age at the time of the first Bible John murder was 22 which is within the age range of the suspect.
The current police position on the Bible John killings seems to be that they were probably carried out by different people and they are all separate crimes. This is why they have been reticent to speak about any potential connection with Tobin and could explain why the photofit and the artists impression are so different. They may be of entirely different people.
Apparently there is DNA evidence from one of the crime scenes so the Police may be able to settle this question finally.
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Peter Tobin looks more like the police photofit in the Crimewatch picture of him here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7727680.stm
My concern is that the artists impression was done by a newspaper, not by the police. The police photo fit of Bible John was made up with information from various direct witnesses and should therefore be more accurate.
Given that there is DNA evidence in the Bible John case its surprising that Tobin has not been implicated yet given that his DNA was put on the national database when he was arrested for the murder of Angelina Kluk.
This either means they have not looked yet or they have not found a match. If they had looked and found a match the news would have leaked out by now.
I don't think Tobin is Bible John. He would have been to young according to the witness description. Tobin is interested in young woman/girls whereas the Barrowland victims were in their mid to late twenties and thirties.
I have also read many times that the "Bible quotation" evidence has been blown out of all proportion from what actually happened.
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