Comparison of Witness Statements of Events at Cyprus High Commission on 14th May, 1987.
The cells highlighted in yellow identify the inconsistent evidence - it cannot all be true.
"PK" denotes Panos Koupparis

Witness

On Entry to HC

While Inside HC

On Exit from HC

The Arrest

Paddington Green
P. O'NEILL
Statement 1
Statement 2
On Oath 1
On Oath 2

Saw three strips of passport photos. PK left his briefcase in the Mercedes. No mention of any gloves in statement.
(Also said that PK wanted to visit Milton Keynes and Beaconsfield after the High Commission but then said only Beaconsfield.)

    

Saw three men pin PK to railings. Identified PK's briefcase in Mercedes to Knox who seized it.

  
T. PANAYIDES
Statement
On Oath 1
On Oath 2		  

Said PK gave him three photo strips from which he chose two passport photos (RH/4). Testified on 12/04/89 that PK 'When he came in he came with empty hands meaning he had no glove on the left hand.' Did not testify that PK had left his office with the money envelope.

      
DCI HANCOCK
Statement		  

Said Panayides gave him two passport photos (RH/4) and tapes RH/3 and RH/2.

    

Gave RH/4, RH/3 and RH/2 to Pratt on 18th May.
DS AYRES
Statement
On Oath 1
On Oath 2

Said he saw a black glove on PK's left hand holding some papers.

  

Arrested PK with money envelope and filofax (NP/674)

    
DC DILLON
Statement 1		  

Saw PK leave office carrying the brown envelope.

Saw PK with the money envelope outside the HC.

    
DS KNOX
Statement
On Oath 1
On Oath 2		    

Saw PK with black glove on left hand.

Said he seized briefcase in Mercedes and gave it to Madden at the scene.

  
DC MADDEN
Statement 2
On Oath 1
On Oath 2

Saw a black glove on PK's left hand holding several magazines.

  

Arrested PK with money envelope, filofax and several magazines

Said he received briefcase from Knox while in police vehicle with PK.

Said PK opened briefcase at police station. Said PK was carrying two money bundles in overcoat GM/1. Gave property to Pratt that day.
DC MARTIN
Statement		      

Said he was with Knox when the briefcase was recovered from the Mercedes. Said little else in his statement.

  
DC PRATT
Statement
On Oath 1
On Oath 2
Read at Trial		        

Said he found the filofax, the matching half of RH/4 and two full photo strips inside the briefcase. From PK, he took a pair of black gloves and a magazine from coat pocket addressed to Mr Baha, Cyprus High Commission.
Exhibit Tape RH/3   PK gives Panayides some photo strips. Panayides selects two passport photos and returns the rest. Panayides offers PK the money envelope. PK says he doesn't want to carry that much cash around, he only needs two bundles today, he'll leave the rest with Panayides. PK asks if Panayides wants a receipt for the money? Panayides says, no I don't want a receipt. PK asks, do you want to ask me any questions? Panayides says, no thank you.      
Police Video Tape A Mercedes pulls up outside the High Commission. PK leaves the vehicle carrying a small black object consistent with a filofax. PK is not wearing gloves.
(Undisclosed police surveillance tapes of PK's telephone calls confirm that he had contacted military equipment suppliers in Milon Keynes and Beaconsfield that morning and had managed to make an appointment later that day to purchase an expensive item of equipment from a company in Beaconsfield.)		 PK enters the building. Plain clothes officers position themselves in the doorways of adjacent buildings. PK leaves the building carrying a magazine and a filofax. PK is not wearing gloves or carrying a large brown envelope. DC Madden walks towards PK head on while two officers run up from behind. PK is grabbed from behind, thrown against the railings and punched three times in the kidneys. The filofax falls to the ground. There is no money envelope at the scene. PK is pinned against the railings. Det. Supt. Alec Edwards and Sir Brian Worth emerge from the High Commission and smile at the camera. An officer picks up the filofax from the ground. PK is escorted to the back seat of an unmarked police vehicle. An officer hands PK's briefcase to WDC Y Miles who puts it in the boot. The vehicle drives off with five occupants.  

Explanation

The key exhibits are the money envelope, the filofax, the two passport photos (RH/4) and the briefcase.

According to Neil Pratt, he found the passport photos and the filofax in the briefcase. That is impossible. It demonstrates an attempt by the police to remove the passport photos from the scene.

The video tape shows that the money envelope was not at the scene of arrest. Audio tape RH/3 shows why.

The video tape shows that PK wore no gloves. The police witnesses invented the black leather glove on PK's left hand to explain the absence of suitably positioned fingerprints on the specially prepared money envelope.

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