UNITED KINGDOM
The Argus
by Rachel Millard, Reporter
An inquiry into abuse at a boys’ home may provide clues to crack a 35-year-old unsolved murder, the man originally convicted of the killing has said.
Colin Wallace, who spent nearly six years in prison following the death of Brighton antiques dealer Jonathan Lewis, told The Argus questions remain unanswered over the 1980 mystery.
The now 72-year-old, who was cleared on appeal in 1996, was an Army intelligence office working in Northern Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s.
As well as working on secretive black propaganda missions at the height of the Troubles, Mr Wallace also blew the whistle on abuse at the notorious Kincora boys’ home in Belfast. Following his release from prison, investigative journalist Paul Foot suggested he may have been framed over the death in order to keep him quiet over his top secret work in Northern Ireland and what he knew about Kincora. An inquiry into abuse at the home is ongoing in Northern Ireland, and, speaking to The Argus from his home in Arundel, Mr Wallace said it may yet spark revelations about the Lewis case.
He said: “The whole thing, in my own mind, I link the two up but in reality I have to keep the two separate. The danger is I cannot prove anything.
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