Over the years, convicted murderer Bert Spencer (born 1940) has been mentioned in the media as a possible suspect for the murder. Spencer, a uniformed ambulance driver who worked at Corbett Hospital in Stourbridge lived in Wordsley and was a neighbour of Bridgewater, living five houses away. He was investigated by police in the immediate aftermath of the murder, not least because he drove a blue Vauxhall Viva - the same type of car which had been seen at the farm on the afternoon of the murder. Witnesses also said that the driver of the car was a uniformed man. Spencer had a shotgun licence and was regularly allowed to shoot at Yew Tree Farm. However, he was eliminated from police inquiries within a few months after the arrest of the four other suspects. In December 1979, at a party at neighbouring Holloway Farm to celebrate Spencer's 40th birthday, Spencer shot dead 70-year-old Hubert Wilkes. He admitted to this, while claiming it was a case of manslaughter and not murder. [12] Like Carl, Hubert Wilkes had been shot while sitting on a sofa. Spencer was imprisoned for life in 1980 and served 15 years before being paroled in 1995. [13] Police hunt Bridgewater killersPolice have launched a massive manhunt for the killers of a young paperboy. Footage shows mask-wearing crowds piling into an 'overwhelmed' Beijing hospital amid fears over mystery... Simon W Golding from Bridgnorth, is pictured with the documents found in a skip which is about the Carl Bridgewater case (Image: -)

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The others were simple with neat, trimmed, lawns – Spencer’s was crammed with pottery figures of animals and what looked like angels, a pram he’d painted white, a little wooden bridge and scattered pots of assorted plants. Natalie and Zafar Rushdie are expecting their second child! Singer shares excitement at having 'positive' things to look forward to In a statement, Spencer said: "After enduring 40 years of unrelenting persecution by the news media and campaign groups, lies, deceit and hearsay have all contributed to my current state of ill health.

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