BIBLE JOHN NEW SUSPECTS

Public come forward with dozens of names after updated images of notorious murder suspect

- JANE HAMILTON

NAMES of potential suspects have emerged in the Bible John case following updated images showing what the killer may look like now.

The serial killer, believed to have murdered three young women in Glasgow over 50 years ago, has never been caught.

But the deaths of Helen Puttock, Jemima McDonald, and Patricia Docker have attracted renewed interest following a BBC documentary in November which examined the hunt for their killer.

New photofits of the suspect were also published in the Record and dozens of potential suspects have been put forward by the public.

Police were given an account of the killer by Jean Langford, who shared a taxi with him and her sister Helen on the night she died.

But despite thousands of men being interviewed, the killer, dubbed Bible John because he quoted from the holy book, has never been identified.

One potential new suspect is a man who worked in a laboratory at Glasgow's Royal Infirmary but left the city to live in Dublin before returning in the early 70s.

A source said: “This man came from a very religious background. He told co-workers he frequented the dance halls at the weekends and his face was remarkably similar to the photofit. Not the painting but the original image.