Mark Williams-Thomas AGAIN - Now he claims to have new leads on the JILL DANDO and CLAUDIA LAWRENCE cases - but why exactly do the police & media give him special treatment, and who is promoting him?

Today the print and TV media are awash with the news that Mark Williams-Thomas is close to solving the mystery of the cold-blooded killing of TV presenter Jill Dando. Oh, and according to This Morning and the Daily Mail, he’s also close to solving the murder of Claudia Lawrence. I reproduce the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror reports on the case below. His claim to be close to solving the Dando case appears to be based on no more than a shadowy, unnamed underworld figure who says he knows ...