Reviews of My Books
'A
must read ... fantastic', 'Very good', 'Great book', 'Fascinating', 'An
extraordinarily competent piece of work', 'carefully researched ...
meticulous', 'riveting reading'
This section of my website is devoted to customer reviews
of my books.
For media reviews and comments please visit the 'What The Media Has Said'
section of this website
As reviews of my books are made, I will include them on this section of
the website.
If you would like to make comments about my books then feel free to do so. I
enjoy hearing from those who read my work.
Here are some customer reviews. I can send more on request. They are genuine
but to respect privacy I have just used initials unless I have permission to
use their full name:
T. S. Ward (London)
‘If you care about justice then please buy this book, (18
Nov 2007) The author presents an intelligent and well paced treatise
on the subject of Jill Dando's murder. Lomax is clearly an honourable person
who values his role as an independent and unbiased observer of important
events. If true justice is to prevail in our ever diminishing 'democracy'
then we need to support those who invest time and effort in order to offset
the imbalance that exists between what is fact and what is presented as being
fact by those who clearly have a very nebulous interpretation as to what
constitutes integrity.’
M Kinnear from Scotland: 'What can be more worth
while than a book written to save a life? Hopefully as more people read this
compelling insight into a horrendous miscarriage of justice there will be a
public outcry. This book is a MUST READ for anyone interested in our right to
a fair and honest judicial system. I can't believe such a high profile case
has been handled so badly and that (as this book proves) Jill Dando's murder
has gone unpunished. Full marks to S.C Lomax for a fantastic book that is
well written and (unlike the police investigation) leaves no stone unturned.'
C M Macneil' from the USA: 'The case of the Crown
vs. George has been compared to the American case of the People vs. (O.J.)
Simpson, the ex-professional football player charged in the truly gruesome
murders of his ex-wife and a man who had the fatal misfortunate of being in
the wrong place at the wrong time. If there are any parallels in the two
cases, they certainly end with their verdicts: whereas Simpson was acquitted,
George wasn't. For the non-Brit unfamiliar with the case, author Scott Lomax
poses some troubling - if not fearsome - possibilities that Barry George may
be a wrongfully convicted man for more than a couple of reasons, chief among
them a "threshold" criminal investigation fuelled by a public
outcry for conviction, and a media that might have predisposed public opinion
to a presumption of George's guilt. If the chance that a wrongfully convicted
man remains imprisoned exists, its tragedy is compounded by another of Lomax'
theories: that the victim, TV personality Jill Dando, might not even have
been the intended victim and her killer presumably remains at large. Lomax
risks much - professionally and personally - in this expose that doesn't
pander to the public's presumption of guilt and instead takes a courageous
stand to challenge it. If Lomax is correct that the elements of a
"miscarriage of justice" converged to convict an innocent man,
George's case is a shameful commentary on the investigative, court and jury
systems, and it demands reversal. In an American courtroom, the evidence
against George as Lomax dismantles it would - hopefully - constitute
reasonable doubt, thereby requiring acquittal. There's plenty of reasonable
doubt about George's guilt in Lomax' book, and his work deserves not only a
read by those still enthralled by the Dando case but by the architects of a
very, very possible unjustice to her convicted
killer.'
Mrs M.F., Wiltshire: 'Yes, your book is very good and long may you continue
to write good books and best sellers in the future.'
C.A.:
'I have read "The Case of Barry George" and just want to say thank
you for a fascinating book. The case is very interesting and I believe after
reading the book that Barry George must be innocent, it is very hard to fit
the case to his personality. It does seem to be a miscarriage of justice.'
Ms L.N., London:
'From a factual stance the book is solid and probably the best thing that
could ever happen for Barry. I like the way the book is written - it's
thorough and leaves the most cynical reader in very little doubt as to
Barry's innocence. It brings to light all the discrepancies and really should
help in gaining support for him.'
Mr J.H.R., Texas, USA:
'Even though you were 19 years old when you wrote the book, I must say you
did an excellent job writing it. Your research in Barry's case certainly
revealed a "shocking miscarriage of justice."
Mr I.P., Derbyshire: 'I thought the book was well written, i.e. very
informative. The format was clinical in a research way.'
David: 'I've just read the book "The Case of Barry George". I'm
struggling to understand how he could have been found guilty. He had an alibi
for one. This was backed up by someone else. And also the 2 main witnesses
(Hughes and Upfill- Brown), who definitely saw the
killer, failed to pick him out in any identity parades. Why weren't they used
in his defence? If both of them say in court the person seen at Dando's gate
wasn't George then the case would have been thrown out. I can't understand
why this didn't happen. [Note from S.C.
Lomax – they were used by the defence, although they were called as
prosecution witnesses, but it was the prosecution’s argument that after
two years had elapsed they could be forgiven for not recognising Barry George despite Geoffrey Upfill-Brown having studied the gunman in anticipation of
having to identify him later. He did not know of the time that the man had
just committed a crime but his behaviour cast suspicion.] Great
book by the way!'
Ms J.O., Derbyshire: 'I do believe very strongly it is a miscarriage of
justice. I do think it is someone who had been stalking Jill Dando. Barry
George did not have the brains to do this crime. None of the witnesses were
reliable. The book provides facts. Barry George did not murder Jill Dando. Justice
will prevail.'
Chesterfield
and North East Derbyshire Liberty: 'Scott's book makes riveting reading. ...
Scott has undertaken an incredible amount of research and presents
thought-provoking arguments which suggest Barry George is innocent. Well worth
reading.'
A journalist for a national newspaper made the following comment after
reading my book: 'I think the case you make for Barry George is compelling
and an extraordinarily competent piece of work from someone of your age.'
The book does have the approval of Barry George and the backing of the
Justice For Barry (JFB) campaign, which supports George in his struggle
against his conviction. The campaign (which has a website listed in the links
section of this site) believes my book will keep the story alive and will
help inform people of the facts.
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