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Eric Clague

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BLACKPOOLJIMMY

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Feb 14, 2009, 5:35:43 PM2/14/09
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On 15 July 1958, when John was 17, Julia died on Menlove Avenue
shortly after leaving Mimi's house, while crossing the road to get to
a bus stop. She was struck by a car driven by a drunk off-duty
policeman, PC Eric Clague, who was a learner driver. He was acquitted
of all charges and later left the police force to become a postman.

He has been tortured by the incident all his life
thereafter...especially as The Beatles grew in popularity.

As cop turned postman..Clague found himself delivering mail to the
McCartney household!

"I remember struggling up the path with them all...(letters).. But of
course they just reminded me of John Lennon and his mother."

who?

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Feb 14, 2009, 6:56:51 PM2/14/09
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Is Eric still alive?

BLACKPOOLJIMMY

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Feb 14, 2009, 7:05:20 PM2/14/09
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Believe he is 74 at the moment. His deed did alot to alter the mindset
of Lennon. Who knows how John's music would have progressed, had his
mother survived.

jgalb...@gmail.com

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Aug 5, 2012, 8:11:10 AM8/5/12
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How can it be proved that the off duty P.C. was drunk at the time of accident.

Tim Davies (Teedee)

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Oct 21, 2023, 1:37:45 PM10/21/23
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On Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 1:11:10 PM UTC+1, jgalb...@gmail.com wrote:
> How can it be proved that the off duty P.C. was drunk at the time of accident.
Didn’t he admit to being drunk? Why wasn’t he prosecuted?
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Raymond

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Oct 24, 2023, 2:23:35 PM10/24/23
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On Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 8:11:10 AM UTC-4, jgalb...@gmail.com wrote:
> How can it be proved that the off duty P.C. was drunk at the time of accident.

I don't know about proving the cop was drunk, but that's what John claimed.

Hayley

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Nov 27, 2023, 8:16:28 PM11/27/23
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He was not drunk. John was wrong. I could see him adding that on out of anger through the years, and saying it so much that he actually believed it. Julia darted out into traffic without looking. No one wants to blame their mother for her own death. The inquest into it found that he was not drunk.
The same thing happened with the guy who accidentally killed Joe Biden's wife and young daughter in a car accident. Biden has said publicly that the guy was drunk, but he was not. I guess it sometimes happens when you're grieving and in despair and the accident was so long ago.
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