He campaigned for retrial constantly throughout his years in prison, making use of his notoriety in the years that followed to have memoirs published that he hoped would exonerate him—memoirs upon which most of the writing about the Truro Murders has actually been based, resulting in a massive bias in modern reporting in his favour. Of course, he was the only participant in the events who was still alive to tell his tale, so it is no surprise that the many people through the years who were fascinated by the bizarre tandem killers heard his version of events.
