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photographs made it even more uncertain. At this stage. it was considered of great importance to establish the background of Henry William Bacon in order to be able to confirm the information given by the suspect regarding his identity,

During interviews with the suspect he stated that he attended Dale College in King Williams Town from the ages of 7-9 until he finished his Matric in 1968 or 1969. From records obtained at the school, it was established that he matriculated in 1967.! Photographs from Dale College during this period' of different sport teams included a Henry William Bacon. The school was also visited to gain an awareness of the look of the buildings and where specific facilities were located.

During the interrogation on 28 June 1997, the suspect was confronted with this material. Based on the response and, most importantly, the photographs it was concluded that the person who was arrested in Maputo as Nigel Barnett was identical to Henry William Bacon. It was further established that Henry William Bacon had officially changed his name to Nicho Esslin in 1983.

On 29 May 1949 a Leon van der Westhuizen was born in Queenstown, South Africa. When he was a few months old, he was adopted by Jeffrey Harold Walker Bacon and Aina Amanda Eriksson. He was given the name Henry William Bacon. He also got a step-brother named Olav Bacon who was born 1947. The father was British and the mother a Swedish citizen. The mother worked as a missionary in South Africa for the Swedish Lutheran Church. His mother died in 1964 and his father in 1994.

When he was about 8 years old, he was sent to Dale College in King Williams Town. He finished his studies and left the school in 1969.

According to his brother. Olav Bacon, they had only had sporadic contacts with each other after 1969. From 1971-81, Bacon was in Rhodesia in the British South African Police. Olav met his brother only once when he visited him in Rhodesia. - Olav states that that was in 1976 but H.W.Bacon states that it was in 1981. His father apparently visited him twice, once with his brother in 1976 or 1981, and once he came alone. probably in 1979 or 1980).

After these sporadic contacts with his family, Bacon seems to have cut all his contacts with his family in South Africa. His brother stated that his father tried to contact him from early 1980 until he died in 1994. However, he couldn't recall whether his father ever succeeded in meeting him during this period. II.W. Bacon's handler has also stated that he was ordered by Colonel Al Nel to contact Bacon's father after he had made inquiries about his son. The handler phoned the father, who was living somewhere south of Durban, and told him that his son was overseas and that he was fine.

It has been established that H.W. Bacon visited Sweden a number of times and met relatives of his mother. All those visited in Sweden described the visits as unexpected.

"Memo trum Dalu College hoy's high school, dated 26.06.97.

Thru photographs of different sport leams. Dale College.

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