Bebington mum enlists TV psychic to solve mystery of son’s death in 2007

Oct 7 2009 by Laura Jones, Wallasey News

A MOTHER who believes her son was murdered has launched a campaign to have the investigation into his death re-opened by enlisting the help of a TV psychic.

Hayley Buckley, of Pool Bank, Bebington, is prepared to exhume her son's body if necessary, as she attempts to find answers about the night 23-year-old Christian Ruffley was killed.

Now Hayley has sent a dossier of fresh information compiled with the help of Sky TV star and psychic Tony Stockwell to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Merseyside Police officers who originally investigated Christian’s death, in an attempt to get the force to re-examine the case.

Christian died at 5.45am on the morning of March 25, 2007 after a night out at the Pensby Hotel pub.

An inquest found that Christian was killed after falling asleep in the road on Lever Causeway, Bebington, where his body was run over by a taxi.

At the time police investigated the incident as a road accident, and the coroner recorded a verdict of death as a result of multiple chest injuries caused by the car.

The taxi driver, who stopped at the scene, was not charged with any wrongdoing.

But Hayley has never felt satisfied with the outcome of the police inquiry or the inquest, and now she is determined to persuade officers to reconsider the case, on the strength of Tony’s psychic detection.

Claiming to use psychic powers, Tony has suggested a very different version of events he believes led up to Christian’s death.

Together with the famous medium, Mrs Buckley has gathered a file of evidence which names five individuals who she believes are connected to the death of her son.

She now thinks that Christian was killed by two wrench-wielding men who dumped his body in the road after a jealous dispute over a girl in the Pensby Hotel.

Hayley said: “We now believe that he was murdered.

“Tony told me Christian was 23 when he died, and that he was outside, he indicated to me it was a very long road with low lying trees.

“He said to me, ‘there’s lots of unanswered questions and confusion around his death. He’s showing me the back of his neck – you need to go back to the police.’”

It was only later in a one to one consultation at her Port Sunlight home that Tony revealed the full scope of his suspicions, but Hayley wasn’t surprised.

Hayley said: “Tony has told me that they haven’t meant to kill him, and they’ve just gone to give him a kicking.

“They hit him with a metal wrench – that’s the two lumps on his head that the post mortem found.

“They’ve put him in a white van, wrapped in an old rolled up carpet and they drove around a long time with Christian’s body in the van before they’ve decided what to do with him.”

Now the family has written to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) explaining their concerns about the original investigation and the watchdog have confirmed that they are looking into the matter.

The IPCC report into the case could prove influential when the family come to petition the Merseyside Police chief constable to order the investigations team review Christian’s death.

Chief Inspector Chris Markey said: “Merseyside Police can confirm that a review of the initial investigation into the death of Christian Ruffley in 2007 is already underway following the receipt of a formal complaint from a family member.

“As a result we are working closely with family and continue to listen to their concerns.”