Richard Lee talks about an emotional exhibition and his calls for a public inquiry
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00:00Okay, Ritchie, so you've not long since returned from Paderborn in Germany for the exhibition.
00:06What was it like being out there again?
00:08Well, it was daunting for me, haunting for Natasha.
00:15She hadn't been out there since she was 18 and it took her all the way back to when Catrice first went missing
00:22when she was seven years old.
00:24So, from that perspective, it was quite heart-wrenching.
00:28However, I must admit it was so well supported by the locals and by the press.
00:34I was quite surprised.
00:36And they still retain interest in Catrice's mysterious disappearance.
00:41And the hope is that some new information might come of it?
00:44Oh, we definitely had new information coming in, but unfortunately we had to direct them to the military police area.
00:53We're not allowed to get involved in any form of information that comes in.
00:57And some of the Germans were going back to the German police with information because they felt that it wasn't being acted upon.
01:06What's your focus, Ritchie, of the campaign now?
01:09Well, my focus is getting justice for Catrice and what I'm trying to get is a public inquiry.
01:17But what appears in my own mind's eye is that because I'm nobody, although I served 34 years and put my life on the line on numerous occasions,
01:29if you're not a professional such as a doctor or an MP, it would appear that you don't justify the criteria to get a public inquiry.