Ka cika wannan magana: Abokinsa na dā Geoff Caswell, wanda yake zuwa kamun kifi tare da Bishop, ya kwatanta shi a matsayin maƙaryaci. Caswell ya ce, "Ya kasance wani yaro ne na gari a wannan lokacin. Ya yi gemu kuma yana da wannan motar da zai yi tsere a ko'ina kuma koyaushe yana faɗin ƙarya, yana ƙoƙari ya ɗaukaka kansa. Tsawonsa ya kai 5'5" kuma nauyinsa ya kai kilo takwas, kuma ina tsammanin yana fama da cutar 'little man syndrome'. Ya ko da yaushe aka gaya porkies game da wannan da cewa. Shi kuma ɓarawo ne. Yana shiga cikin motoci kuma yana sata abubuwa. Ya kasance mai yin rufi amma ba ya zuwa ko'ina. " Bishop ya kuma yi iƙirarin cewa an kama shi ba daidai ba saboda zargin da ake yi na shiga cikin
Fashewar bam a Brighton. "The Independent" ya ba da rahoton cewa "kamar yadda lauya mai kare kansa na 2018 ya yarda, a cikin 1986 Russell Bishop ya kasance 'rabin karatu, lokaci-lokaci, ba mai satar mota mai nasara ba... wani ɓarawo na lokaci-lokaci.' Ba wanda ake zargi da ta'addanci na IRA ba".