Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tsohon abokinsa Geoff Caswell, wanda ya saba zuwa kamun kifi tare da Bishop, ya bayyana shi a matsayin maƙaryaci na yau da kullun. 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 ikirarin cewa an kama shi ba bisa ka'ida ba saboda zarginsa da hannu a harin bam din Brighton
Ka yi haƙuri. "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".