Jeremy's supporters often criticise Julie for not going to the police straight away.
There are lots of reasons why she approached the police a month later-
She was Jeremy's girlfriend.
She loved Jeremy and said she was under his spell.
She was in shock.
She was afraid of what Jeremy may do if he found out.
She tried to deny it to herself that the man she loved was involved.
Jeremy had said that he had paid MM £2,000 to commit the massacre. Julie said she knew Jeremy did not have this money available. So she would have clung to the possibility that Jeremy was making false boasts. Maybe it was Sheila.
She was 20 years old. We all make wrong decisions when so young.
Jeremy had said he was 'watertight' and it was an 'open and shut case'. He said Julie would not be believed.
She was afraid she would be implicating herself. Being aware of his hatred and resentment towards his family, and previous plans.
While still in shock, she gave a statement early on. So was afraid that changing her statement days or weeks later may put her in trouble.
She was afraid she would not be believed. Making herself look stupid and getting in trouble with the police for making false claims. In a TV interview she said Jeremy said 'there was nothing she could have done on the night, and there is nothing she can do now'
She was caught in the eye of a hurricane. Police, relatives and the media always around, funerals to attend. Jeremy getting police cars to pick her up, then whisking her off to Amsterdam the weekend after the massacre.
She had no one to speak to at first. Being with Jeremy most of the time after the massacre. She did not want to attend the funeral or continuously go around with Jeremy & Brett. But was persuaded to by Jeremy.
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It is true she approached the police, (via Liz Rimmington) after they had spilt up. After finally getting to speak to other people she trusted. She was hardly likely to approach the police while still Jeremy's girlfriend, was she ?
Jeremy said the relationship had been in decline for six months prior to the massacre. They were both young and living miles away from each other. The massacre probably speeded up the ending of the relationship by a few weeks. After Julie had come to terms with the massacre and cleared her head.
It is not conclusive about who jilted who. Although Jeremy has always weakly said Julie spoke to the police and testified because he jilted her. But he has never said scorned women are just as likely to tell the truth.
Speaking to the police a month later seems quite normal to me (see above). Making these claims months of years later, after moving in with or marrying Jeremy would have looked much worse. Although politician's wife Chris Hulme did just that ten years later after he left her. Hulme was found guilty.
She was brave in approaching the police. Jeremy had not been arrested and the silencer evidence had not come back from the lab. The police could have laughed her out of the station. Or charged her with wasting police time. Or both.
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