No I got the distinct impression the poster was referring to BW. I know BW has at least one son. Not sure about MM. Does JM have any siblings?
Is there any firm evidence NB and JB argued anymore than many young men/sons do with their fathers especially those that work together?
We only have RB's word that JB made the comment re his parents and even if he did say it what was meany by it? It seems rather strange that if he was planning the murders he would make such a statement to a close relative.
I believe BW worked for NB for 8 years prior to the tragedy. Throughout this period SC was based in London. As such BW's understanding of SC her illness and troubles would have been very limited.
It strikes me that NB was a very easy-going, calm and good tempered type. The fact BW stated when she phoned @ 9.30pm he was abrupt, impatient, and short sounds out of character. She also states she felt she had interrupted an argument. I believe as JB said his parents were trying to enter into discussion with SC re welfare of the twins and/or trying to entice her away from London and back to Essex. I accept the latter is just my own thoughts.
Yes, Barbara Wilson did have a son, Phillip or Philip. I know who the poster was, but not where the statement came from, unless it was an early police interview. Barbara comes across as a gentle and genuine soul, a bit timid perhaps which could have been the reason why she got the jitters and disappeared on the first Saturday of the trial, and was initially reluctant to criticise Jeremy in the early police interviews, because if she accused him of the murders the same thing might happen to her. We might learn more next Thursday. No idea about JM's brother/s or sister/s.. better ask Patti the genealogist - there's a patti who's just joined but whether it's
the Patti or someone else I don't know.
There are parallels here with Roderick Newall - the physical pushing of his mother when she refused him money; the pre-planning; the arguments between parents and sons on the night of the murders; the scarpering abroad afterwards.
Compare that with the alleged bag of rats in June's car; the murder plan Bamber had been hatching for months; the argument with Nevill and/or June on Tuesday night which Jeremy claimed to be about adoption of the twins, but could just have easily been about his demand for more money; the disappearance abroad with Collins. Was the original intention not to return like Newall, but when the money ran out he had no alternative ?
Which brother did Bamber most resemble... Mark - the quiet, nerdy, asexual and introverted one... or Roderick - the gregarious, not academically gifted, promiscuous extrovert ? And which one of the two was the instigator and main perpetrator - wasn't it the second ?
It was his cocky arrogant side that led Bamber to brag about being capable of killing his parents, and deliberately telling Julie of his plans. It all boils down to who you are prepared to believe. Other than Robert Boutflour, Douglas Moule, a site worker at Osea had strong suspicions of who was responsible for the office break-in. They both had a gut instinct as to Jeremy's questionable character.
You have to go too with what little physical evidence there is, such as - the lack of any vertical blood-staining on the front of Sheila's neck, chest or nightie directly below the wounds, meaning she was never in the Kitchen when the TFU broke in; the lack of ammunition residue on her dress and hands; the absence of any blood spots on the phone handset or work surface when Bamber claimed before Colin, Ann and the police at the cottage, that on the phone he felt that his father had been really hurt... in other words he had already been wounded upstairs and bleeding from the mouth and face.
