In AE's wit stat dated 8th - 13th September 1985 she states the following: "There were also three buckets in the kitchen containing washing in soak. One contained two pairs of blood stained ladies knickers".
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1053.0;attach=3106 In AE's wit stat dated 14th August 1991 she states the following: "There was clothes hanging to dry on the airer above the AGA, there were two buckets, I think on the floor by the kitchen sink with clothes in soak. One of these had Sheila's knickers in, the other tracksuit bottoms. I think there was also a bowl on the draining board with a dish cloth in"
"It was whilst I was at the draining board washing the clothes in the buckets out that I noticed the dirty marks on the window, the little window above"...[talks about windows].
"The tracksuit bottoms and knickers, I had washed these out and I said to Dad "What do I do with these"? He said something like, "well they wont want them anymore", anyhow I put them in the same bin by the dishwasher. I remember that Sheila's knickers looked as if she had had a period and had been caught out."
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3171.0;attach=3556In AE's wit stat dated 14th August 1991 she also states the following: "I have previously described to the City of London Police having been shown by D S Jones, police photographs of the scene inside the kitchen of White House Farm. The reason for DS Jones showing them to me was because they had been trying to find out where I had found the bucket that contained Sheila's knickers which I considered to be stained with blood from her menstruation".
"The importance of this had been made to me by Mr Ainsley himself. He told me that when it comes to the trial they the defence will allege that I put the blood inside the silencer and that Sheila's underwear could be a source of that blood. I must point out that I had never thought of that possibility and I certainly did not plant blood of any description inside the silencer and to my knowledge neither did any other member of my family".
"I recall Mr Ainsley asking me how I knew it was menstrual blood and I answered his question in my normal forth right way "It smells different. Doesn't it?" This appeared to amuse Mr Ainsley who then countered "If you are ever asked at court you make sure you tell them that".
"The knickers were quite badly stained in the crotch area and I thought that Sheila had been caught out by her period. I feel now that I should make it known that this conversation with Mr Ainsley, had what I can only describe as haunted me. The conversation must have taken place just before my statement dated 14th May 1986, because it is there that I describe the location of the bucket and the knickers".
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End of statement quoting. AE initially refers to 3 buckets and then 2 buckets? According to AE one bucket contained two pairs of ladies knickers that she believed were SC's and stained in the crotch area with menstrual blood. She refers to another bucket containing a pair of training bottoms. Were these stained? If so where? If there was a third bucket what was in it, was it stained and if so where?
- No member of the raid team made reference to the buckets?
- The police soc photographer, DC David Bird, did not photograph the buckets
- The soc officer, DC David Hammersley, made no reference to the buckets in his trial transcript?
I have always felt there was something not quite right about these buckets. The kitchen looks fairly small (haven't seen room measurements?). If items were knocked over either during the tragedy or when the raid team broke in or both would there have been the potential for the buckets to have been knocked over? Is there a photo of the kitchen which includes the sink? Why did no member of the raid team observe them? I have a friend who is a member of police armed response and they are trained to be extremely vigilant and observant. I find it amazing that no member of the raid team and/or others who entered later, eg police photographer and soc officer, observed and noted these buckets. Surely one would take a peep and seeing bloody water the alarm bells would sound immediately.
There are so many unanswered questions re the buckets and their contents??????
