I agree, so would I BUT, when I couldn't get through, I'd have either called 999 or gone over there - or both.
But then I think it comes down to making a judgement call/decision which will vary from person to person.
I would probably have driven over kept a safe distance and then made a decision to approach WHF or use the tel box at the bottom of the lane, or wherever it was that JB called JM from, to call the police. The fact JB didn't do this doesn't make me make me suspicious at all.
JB was no doubt mindful of:
- NB and June wanting to keep SC's mental illness private
- NB not wanting to get the authorities involved
- NB's low regard for the local police
- NB being a magistrate and not wanting it getting round his mentally ill daughter was "going crazy" and had access to a gun
- Firearms and ammo may not have been kept as they should have been
- SC had previous 'episodes' which were non-violent
- Dr Ferguson told CC SC was not a risk to herself and others which was probably also relayed to the Bambers and JB in turn
Had JB have called 999 I think the prosecution and others would simply say he wanted the police to find the victims as quickly as possible.