Of course I'm letting my personal feelings sway me. It is 35 years later. I don't know Jeremy, nor did I ever know anyone involved in the case, and I wasn't in court. All my information comes from books, articles, and people on forums, and I have never spoken to Jeremy, nor have I written to him.
This is NOT the same as actually being on the jury, and being part of the body of people deciding a person's fate.Of course I would take that seriously!
I don't agree that the jurors who didn't think Jeremy was guilty, were necessarily "not particularly bright", however, I do believe that some people on juries are exactly that-----not particularly bright. Also, not particularly interested, and also, easily swayed. I am also concerned that some people on juries may be bullied into taking a certain stance, although that's a topic for another day, and I'm not saying it happened in Bamber's case.
You mentioned on another post that Jeremy is "thick"( in your opinion). I have heard that said before. What I wonder is, if he is "thick" , how did he manage to plan and execute those murders as efficiently as he did ? I would have thought that, yes, of course he could well have done it, but he would have actually had to be rather clever to have done so.
Mrs Wah, you’re “assuming” those two jurors didn’t think Jeremy was guilty: they may not have, but equally they may have been unsure of his guilt. And considering 10 of the jurors were indeed convinced of his guilt, that sugggests those two had difficulty forming opinions, or were biased in some way.
You also need reminding that Jeremy had one of the top QC’s in the country at that time: so if he wasn’t able to persuade the jury that Jeremy was innocent, that doesn’t bode well for him, does it?
As for your preposterous belief that Jeremy “executed those murders efficiently “ and was “rather clever” in carrying them out, besides seeming to admire him for doing such a heinous deed, he was anything BUT clever, hence why he was arrested relatively soon after. Just some of his mistakes were:
~ He told Julie of his plan
~ He was too arrogant to believe she’d give him away
~ He didn’t think through about Sheila being unable to shoot herself with the silencer attached
~ Rather than leaving the silencer by Sheila’s side he hid it in a cupboard
~ It didn’t occur to him that Sheila’s blood could be deep inside the silencer
~ He hadn’t banked on Nevill putting up a violent struggle
~ He beat Nevill to a pulp — something Sheila couldn’t possibly have done
~ He didn’t force Sheila to walk in the kitchen so she’d get glass, sugar and blood on her feet
~ He didn’t push Sheila against Nevill’s dead body so she’d have his blood on her
~ He didn’t break any of her long fingernails
~ He didn’t shoot Sheila in the twins bedroom
~ He didn’t smear blood on the telephone in the kitchen
~ He didn’t leave the receiver dangling down — he simply placed it by its cradle
~ He didn’t realise it would have been impossible for Nevill to speak having had his mouth shot to pieces
~ He didn’t place Sheila’s fingertips all over the gun
~ He didn’t dial 999
~ He phoned Julie before calling the local police
~ He lied to officers about the timing of his phone calls
~ He drove unusually slow to WHF
~ He behaved unnaturally calm at the scene and even spoke about buying a Porsche
~ He told numerous lies and contradicted himself in his two statements
~ He claimed he’d tried to shoot rabbits with the gun he said had no silencer or scope on
~ He gave different accounts of where he’d supposedly left the gun
~ He lied about why he had June’s new bicycle at his house
~ He told police it was impossible to break-in to WHF as it was all locked from inside, but didn’t mention the faulty latch
~ He later pretended he’d broken into the window to get car documents after police found his blade
~ He didn’t have the nous to realise he was under surveillance & police knew he hadn’t gone there
~ His left his wetsuit at WHF without his snorkel & flippers which were at Goldhanger: Julie said it was always at GH
~ He started “celebrating” the very next day; Chamoagne/expensive meals/ two holidays/spending sprees
~ He sold family heirlooms within days
~ He insisted the family be cremated
~ He went to The Sun trying to sell nude photos of Sheila
And that’s just some of his huge slip-ups...
And you say he planned and executed the murders efficiently?