That is my point the jury were warned about Ms Mugford's testimony and they had no questions on that point.
I'm not sure why you would be pressing for that, when it would only reinforce how easy it is to sneak in unnoticed in the dead of night without waking anybody.
There are other reasons why a defence/prosecution might object to an excursion to the scene, for example the impressions it could make on the more suggestible members of the jury. They get to see first hand how relatively remote WHF is by essex standards and how Jeremy might have arrived undetected and carried out his diabolical plan.
This is similar to what happened in the trial I mentioned yesterday, Noye's first trial in the 80's for stabbing a police officer in his garden. On that occasion it backfired on the defence, the jury saw how remote Noye's garden was and understood how he might be frightened.
Take a look into that one, it became notable for reasons you may be interested in.
probably only of ducks and pheasants on his estate
attempt for a 3rd appeal in 2012.
The fact jurors didn't question JM's testimony doesn't mean they swallowed it whole or at all. 2/12 didn't swallow it for sure.
At trial jurors were told by the judge:
how he got there and out again whether by the kitchen window or any other means, though of interest, cannot affect the outcome of the case"The prosecution did not even have to identify the window let alone demonstrate it was possible to exit a window and secure it from within.
Then we come to all the physical evidence which was collected and recorded by way of blood stains, casings, distance of shots, trajectories of shots and wound tracks. All of this data needed going into a shooting reconstruction with jurors taken to WHF to see for themselves:
- did the perp burst into the main bedroom and open fire on June and NB
Or
- did the perp open fire on June in bed and was NB shot as he came up the stairs
In the case you mention of Kenneth Noye jurors were taken to soc and found Noye not guilty.
WHF to this day remains the only criminal case involving a mass shooting unwitnessed by others so the lawyers were inexperienced and completely out of their depths.
I believe the last CCRC application was comprehensively reviewed by CCRC over a lengthy period of time but I remain confident that JB will win a 3rd appeal with his conviction quashed.