Bamber would probably have got away with it had he been less indiscreet with Julie Mugford and had given some thought to the silencer getting contaminated internally proving categorically that the narrative he promoted regarding Sheila was nonsense.
The only way traces of Sheila could have been found deep within the silencer was if she had been shot while it was attached to the weapon used to kill her and to wipe out her family.
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The distribution of blood in the moderator is an issue I addressed in great detail. The prosecution experts found visible blood on the first 5-7 baffles wiht the volume decreasing the further it got from the opening. The defense expert found microscopic traces of blood on the first 8 baffles. The blood was tested and detemrined to be group A. In addition a flake of blood that dried between baffles 1 and 2 was tested and determined to be group A but also had an anzyme which June didn't possess but Sheila did.
June and Sheila both have group A blood but Sheila has enzyme AK1 while June has enzyme AK2-1 so the flake was consistent with Sheila's blood not June's. AK2-1 is more hardy than AK1 and since the AK1 enzyme had not yet deteriorated that means had June's blood been present her AK2-1 enzymes would still have been present. So this speaks against the blood on the baffles or the flake containing any of June's blood because there was no AK2-1 present and there should have been if her blood was present because AK2-1 takes longer to deteriorate than AK1 and AK1 was present.
The only way for blood to get on the 8 baffles with the volume dimishing is if it were sprayed there. High velocity backspatter is a spray of atomized blood. The larger particles cannot travel as far as the fine particles so the larger blood will be on the early baffles. This is exactly what was observed.
You have no way at all to suggest the blood was anything other than backspatter from Sheila.
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To reply to your post again, Brietta, I also agree that Jeremy Bamber could have got away with it.
Thank God he’s not that bright.
Had he been clever he’d:
Never mentioned his desires/plans to a soul
Realised Sheila couldn’t have shot herself with the silencer attached, so would have somehow got/stole a separate silencer to use and taken it with him to dispose of
It wouldn’t have mattered that Sheila hadn’t used a silencer if she’d gone “berserk” — what would be the point? She wouldn’t have cared; and wouldn’t have cared how loud the fire shots were. She wouldn’t have cared if nearby neighbours heard gunfire — they’d have all been dead in minutes
He’d have also taken his flippers etc and left them in the bedroom with his wetsuit
He’d have removed Sheila’s nightdress after shooting her dead and patted it against Nevill’s body, June’s body...then put it back on her
Smeared gun residue on her hands
Placed her slipper prints on the blood, sugar, glass in the kitchen and on the stairs — then tossed them by her body
He’d have hosed the mud off June’s bicycle when he got home and if anyone asked why it was there he could’ve said June had cycled over recently and felt tired/dizzy/whatever to cycle back so he drove her home
He’d then have turned up as normal in the morning, started shouting loudly “Mum, Dad!” while banging on the doors. Looked through the windows, jumped in his car, sped like crazy to Barbara’s, the Eaton’s or other workers houses to say he couldn’t get into the house and could see his Dad in the kitchen like he’d had an accident or fall
They’d have gone to the house with him trying to get in; someone would have phoned the police — they’d have broken in, discovered the bodies, and Taff would have said it was a murder/suicide
When/if they discovered his fingerprint on the gun he’d have said he had used it occasionally; the police would’ve accepted that, easily.
He’d have kept himself to himself for a few months, staying home at Goldhanger with just Julie, & the family popping round to make sure he ate and took care of himself..
And he’d have got away with it
Sorry, I rambled on there...not sure why, actually
