Which would be a problem for himif he has ASD.
As mentioned elsewhere, without even realising it witnesses of all shapes and forms subtlety augment their stories to fit their belief of what happened.
If being the operative word. None of the women he had intimate relationships with said he was 'odd'. An adjective they might use for someone that was displaying signs of ASD at a time when there was a low level of awareness. He also worked in customer facing roles which often presents problems for those with ASD. Again no 'odd' comments.
There's no record of JB saying NB sounded injured anywhere other than Colin's recollections in his book.
- It isn't in any of the police logs.
- None of the police officers at SoC made ref to JB saying he thought NB sounded injured had they have done firearms would have been called earlier along with ambulances. And the raid team would probably have entered sooner.
- It isn't in JB's WS's
- AE made a WS particularly stating she does not recall JB ever saying NB sounded injured
- The prosecution did not make anything of this at trial
It would be interesting to see if it is in CC's WS's.
There does seem to be a preconceived idea that JB staged the phone on the worktop with the prosecution making much of the fact that NB was too badly injured to talk with anyone and had he have handled the handset his blood would have been on it. The defence were very quiet on this point when they could have easily challenged it. NB could quite easily have been on the phone to JB, before any shots had been fired, then heard or seen something that required his immediate attention and left the phone on the worktop intending to resume the conversation.
"People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for".
