So how did the bullet casings magically appear inside the bedroom?
DRH/14 was found on the landing. DRH/13 on the transition strip between landing and master bedroom. DRH/3 and 4 just inside the bedroom door which I'm assuming was wide open when the perp discharged the rifle.
Casings eject upwards, forwards and to the right from the ejection port on the rhs of the rifle. According to MF's trial testimony they can travel up to 4 feet. The casings seems to align pretty much with NB sustaining his upstairs gsw's on the landing/stairs?
As a stand alone they would probably be pretty insignficant and unreliable but as I said the totality of the physical evidence: bloodstaining, casings, distance of shots, trajectories and wound tracks all seem to support NB sustaining his upstairs gsw's on the landing/stairs.
I wrote to JB requesting SOC photos of the casings to check on the exact location:
"I've done a huge piece of work on bullets and bullet cases. Those charts you sent are actual case ones (main bedroom). But they were not actually true - the police made them up. DC Hammersly the DRH accronym was not at the scene that morning 07.08.85. The fourth SOC officer was DC Henderson. He collected all the exhibits, dad was not shot or wounded upstairs at all".Imo the above is Mike Tesko talk and shows how poor JB's understanding of his case is. Why would the police make up the location of the casings which to some degree supports JB's innocence? DC Bird photographed every casing over the course of 7th - 9th Aug incl. SOC officer DC Hammersley testified at court the location based on his findings and recording of the casings along with DC Bird's soc photos:
DC Hammersley Trial TestimonyDRH/3http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=165.0;attach=199DRH/3 and 4http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=165.0;attach=201DRH/13 and 14http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=165.0;attach=203 I can move things around in my mind's eye and come up with the following scenarios which account for the casings:
- Perp stood in entrance of master bedroom facing out onto landing with NB stood on the landing stairs. The casings hit the right angle of the bedroom wall, near the dressing table/stool, and fall where they were found.
- Perp stood around winder stairs or main stairs and casings eject over handrail and inside bedroom door.
If we had soc photos for the casings and images of the landing, winder stairs and main stairs from various perspectives I think it would become clearer.