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I take it the smear he's referring to is the one (or what I believe are two) across the second fatal wound?
If those three linear stains on her nightdress are from her fingers and the result of putting them first on the neck wound, which was supposedly instantly fatal, how come she then placed her hand on the rifle near the trigger when it should realistically have flopped down onto the floor by her right side?
ETA: ... or remained resting on or near her neck?
The only smears I can see appear to be across the upper immediately fatal second gsw and do appear to be a mirror image, top and bottom, as illustrated here by John:
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=6386.msg257611#msg257611However I'm not sure about the two dark blobs.
It's interesting how trial testimony from Dr Vanezis and Prof Knight both suggest SC was sitting upright for the first gsw and suggest maybe sitting on the bed.
I still maintain SC's found location/position doesn't look right. All the expert evidence supports SC falling immediately backwards after the second gsw. Therefore I would expect to see her head wedged against the bedside cabinet. Instead her head has fallen to one side which in any event would surely have hit the corner of the bedside cabinet and yet no marks to her head to support this.
The good news here is that bloodstain analysis has moved on leaps and bounds since JB's trial and with all the soc photos still available expert analysis could prove very illuminating! However strictly speaking its unlikely to assist JB at any furture appeal since the CoA have already ruled it is something that could have been adjudicated on at trial - use it or lose it! This imo is unfair as a defendant/appellant can hardly be held responsible for appropriate expert testimony. A quick read of trial testimony from Dr Vanezis, Prof Knight and John Hayward shows they were all woefully inadequate compared with modern day bloodstain analysts.
There's literally a mountain of unexplored data from physical evidence at soc by way of bloodstains, bullet trajectories both of which are underpinned by science.