I may be wrong but i think Mr Suthurst claimed his expert opinion of the photographs, Taken of the crime scene was no scratches existed,
This was repudiated by the LGC forensic report, where they are experts in imagery interpretation and imagery comparison.
Yes i agree that they probably would not have thought about a spirited defence by Nevill at that time involving
a sound moderator and a mantle shelf
The mantel was all done and dusted decades ago — it’s just another futile attempt by Bamber to worm his way out of prison.
Firstly, no close-up shots of the mantel were taken on the date of the crime as there was no need to.
Secondly, they certainly didn’t look UNDERNEATH the mantel where the scratches were, hence why no photos were taken of that area, and thus there were no images showing the scratches.
Thirdly, the only reason the mantel was scrutinised weeks later was that after finding the silencer which had been used in the killings by JB, red paint was spotted on it which matched the mantel — and that’s when police saw and photographed the scratches. The paint was taken to forensics for analysis and it was the exact same paint as on the silencer. The way the scratching was embedded also showed it veered to & fro in different directions, which meant it was caused by a struggle of the rifle with the silencer attached.
The elderly Mr Suthurst was paid handsomely by Jeremy Bamber’s team to examine the photos. He said the scratches weren’t in the original photos: and he was correct — they weren’t. That’s because no photographs were taken UNDERNEATH the mantel where the scratches were.
He also said after inspecting the photos that he couldn’t see any particles of paint on the floor beneath the mantel. Nor would anyone have. Besides those tiny, tiny particles of paint falling almost anywhere during that violent struggle, were so, so tiny they’d have easily “floated” and landed almost anywhere and would have been invisible to the eye — even if you were in the room. And coupled with the fact the soc wasn’t contained; scores of police, doctors, dogs, all trampled over that area where Nevill lay, had there been any minuscule particles of paint anywhere — they’d have been trodden on destroyed/removed.
