I firmly believe NB did call JB. The reasons I think this is that:
1. NB had a low opinion of the police as stated in RB's WS
"he (NB) commented that if they were like the police at Witham they were no more good than Dad's Army":
(bottom of 1st, top of 2nd)
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http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=513.0;attach=1652
2. The Bambers were private people as stated in CC's book:
"One of the most striking things about that day, although not altogether surprising for me, was the fact that, the more I talked to June and Nevill's relations, the more I realised none of them actually knew anything had been seriously wrong with Bambs - not even June's sister Pam. Many of them said that had they known, they would have been more than willing to help and share the burden. Why hadn't I contacted them and told them all about it? I couldn't believe what I was hearing and could only reply by saying that I didn't feel it had been my business to betray the Bamber's confidence. They were very private people whose decisions I had to respect - whether right or wrong. These people had no idea how much I'd need them as allies to convince June and Nevill of how strongly I felt Bamb's treatment should have been changed".
Why would NB call out EP who he likened to Dad's Army when he could call up JB who he had largely shaped and developed with the help of Gresham school? I think NB saw JB as a more reliable and capable source of assistance than EP, with the added benefit of privacy. I don't buy into NB and JB having anything other than a normal father/son relationship. I don't buy into any of the Bamber family members having abnormal relationships other than that between June and SC. In any event it is not clear what help NB required: distraction, disarming, confirmation for SC that there was no intention of uprooting her from London against her will etc, etc.
None of which addresses the questions asked of how he would have the opportunity to call Jeremy let alone a reason.
The shooting started in the bedroom. There was no phone there and the killer opened fire on both parents.
There was no occasion to call Jeremy let alone a reason.
The evidence Jeremy called himself:
1) Nevill had no opportunity to call
A) The killer entered the bedroom and shot both parents a combined 11 times, there was no phone in the bedroom to use prior to the killer opening fire. All admit he didn't call after the shooting started because he could not speak and would have announced she had been shooting if that were the case.
B) There is no evidence at all that anything happened prior to the killer entering the bedroom to shoot the parents. The claim that the killer had Nevill downstairs not only is not supported by any evidence but makes no sense. If SHeila were having delusions she would not make a conscious decision to allow him to use th ephone, fail to shoot him while he was on the phone and then march him upstairs to shoot him in the bedroom with his wife. The tale makes no sense at all from the alleged standpoint of Sheila in a crazy rage and there is not a shred of evidence any such thing happened. Nevill woudl not have been given any opportunity to use the phone is the bottom line.
2) Even if by some miracle Nevill were given the opportunity to use the phone he had no reason to call Jeremy
A) Nevill was bigger and stronger than Jeremy so had a better physical ability than Jeremy to disarm Sheila
B) Nevill was in a position to disarm Sheila and had the necessity to do so, Jeremy would take 20 minutes or more to arrive. Why would he wait 20 minutes hoping Jeremy would arrive in time to disarm her instead of doing it himself?
C) Sheila and Jeremy did not get along. Seeing Jeremy would make things worse not better. The person with the calming effect on her an dbest chance of disarming her peacably was Nevill.
D) Jeremy had an answering machine and kept the phone on the bottom floor. Chances are the phone would not wake him up even if it rang incessantly and even if it did wake him he would take several minutes to reach the phone. The answering machine would pick up after 4-6 rings rings. So Nevill could at best expect to leave a message on an answering machine that might not be listened to until many hours later.
E) If Nevill was too worried to disarm her with his bare hands and truly in fear why would he risk being shot by sitting on the phone where he would be a dead duck if she caught him? It would take several minutes for Jeremy to answer and he would be an easy target the entire time. If truly in fear for his safety then he would have armed himself. There were guns, knives and other potential weapons that he would have grabbed if he had been left alone in the kitchen.
F) If too panicked to do anything himself he would have called police not put his son in harms way if he saw a real threat. So Nevill would not have called anyone unless he saw a real threat that he could not handle himself and for a threat that great he would not call Jeremy he would call police.
3) Jeremy lied about the phone being disconnected and being able to immediately use it
4) Sheila didn't beat or kill anyone else or even load the gun
A) Sheila would have had elevated lead levels on her hands had she loaded the bullets in the gun as claimed and in a frenzy loading fast would also have damaged at least the nail of the finger she used to push the bullets in the magazine
B) Sheila would have had back spatter of Nevill's blood on her body had she been the one who delivered the blows to Nevill in the kitchen. She also would have broken several nails by beating him so severely. The rifle stock broke and his head bashed in. One has to hold the rifle tightly to do this and when a rifle hits something hard there is a jolt to the person wielding it. The notion her nails would not have been touched is preposterous. She also would have cut her feet on the crockery on the floor of the kitchen and been likely to get step in blood or sugar.
C) The killer of the other 4 victims would have had high velocity back spatter as well as gunshot residue on the killer's body and clothing. She had neither.
D) There is no evidence at all to suggest she would be at risk for any delusions around 2:30 AM. Had she stopped taking her medication or were high on narcotics or drunk she could be at risk but none of these things were the case. Moreover, because of everyone else was sleeping there would be no risk of them causing agitaiton.
5) Sheila didn't kill herself
A) She was killed with the suppressor attached to the gun and could not have put it away after her death and could only have potentially killed herself with the suppressor if she stepped on the trigger with her toe but was seated when she was shot not standing.
B) Sheila was seated when killed and then moved flat shortly thereafter by someone else who moved her body flat. She can't have moved her own body after she was dead. Once flat blood dripped down the side of her neck and pooled on the floor.
C) The bible was placed in the pool of blood then repeatedly opened and closed while the blood was still wet. She could not have done these things since she was dead.
6) The evidence thus establishes that Sheila didn't do anything but rather was framed. There is substantial evidence that th eperson who framed her was Jeremy and this fake phone call is one of the ways he attempted to frame her. Since she didn't do anything the claim Nevill called to say she did is sheer nonsense. Jeremy lied about many things including telling police Sheila had fired all the guns in the house and had gone shooting with him. He admitted later he hadn't seen her shoot a gun.
What evidence is there that Nevill made this call? None.
The evidence is that someone made a call to Goldhanger, the phone was hung up at Goldhanger but never hung up at WHF and remained off the hook from the point of dialing until after police entered and hung the phone up.
