Samson I have recently posted the following vid featuring JB's former solicitor and CCRC commissioner Ewen Smith. He states JM's evidence was not the reason the jury found JB guilty. The trial judge apparently directed the jury insofar as they could not convict on JM's evidence alone as it wasn't good enough. He goes on to say that jurors were concerned with the blood/silencer evidence. This sounds about right based on the judge's summing up and jury's questions to the judge and deliberations.
http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/2001/03/12/BSP120301024/?s=jeremy+bamber&st=0&pn=1http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=273.msg4561#msg4561My view is that the police brainwashed JM into believing JB was guilty based on their own beliefs. During JB's police interviews he was told SC had been murdered based on the fact she had 2 gsw's and either one killed her outright. This absolutely is not true. The pathologist always maintained he was unable to confirm murder or suicide. And in fact the autopsy report wasn't even produced until after JB had been charged. I'm pretty sure had I been in JM's position and told this I would have found it quite compelling against my former boyfriend. I believe all sorts of threats were made against JM ranging from her criminal charges for her part in petty crime impacting on her teaching career to an accessory after the fact based on the circa 3.15am phone call.
JM was due to be called again at JB's 2002 appeal hearing. As such she provided further wit stats; she states during her police interviews 1985 she was held at the police college and advised not to speak with anyone including her mother. Afaik she didn't receive any legal representation. These interviews took place over several days. To my mind we have a 20 year old young woman who at the time of her interviews was probably quite emotional; 4/5 days before the murders she read the twins a bedtime story and put them to bed; 4/5 days later she identified them in a morgue with gsw's in shaved heads. A few weeks later she splits up with her boyfriend of some 18 months. Then we have a bunch of middle aged, experienced police officers looking to put together a case against JB on the basis they believed him responsible.
I find JM's testimony completely unreliable based on the following physical evidence:
Fingerprints on rifleIn her testimony she claims a glove came off. It seems this was said to explain the fact only one fingerprint from each of JB and SC was found on the rifle. I have discussed this with a forensic scientist and world leader in fingerprints. (Myster has seen a copy of the email). The simple explanation here is that firearms are coated with a substance known as 'bluing' which makes latent fingerprints very difficult to detect. We know JB handled the rifle on previous occasions so one fingerprint would be about the norm. It seems SC had also handled the rifle extensively at some stage. Evidence of poorly trained police officers.
BibleIn her testimony she claims a bible was placed on SC's chest. All sorts of stories exist about this bible ranging from SC seeking it out to read passages before taking her own life to JB staging it to add a theme of religious mania. My view is that June walked around the bed clutching her bible and dropped it pretty much where it was found. The bible contained significant bloodstaining. Despite the bible being found at the centre of soc and exhibited at trial the defence did not track it down for forensic examination. Evidence of an incompetent and negligent defence.
To my mind JM was/is simply a pawn used by EP. I blame totally JB's appalling defence at trial and 2002 appeal hearing, trial judge and 3 appeal court judges.
