3:22am Control room
JB: You’ve got to help me, my father has just phoned me saying ‘please come over, your
sister has gone crazy and has the gun’ then the phone went dead. My father sounded
terrified, I don’t think he was kidding.
West: Where does your father live?
JB: White House farm Tolleshunt D'arcy.
West: Does your sister have access to any guns?
JB: Yes my father has a collection of 12 bores and 4.10s and .22 rifles. Look my sister has a
history of mental illness. You’ve got to help me.
West: Hold the line please, I’ll contact our information room and find out where the nearest
unit is.
3:26am Information room
"I received a telephone call on the internal line. The officer at the other end announced
himself as PC 1990 at Chelmsford.
Mr Bamber was worried about a phone call that he had received from his father at
Tolleshunt D'arcy. I cannot remember the direct speech that was used but I was informed
that the telephone call had been received from Mr Bamber and that Mr Bamber's daughter
had gone berserk and had taken one of his guns and that the line had gone dead.
PC 1990 also informed me that Mr BAMBER Junior had stated that there was a collection of
guns at the house. I recorded these as being Shotguns and 410's."
3:30am Witham Police Station
"About 03:30 am I was on duty at Witham Police Station in company Police Sergeant 36
BEWS and Police Constable 1509 MYALL. when I received a message over my personal radio,
from Chelmsford Police Station to the effect that a telephone call had been received from a
Mr Jeremy BAMBER, who had said that he had received a telephone call from his father Mr
Neville BAMBER of "White House Farm" Tolleshunt D'Arcy, saying that his sister was going
berserk and that she had a gun."
3:34am Control room
West: Hello
JB: Christ. You took a long time
West: I have contacted my Information room and Witham Police Station and a car is on its way
to your father's address at Tolleshunt D'Arcy. What's your father’s telephone number?
JB: Maldon 860204
West: How old is your father?
JB: Sixty two
West: Do you know who’s in the house?
JB: My father obviously , my mother and Sheila. Look, when my father rang me he sounded
terrified, I don’t think he's kidding about. I tried ringing him back and I can't get any reply.
West: Will you go to the house and wait for the Police officers and liaise with them there?
JB: Shall I go now?
West: Yes, the car from Witham won't take long. Can I have your telephone number?
JB: Goldhanger 88645
3:39am (or 3:19am)
JB: There’s something wrong at home. I don’t know what to do
Julie: Go to bed. bye honey
JB: I love you lots
3:35 - CA07 leaves Witham
3:41 - Jeremy leaves his house
3:47 - CA07 drives past Jeremy.
3:48 - CA07 arrives at White House Farm. Average journey speed 48mph
3:49 - Jeremy arrives at White House Farm. Average journey speed 31mph