Considering Delgado was one of the first 3 to claim to enter the kitchen attention is drawn to his descriptions of Ralph. In doing so he makes mention of what has to be the AGA cooker by using the word "fire" . This seems most odd and out of place. Why did he say fire and not oven. aga or cooker?
It could possibly be because the door to the aga was open and the fire could be seen.
We are told in other statement that the aga was still lit.
So is the mention of "fire" made because it stood out in Delgado's memory. Other's may not mention such an open aga door as no doubt someone could have soon afterwards shut it.
One should also consider that 3 strange circular burn marks were described by the pathologist on Ralph's neck/upper back area. These burn marks seem to be unexplained in any of the evidence.
Smiffy - a good point re the Aga fire. Does this lead us to think, and are you suggesting, that an implement (or gun barrel) could have been heated up in the fire to then cause the circular burn marks to Nevils back.
This element of possible "torture" would, in my mind, exclude Shelia from the murders.
Nick, this is suggested in the Dickinson report as the cause of the burn marks to Ralph's back, they suggest a poker rather than a gun barrel.
Paragraphs 200 & 202 of the Dickinson report, which can be seen in this thread:
http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1168.0.html
Thanks Hartley, do we know if the circular burn marks have a direct association with the night of the murders, and without the benefit of an autopsy report in relation to these marks or a photo I assume they were solid small circular marks as opposed to circular marks with a hollow middle (if that makes sense).
It's just that in a previous thread on this subject it has been speculated that the circular burn marks matched the barrel configuration of a unique weapon handed in shortly after the murders. This seems to now not be the case
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However; if the circular burn marks were inflicted on the night then I believe this discounts Sheila, but it may also discount Jeremy as this act of "torture" would (please excuse the comment) be surplus to requirements
Although a bizarre thought has just come to mind and in medieval times didn't they burn holes in "witches" to release the devil
- probably completely irrelevant