So, DS Jones did recover a silencer from the scene on the first mornin g of the police investigation into these five deaths, and he did so acting upon the instruction of his boss, DCI Jones. It has long been suspected that he in fact had done so, but at long last we are coming to find that evidence exists to support that possibility! It is no longer just a possibility, it must now be treated as fact!
David Boutflour found or recovered thye silencer that Jones had placed back at the scene, he did not find a silencer which had been concealed in the gun cupboard by Sheila Caffells killer!
The whole episode involving the reason why DS Jones returned to the farmhouse just before dinner time on the first morning of the police investigation needs to be looked into, again...
Why did DS Jones go back to whf from Jeremy's cottage at 9 Head Street, Goldhanger?
An 'independant police log' kept by another police officer 'confirms his return' to the scene around 11.30am on the first morning of the police investigation. In another police log, it confirms his exit from the scene some time later! When questioned by the COLP investigators, DS Jones did not recollect (conveniently) that he had returned to the farmhouse at all, or that if he did, he could not remember what he had gone back there for, or what he did whilst he was there...
We now know why he 'deliberately forgot' why he went there, and what he did there...
The crooked cop went there 'to collect the silencer', after being 'instructed to do so' via telephone by his boss 'DCI Jones'...
The silencer 'he seized' on that occasion, was exhibit SBJ/1..
He took possession of four exhibits altogether on that occasion, SBJ/1, SBJ/2, SBJ/3 and SBJ/4...