I understand that June and Sheila had been involved in an altercation earlier in the day on the last day they both lived on planet earth, Sheila thumped June and gave her a black eye, and during the incident Sheila fell against a piece of furniture and grazed herself. Jeremy told me about the black eye that his mum had, first noticed by him when he returned to the farmhouse at around supper time. He didn't know how his mum (June) received the black eye, but he told me he believed she got it during a squabble of sorts with Sheila earlier in the day. He didn't know that Sheila had got a graze on her body, or that this was covered by a plaster, until he subsequently received a copy of the pathologists hand written notes..
You only have to take into account what the farm secretary said when she spoke to Neville Bamber at about 9.30pm on that last Tuesday evening, where she says she got the impression because of Neville's abrupt tone of voice, that she had called at a bad time, and that she might have interrupted some sort of an argument amongst the family at that time! Link this to what Pamela Boutflour stated in her witness statement where she tells of her sister June mentioning that Sheila had been behaving oddly, and that June had intended to bring Sheila and the twins round for tea on the following day, so that Pamela could take a close look at Sheila! In addition, not to be overlooked was the fact that Tuesday evening was June Bambers weekly Bible class, which for some reason June gave a miss...
Jeremy had told of a one sided debate between his parents and Sheila concerning Sheila's inability to look after her two children and herself properly, and that there was talk about trying to get Sheila some help involving carers, or foster parents, and talk about sending Sheila to a rest home in the Bournemouth area, etc...
I have looked at what everyone has said and insofar as the farm secretary feeling that Neville Bamber was a bit abrupt when she spoke to him at 9.30pm, that Tuesday evening, I think this could have been because of the problems they (the parents) were having with Sheila, but also because Jeremy left the farmhouse at about the same time, and the fact that Neville had to take the tractor to the fields to collect the last trailor load of rape seed..
I sense that Neville might have been annoyed that Jeremy couldn't do that last run!
I have never asked Jeremy, why he told the farm workers in the fields, that Neville Bamber would be along to collect the last trailor load of rape seed!
Then...
There is the fact that Ralph Neville ended up in control of the tractor overnight (the South African) - my query, is if Neville Bamber took the tractor to the fields to collect the last trailor load of rape seed, how come Ralph Neville ended up with the said tractor?