As an alternative to the view that the police told the relatives they would find a silencer when they visited the farm on September 11th 1985, I have considered the possibility that they didn't tell them of the plan to backdate finding to August 10th, until after they had found it. The reason I originally favoured the view that the plot must have been explained to them before September 11th is that the statements by David Boutflour and Ann Eaton in which they describe the alleged finding on August 10th are dated September 12th.
It strikes me as unrealistic that the police would have sprung on the relatives the invitation to take part in the framing of Bamber and rushed them into making statements only the day after they had innocently found the silencer.
But this case is rife with false documentation. The statements of DB and AE could conceivably have been backdated, if only by a few days. There is some evidence to support the theory that the relatives didn't know about the plan of Stan Jones and Ron Cook until after they found the silencer and other items on September 11th.
It would seem that the relatives had reported the finding of the silencer to the press, but the police intervened, before the story could be published. It appears that the relatives told the press without the permission of the police on the same day that David Boutflour called the police reporting the finding of a silencer. The date on Mike Ainsley's letter is September 11th.
http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,415.msg216758.html#msg216758"Please convey the following to Kieron Saunders who is on a Witham Phone no. 521222. I refer to the story you intend to print tomorrow relating to the shootings at white house farm on 6th/7th Aug 1985. I do not have evidence to support your theory but it would appear from the nature of your article that you are in possession of information which would assist police with their enquiries. I would be grateful therefore if you pass this on to the incident room at Witham Police Station." Here is Mike Tesko's thread on the subject
http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1716.msg52997.html#msg52997It may be said that the silencer is not actually mentioned specifically, but the date is September 11th and that is surely no coincidence. If we consider the dates September 11th and September 12th, there is a threefold coincidence.
September 12th is the date when David Boutflour and Ann Eaton made statements describing the finding of a silencer on August 10th.
September 12th is the date when Malcolm Fletcher allegedly dismantled the silencer and found blood in it.
September 11th is the date when Mike Ainsley contacted the journalist Kieron Saunders.
Everything starts happening from September 11th.
It looks as if the relatives phoned both the police and the newspaper. The police didn't want it reported that a silencer was found on September 11th. If the intention was to backdate the finding to August 10th, such a story would have scuppered the plan.