Do you still believe this? That the call to JM by JB was supposed to be before JB called the Police?
It's a difficult one to pin down.
The simple fact is that no matter which way you swing it, JB was on the phone to the police between 3:26 and 3:37 (give or take a minute either way).
So the call from JB to JM must have been either before 3:26 or after 3:37.
Based on the arrival of JB at the scene of the murders at around 3:48, it would seem unlikely that he would have had the time to call JM after his call to the police and then and drive slowly to the whf.
It would therefore seem most likely that JB's call took place before he called the police at 3:26.
In order to accomodate the theory that the 3.26 log relates to Nevill calling the police and that this was the reason for Jeremy getting the engaged tone when he rang Nevill back. Jeremy admits he tried to call Nevill back straight away after the line went dead. Jeremy distinctly remebers getting the engaged tone.
In this theory scenario Jeremy would therefore put the telephone call as received from Nevill to himself at just before 3.26 am.
Yes but that can't possibly be the case, as that would put JB's call to the police at 3:36 which would not give him time to arrive at whf at 3:48 bearing in mind the length of his call to the police.
If Nevill called the police (which I don't believe happened) then Nevills call must have been before 3:26 minus a few minutes for JB to look up the local police number in the yellow pages, and possibly minus the time it took him to call JM.
I know and agree. Hence my repeated requests for Mike to post Jeremy's original WITNESS statement, as made on 7 / 8 the August 1985 which will include Jeremy's version of the time of the alleged call from Nevill.
It is my belief this will be the time Jeremy either received the alleged call from Nevill if innocent or the time Jermey wanted everyone to believe.
There remains a possibility that Jeremy's original WITNESS statement may corroborate with Ann Eaton's hand written notes.
I have found some details included in Roger Wilkes' book 'Blood Relations' which directly reference Jeremy's original statement on 8th August 1985.
For clarity, should anyone wish to check the following extract is detailed on page 136 -
' Stan Jones reminded Jeremy Bamber that he had been asked by several police officers about his actions that night, and that he had said he phoned the police before calling Julie. So what was the correct order?
'I don't remember,' said Jeremy, 'but my first statement was done at the time and must be correct.'
'[In his statement on 8 August, Jeremy Bamber claimed that he called Chelmsford Police 'immediately' after getting the engaged tone. He timed his father's call at about 3.10 a.m. According to his first statement, it was 'about 3.25 when he telephoned Julie to tell her something seemed to be wrong.] '
CE, without looking at your telephone or mobile records, can you:
Recall two telephone calls you made or received on 1st June?
Or the nearest day to 1st June if there were not two calls then?
Can you recall the times you made or received these calls?
Can you be certain of the order with which these calls were made/ taken?
I certainly can't recall any of the above.
I accept that 7-8th August were important days in Jeremy Bamber's life, however, it was also the start of a traumatic period when there would have been a great deal happening.
Remember too that Jeremy had been prescribed and was taking tranquilisers at that time, I believe these in themselves can have a damaging impact on memory. They wiped out the memory and the capacity to rationalise of a friend of mine.
