There is much confusion around the silencer (Sound Moderator) evidence..
Exactly, how many different ones existed which were physical exhibits, and in the possession of the police, fingerprinted, sent or taken to the Home Office Forensic Lab' at Huntingdon, and when key forensic evidence discovered on or inside one or other of these.
Well, there is/are certain undeniable facts that can be proved about it or them..
(1) At the beginning of the trial, an Essex police motor cycle outrider collected 'two Parker hale silencers from the relatives', and conveyed these to court, should the Crown be requested to explain all the contradictions and inconsistencies of the surrounding multiple exhibit references for the existence of only one silencer (' SBJ/1', 'SJ/1', 'DB/1', 'AE/1', 'HGO/1', and 'DRB/1'..
However..
(2) there was already one further Parker Hale silencer lodged with the court, and it had the exhibit reference, 'DRB/1'...
(3) three separate Parker hale silencers at court on the first day of the trial, 'two collected from relatives', and 'one' to which was being portrayed as 'home to blood group evidence', and 'red paint'. The exhibit references of the two Parker hale silencers in relatives possession up to the beginning of the trial 'did not have any exhibit references', or if they did, 'none were disclosed'...
This proves, 'relatives', 'cops', 'Lab' experts' had been dealing with 'at least three different Parker hale silencers', at 'one time' or 'another'. I can identify each of these 'three unique Parker hale silencers' with 'the original exhibit reference' given to each one..
'SBJ/1'
'DB/1'
'DRB/1'
One or other, of these three silencers was submitted to Huntingdon Lab', on three different stages of the police investigation..
13th August 1985 'SBJ/1'
30th August 1985'DB/1'
20th September 1985 'DRB/1'
Each one of these 'three silencers' was present at 'Chelmsford Crown Court' on 'the first day of the trial' (2nd October 1986)
to be continued..
Each of these unique parker hale silencers, were recovered, seized, or found, at the crime scene on three separate occasions. It remains possible, that the original exhibit reference ('SBJ/1') may have just been allocated to the 'Brno' rifle belonging to Anthony Pargeter, on it's own (better explanation to follow on this point)
As follows:-
7th August 1985 'SBJ/1'
taken to Lab' by DI Cook on 13th August 1985
Involvement of DS Jones, DCI Jones, DI Cook and PC Bird..
Fingerprinted by DI Cook on 15th and 23rd August 1985
10th August 1985 'DB/1'
Involvement of David Boutflour, Robert Boutflour and Ann Eaton (suspected of being the parker hale silencer belonging to Anthony Pargeters .22 'Brno' bolt action rifle, probably used with his gun).The find of this parker hale silencer, fits snugly with David Boutflours later account that he found a parker hale silencer in two different positions inside the gun cupboard at whf.
Sent to Lab" on 30th August 1985
Blood group tests carried out on blood found in/on baffle plates of this particular parker hale silencer, on the following dates, 12th September 1985, 13th September 1985 18th September 1985 and 19th September 1985 (prior to parker hale silencer 'DRB/1' had even yet been submitted to the lab's (20th September 1985), this establishes beyond doubt, that the blood group evidence was not/ could not have been found inside 'DRB/1', but rather that it was present in one of the other two parker hale silencers ('DB/1'), and later for the sake of simplicity and ease, attributed as though it was blood found inside 'DRB/1'..
11th September 1985 'DRB/1'
Involvement of David Boutflour, Ann Eaton, DC Oakey, DS Eastwood, and DS Davison
Handed to DC Okey by Ann Eaton on 11th September 1985, it originally been given exhibit reference 'AE/1', later altered to 'HGO/1', until it was subsequently sent to the Lab' on 20th September 1985. On 14th September 1985, DS Eastwood and DS Davison fingerprinted this particular parker Hale silencer, after which time, its exhibit reference was altered once more, and it became 'DRB/1'. It was first examined forensically at the Lab' on 25th September 1985. Crushed Red paint particles from the kitchen farmhouse aga, were subsequently identified as matching the paint to the aga, in tests which were conducted at the beginning of October 1985..
David Boutflour telephoned Essex police on 12th September 1985 to inform them that he had found the parker hale silencer ('DRB/1') belonging exclusively to the .22 semi-automatic 'Anshuzt' rifle.
It seems almost certain that the first parker hale silencer found in the gun cupboard on 10th August 1985, was the one belonging to Anthony Pargeters 'Brno' rifle which had 17 internalised baffle plates, upon which was subsequently found the crucial blood group evidence, used to convict Jeremy Bamber. At some point prior to 11th September 1985, it became known to themselves probably having been told by Anthony Pargeter himself that the police had got his 17 baffle plated parker hale silencer, and if police had only got one parker hale silencer in their possession, then there should have been a second parker hale silencer in the same gun cupboard back at the scene. It was only after David Boutflour found and recovered the second parker hale silencer at the scene by 11th September 1985 it was realised that the relatives had handed Pargeters parker hale silencer to cops. Hence why, when he telephoned police on 12th September 1985, he was able to specifically state that this second silencer belonged to the .22 semi-automatic 'Anshuzt' rifle...
sent to Lab' on 20th September 1985