Professor Macdonell

[vidvic]

What about Professor Macdonell? A world expert on forensic ballistics. Persuaded by JB to look at his case. He concluded that Sheila had been murdered. Not suicide. Another liar?

[hartley]

His full report used to be on here but Mike took it down, he said people were using it to cause mischief. 

Its been a while since I read it, I wouldn't mind seeing it again.

[hartley]

There's a bit of the report and some discussion in this old thread:

 http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,264.msg1968.html#msg1968

[Roch]

What about Professor Macdonell? A world expert on forensic ballistics. Persuaded by JB to look at his case. He concluded that Sheila had been murdered. Not suicide. Another liar?

If Jeremy Bamber murdered his family, it doesn't really make good sense for him to then persuade a world renowned blood pattern expert to examine the case.

[hartley]

I see your point Rocky, but it still doesn't alter his conclusions.

[vidvic]

What about Professor Macdonell? A world expert on forensic ballistics. Persuaded by JB to look at his case. He concluded that Sheila had been murdered. Not suicide. Another liar?

If Jeremy Bamber murdered his family, it doesn't really make good sense for him to then persuade a world renowned blood pattern expert to examine the case.

Whatever JB's motives for asking him, the renowned expert found against him. Do you just discount this man's expertise?

[Roch]

What about Professor Macdonell? A world expert on forensic ballistics. Persuaded by JB to look at his case. He concluded that Sheila had been murdered. Not suicide. Another liar?

If Jeremy Bamber murdered his family, it doesn't really make good sense for him to then persuade a world renowned blood pattern expert to examine the case.

Whatever JB's motives for asking him, the renowned expert found against him. Do you just discount this man's expertise?

Well I'd argue that it is not in Prof. MacDonnell's remit to find against Bamber in particular.  The only thing I've seen of this report is a letter.  I'd be interested in which photographs he was allowed access to... and which photographs he was not. 

[Roch]

I see your point Rocky, but it still doesn't alter his conclusions.

I'd like to read the report hartley.  I'm not disrespecting his conclusions but we need to know what was available to him and how much was known by the defense about the case, at the time of his findings, imo.

[hartley]

I see your point Rocky, but it still doesn't alter his conclusions.

I'd like to read the report hartley.  I'm not disrespecting his conclusions but we need to know what is available to him and how much was known by the defense about the case, at the time of his findings, imo.

Yes I understand what you mean.

It would be good if Mike could post it again, amongst other things I'm quite interested in seeing if there are major discrepancies between his report and Fletchers report regarding ballistics.

[vidvic]

What about Professor Macdonell? A world expert on forensic ballistics. Persuaded by JB to look at his case. He concluded that Sheila had been murdered. Not suicide. Another liar?

If Jeremy Bamber murdered his family, it doesn't really make good sense for him to then persuade a world renowned blood pattern expert to examine the case.

Whatever JB's motives for asking him, the renowned expert found against him. Do you just discount this man's expertise?

Well I'd argue that it is not in Prof. MacDonnell's remit to find against Bamber in particular.  The only thing I've seen of this report is a letter.  I'd be interested in which photographs he was allowed access to... and which photographs he was not.

He also seems to suggest that Sheila didn't ever stand up after being shot.

[Roch]

What about Professor Macdonell? A world expert on forensic ballistics. Persuaded by JB to look at his case. He concluded that Sheila had been murdered. Not suicide. Another liar?

If Jeremy Bamber murdered his family, it doesn't really make good sense for him to then persuade a world renowned blood pattern expert to examine the case.

Whatever JB's motives for asking him, the renowned expert found against him. Do you just discount this man's expertise?

Well I'd argue that it is not in Prof. MacDonnell's remit to find against Bamber in particular.  The only thing I've seen of this report is a letter.  I'd be interested in which photographs he was allowed access to... and which photographs he was not.

He also seems to suggest that Sheila didn't ever stand up after being shot.

Vic does he rule out that she may have crawled? 

[hartley]

Rocky, yes he does, his report is quite damning, have you seen the link I put up above, the first post in that thread contains his preliminary findings.

It doesn't state that JB is guilty though, it states that Shiela didn't kill herself.

[Roch]

Rocky, yes he does, his report is quite damning, have you seen the link I put up above, the first post in that thread contains his preliminary findings.

It doesn't state that JB is guilty though, it states that Shiela didn't kill herself.

Thanks hartley I have read the report.  He does seem certain.  There's a bit of debate going on in that thread between Mike and Kaldin also.

[hartley]

Rocky, yes he does, his report is quite damning, have you seen the link I put up above, the first post in that thread contains his preliminary findings.

It doesn't state that JB is guilty though, it states that Shiela didn't kill herself.

Thanks hartley I have read the report.  He does seem certain.  There's a bit of debate going on in that thread between Mike and Kaldin also.

Thinking back, I'm beginning to wonder if he carried out the full report, I thought I'd seen a longer document, but if that was his preliminary findings, I'm not sure if he was instructed to continue or not.

[chochokeira]

I see your point Rocky, but it still doesn't alter his conclusions.

Yes, but what were his conclusions based on, Harters...half the evidence.

As Shaw says, if Jeremy had been the murderer he would have known that the ballistics case presented at the trial was totally wrong: for example because the markings on the cartridges show two guns were used not one.

Yet Jeremy didn't have a clue about this, so the one gun theory went unchallenged.