Thanks Rob, if Nevill made the call to Bamber that Sheila’s is going Crazy with a gun, please come over, under the watchful eye of Sheila, she cuts him off with his phone call, does she then allow him to phone the Police after cutting him off in the first place, thus triggering the second car?
I think you and his supporters have always been under the impression that the tactical fire arms unit was called earlier than when Bews made the request? If you read Adams report he tells you, at 4.00am he was on operation (plain clothes) in Colchester when he heard radio talk of a possible fire arms incident at Tolleshunt Darcy, so he contacts HQ to tell her that they were a fire arms unit and were available. He goes on to say after that he didn't hear anything for a while. So at this point no request had been made for Tactical fire arms team to be deployed. It was only when Bews made the request a little while later that they was deployed, Adams then had to remind the operator they would have to return back to HQ to draw weapons?
Now if Nevill had made a request for help to the police and Bamber had made a request to the police, both mentioning the use of guns and I dare say Nevill’s call would have been more serious than Bamber’s, Adams would have been notified much earlier, it’s awhile after 4.00 am that he’s told that he’s needed.
I can’t load Adams COLP statement for some reason?
Just a little thought provoking idea from Detail Man.
Given the fact that the telephone set up at WHF was based on a single line with a number of jointly connected hand sets means that if the phone on the master socket is removed the whole system goes down prohibiting any calls in or out until a device is re-inserted in the master socket.
It needs to be considered whether SC removed the handset from the master socket and maybe hid the handset involved. In such a situation NB would need to reconnect either with the original or an alternate.
Such systems allowed others to eavesdrop others calls although it could be noticed if the receiver was returned to the cradle. A click would be heard.
When looking at what happened such a situation may need to be factored in and considered when making up scenarios.
