Possible other reason why Bamber called Chelmsford Police:

[Adam]

He could call his AM from WHF. As discussed in other recent threads.

Cycle straight back & call the police straight away. Before changing, cleaning up etc.  This is Bamber's 15 minute gap - 'around 3.10am - 3.26am.

Chelmsford Police is over 20 miles away. Police cars despatched from there would take longer to arrive at WHF. This gives him the time to change/clean up etc. Before arriving after the police.

[Adam]

As it happened the police cars were despatched from Witham. Which is closer but still over 11 miles from WHF.

This still gives him some changing/cleaning time.

[Adam]

If he calls the police from his cottage after getting changed/washed etc, the gap between calls becomes 20-30 minutes. Which is becoming more implausible.

Ringing them as soon as he arrives back, will still give him time to change/clean. Providing the police cars are despatched from a long way away. 

[Adam]

If he calls the police from his cottage after getting changed/washed etc, the gap between calls becomes 20-30 minutes. Which is becoming more implausible.

Ringing them as soon as he arrives back, will still give him time to change/clean. Providing the police cars are despatched from a long way away.

This is even more important as he asked the police to pick him up.

[lookout]

How did JB enter and exit WHF without a trace ?

[Jane]

How did JB enter and exit WHF without a trace ?

Same as he'd done it previously?

[lookout]

Same as he'd done it previously?

Same answer as t'other thread---no trace of an entry/ exit.

[Jane]

Same answer as t'other thread---no trace of an entry/ exit.

Thought it was the same question   Seriously, if he'd had several years of practice, he'd have had it down to a fine art.

[lookout]

Thought it was the same question   Seriously, if he'd had several years of practice, he'd have had it down to a fine art.

Not just him as others used to gain entry the same way.
It would have appeared that JB  got blamed at trial for making a forced entry---without any proof that there'd been a supposed forced entry as no photographs were produced by Barlow to the defence of any damage that might have occurred.
You'd have thought Barlow would have leapt up out of his seat if there'd have been anything to show ?

[Jane]

Not just him as others used to gain entry the same way.
It would have appeared that JB  got blamed at trial for making a forced entry---without any proof that there'd been a supposed forced entry as no photographs were produced by Barlow to the defence of any damage that might have occurred.
You'd have thought Barlow would have leapt up out of his seat if there'd have been anything to show ?

Why would entry need to have been forced? Quite possible, having done it often enough, he'd very probably worked out how to do it without  needing force.

[lookout]

Why would entry need to have been forced? Quite possible, having done it often enough, he'd very probably worked out how to do it without  needing force.

Fiddling around in the dark with a piece of hacksaw would have caused visible damage I'd have thought.

[lookout]

I rather think that soil beneath the window was inspected for footprints and a sample taken.

[Adam]

Lookout keeps asking the same question.

She is either on a diversion tactic or is becoming forgetful about the 27 year old police interviews.

[Jane]

Fiddling around in the dark with a piece of hacksaw would have caused visible damage I'd have thought.

Perhaps he had no need? Perhaps he'd found reason to tap on the window, before he went in for supper, getting someone to open it to see what he wanted? Okay, a bit of a longshot, that one, BUT we know it wasn't the first time he'd done it, don't we? Did they check for footprints within hours of discovering the bodies? Why would they? They believed it to have been murder suicide. Why would Sheila have got in/out of the window. It was a week or two before a thorough search was made. Any footprints -if he hadn't erased them at the time- would have been long gone.

[Adam]

Anyway it seems likely Bamber -

Rang his AM from WHF.

Cycled straight back to his cottage.

Rang Chelmsford Police straight away. Jointly because he felt cars despatched from Chelmsford gave him time to get changed/washed & gave him more chance of being picked up from his cottage.