No Steve he would never have left the silencer in the cupboard in the first place, and I think you know this as well?
Well he did like to play tricks and take risks, some of which are alluded to in Claire Powell's book,
Murder at White House Farm, so it wouldn't be out of character. What I have said is that even if the silencer wasn't used in the massacre it doesn't make him innocent. I don't believe he received a telephone call from Nevill, given the relationship problems they had been experiencing for the past couple of years, culminating in the Osea Road burglary.I also believe Julie's evidence, which is damning and very difficult for the Defence to explain away.