If I knew that the blood was 100% certain it was Sheila's blood and no one else's I would have to switch to guilty, but that's not the case. All we can say is that the blood matched 8% of the population, including some of the relatives blood groups.
Sorry I do not accept the silencer evidence at all, there were two silencers for a start. SJ thought so much of it that he just chucked the silencer in the boot. DB's witness statement where he first says he saw the blood etc. while at WHF then latter in another he says he saw the blood etc. over AE's house is just unacceptable.
Even DNA evidence isn't 100%.
The expert said the blood groups within the flake matched 8% of the white British population so you're a few billion out. It stands to reason surely that statistically one or more of the relatives will share the same blood groups? Trials are concerned with propositions that are capable of convincing jurors not fanciful notions. If you were a member of the jury at Bamber's trial which do you think would sound most compelling:
- Sheila's blood entering the silencer from the 'drawback' phenomenon
- RWB dobbing his blood in to contaminate silencer
- AE wringing out Sheila's menstrual stained knickers left to soak in a bucket of water and using to contaminate silencer
Rivlin went for the mixed blood theory ie the flake representing a mix of Nevill and June's blood.