Seems we still have disagreement about the windows,so let us take a look at the evidence.
Now,ILB calls the topic'The window Jeremy used for entry',well the ALLEGED window was the sash window in the downstairs shower room.The prosecution case claims JB locked this window behind him after entry and exited by the kitchen window after his task was completed.
Now,the kitchen window had two openings in it,a small top hinged part sometimes referred to as a fanlight and a side hinged opening secured by a side handle and bottom catch. Now I may be wrong but going by Wilkes book and AEs statements I think initially the relatives were talking about JB exiting by the top fanlight opening.AE talks of setting the catch which then falls into place when the window is banged shut,there is no mention of a 'side handle' or a 'bottom latch'
Yes,I know it is the side opening part of the kitchen window that the campaign team are talking about in their podcast video but that is because it was this opening that Barlow tested when he visited the WHF
on his own.The relatives never spoke of the bottom latch on the window,but Barlow did,he even said that AE might have to show him how she secured the window,'how it was done'.
I think Barlow was testing the side opening,while the relatives were testing the top opening or fanlight,
as it is referred to throughout Wilkes's book.
I dont think RWB would have been content with simply securing the handle on the side opening window,he would have wanted the bottom latch on its peg too,dont you think? And remember,they talk of Bamber wriggling out of the window,not climbing out.
BUT,thats just how I read it,will be glad to view any evidence where any of the relatives specifically mention the side opening of the kitchen window and not the fanlight or top hinged opening.
Anyway,back to the argument about whether Taff checked if all the downstair windows were secure.
A few points here,as we have said,it seems unlikely that Taff would check the dairy window inside and out so thoroughly and simply glance at the others as claimed by Jane. Adam says that Taff suspected JB from the start,so why lie about checking that all the downstiar windows were secured?
Once JB was arrested why didn't Taff admitt that he didn't check all the windows,if no one admitted to opening the shower room window this was the chance to put the pressure on to JB and accuse him of using it to enter and exit the farm.
Yet,in his october statement Taff maintains that he checked all down stair windows.Now,there is severe pigheadedness and then there is perverting the course of justice.
Would Taff really have continued to claim to have checked the windows if he hadn't?
Would he really risk a maniac getting off and shooting someone else? Would he really help a killer evade justice because of hot headed stubornness?
Now Zoso asks why didn't Taff mention the dining room window being opened by the raid team and why JB didnt tell the TFG how to enter the WHF through a window and rescue any survivors?
Well,again we can only assume that Taff was told that the TFG had opened the dining room window as an escape route,after all some of them were still around when Taff arrived,which member of the TFG made safe the rifle and helped to bag the bodies,was that Collins? Will check later.
As for JB telling the TFG how to enter the WHF through a window,this wasn't actually an option.
As far as the police were concerned it was a potential siege situation,and when they did decide to go in it had to be through a door for speed,several men at the same time to cover one another.
Why do you think the police always knock a door in to enter a building? They cant risk climbing in through windows and getting knifed or shot one at a time while they are vulnerable on their hands and knees.They knock the door off its hinges and charge in,taking the occupants by surprise while covering each others back.
Why would the police pay for a new house door if they didn't have to.Even without JBs help,all they had to do was break ONE pane of glass in ANY window and reach in to unlock the catch if they wanted to.
A lot cheaper replacing a pane of glass than a front door,but the police had no intention of entering through a window no matter what JB might have told them.
And what was this Golding guy, or whoever it was, checking the security of the house for later on anyway?
No,I think common sense tells us that Taff did indeed check all the down stair windows,I dont think he would have lied about this once JB was arrested if it wasn't true,he even helped interview JB,why would he help to question him about exiting through the kitchen window if he thought the shower room window was found unsecured? I dont think so.
