If the police had something to hide the last thing they would need would be forensic experts such as pathologists and ballistics specialists crawling around and closely examining the crime scene. Nor would they want WHF fingerprinted. Who knows what would happen if they found prints of people from the police or other actors that should not be in some of the places where they were found. The sheer number of individuals who traipsed through the premises also made it a waste of time. All those who did enter would have to be printed for elimination purposes. That does not include the members of staff and any other visitors who had been in the house including the telephone engineer.
I do not see why not attending the autopsy is a black mark. He had a meeting planned with Vanezis and many others at WHF (08/07/85) as we know from PV's statements. The case would not be hampered in any way by waiting (24 hours) till PV had the pics and delivered his main conclusions. Taff would be unlikely to learn anything at autopsy which was time critical and we do not know what other issues were being dealt with on this or any other cases in his in tray.
Yes it's a shame TAFF wasn't there long enough to conduct a thorough investigation as Senior crime scene officer in charge of overseeing the investigation of 5 murders, instead of calling it Suicide after a brief 25 minute stop over.
It's exactly what iv'e said, once TAFF called it Suicide, the murder inquiry stopped, [although Soco would not admit it, they just went through the motions] you simply just don't get it, TAFF didn't do justice for JB and he didn't do justice for the victims. JB might not have been convicted if TAFF had done his Job properly, Patholigist, Ballistics Fingerprints, bioligst, all might have found something AT the crime scene that helped JB, a full search of the premises would have located the silencer before any relative got heir hands on it, and this is what probably sent Bamber down. Vanezis states he could have formed a different view if he had been called to the scene, he also states that a Ballistics expert should have attended both at the scene and at the Morgue.
Search and examination of White House Farm 54. The senior police officers who attended the scene, led in the initial stages by DCI Jones (who died in May 1986), came quickly to the view that Sheila Caffell had murdered her parents and children before committing suicide. Inevitably this had an impact upon the nature and thoroughness of the searches and examination of the farmhouse.
Your Bravado of TAFF spotting JM was lying eventually after four weeks in the investigation, just about sums this guy up......... guess what, SJ spotted she was lying after two day's, and Guess what, who wouldn't believe SJ when he relayed his feelings. That's why Stan called Miller before the Meeting at WHF because he knew Julie Mugford was lying.
https://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4985.0;attach=35033;imageHe knocked Down any queries raised with what appeared to be VALIED reasoning, was the word Cook used.
