Inspector Burrell WS

[Jane]

What in Dr Craig's testimony undermines the suggestion that Sheila delayed in taking her own life?

If Sheila had surrendered to the loudhailer, she would not have been able to reunite with her 'babies' on the other side. I very much doubt that it was Sheila's intention to leave herself on Earth while the twins were in heaven. Therefore, any choice offered by the loudhailer was irrelevant.  She was in limbo and only carried out the final act upon being forced to do so by the police physically closing in on her. These are my opinions.

In that case, sensibly, she'd have shot herself the minute she'd despatched them in case they became scared when they reached the other side and found themselves alone!

[Cambridgecutie]

Sheila didn't die with her children, who were callously killed by Uncle Jeremy without their mother nearby and who was similarly dispatched in the same bedroom as the mother she couldn't stand.

I was referring to the time as opposed to location.

[Roch]

In that case, sensibly, she'd have shot herself the minute she'd despatched them in case they became scared when they reached the other side and found themselves alone!

Have you ever wondered whether you could shoot someone.. if the situation warranted it?  Now imagine pointing the gun at your self. Imagine the gun at your own throat or under your own chin. I think she held off until the point where it was either death or arrest.

[Jane]

Have you ever wondered whether you could shoot someone.. if the situation warranted it?  Now imagine pointing the gun at your self. Imagine the gun at your own throat or under your own chin. I think she held off until the point where it was either death or arrest.

I imagine had I shot my children, the hardest thing a mother can do, I'd be desperate to be with them, if only so I didn't have to relive what I'd done to them.

[Cambridgecutie]

Have you ever wondered whether you could shoot someone.. if the situation warranted it?  Now imagine pointing the gun at your self. Imagine the gun at your own throat or under your own chin. I think she held off until the point where it was either death or arrest.

But most people can't "imagine" your scenarios because their minds do not become altered to the degree required to carry out such acts.  In SC's case she was diagnosed with a serious mental illness which her psychiatrist said would only worsen.  Weeks earlier she had spent time in a psychiatric hospital.

What evidence exists that SC was alive after the police arrived?