It's not a crackpot theory if it happened.
On the 07/09/85 JM came forward after RB had his meeting with PS on the 06/09/85
This triggered EP to look in more detail at JB as the perpetrator. On the 17/09/85 JB was quizzed by Taff and RBJ about a problem/conundrum involving the rounds fired and the bullets left loose on the kitchen work top. (Action 116 see RBJ in archive).
This was not resolved because JB did not know or remember how many bullets were present in the magazine when he filled it prior to going out to shoot rabbits. Nor did he know whether the box he used was a full 50 rounds. Largely because the previous week he had a target shooting practice with AP.
From a previous Bubo bubo post“I think the origin for this discussion was whether the CT had their numbers right in claiming there were 30 shots fired. I say this is unresolvable with the information we have to hand. Such as it is we do not and cannot know how many rounds were in the mag to start with nor do we know that all the boxes were full. JB and AP had a shooting session the previous weekend and we cannot know if AP kept ammunition at WHF along with his other equipment or whether there were any loose rounds that were stored out of a box, say dropped into a bag. We cannot know if any of the many people who traipsed through the building took rounds as souvenirs".
"If they have evidence that there were 30 shots fired it will be up to them to make the case as they see fit. There is no obligation on their part to satisfy our curiosity”.
On the 20/09/85 MF received DRH22 which was 29 bullets which he recorded on a GER.
However, in his statement dated 13/11/85 he now says he received 30 rounds. Page 6
I believe this is because EP used 1 of the thirty on the work top to replace the cartridge fired by the TFG in June. I have posted extensively on this issue. They say they found the last cartridge on the 09/08/85 next to the wardrobe. It is possible that this cartridge case was obtained by a test fire to produce a replacement cartridge case.
This was, in my opinion part of the original cover up. And this led to the evidence which was used when EP framed JB. They had to ensure that the numbers agreed. MF’s statement as we have come to expect was unsigned.
What is more disturbing is that to further their malfeasance they say that the total unspent rounds were made up of two submissions. Lab items numbers 93 and 51. Lab items are numbered as they are received. So, one would expect that they would send all the unspent rounds as one item and this means that the item 51 was sent before the main batch of unspent rounds. One of the rounds was still in the holding tray which sits inside the box However, this has been changed in his statement. Item 51 was originally
A red fibre found on SC’s nightdressTo add more to this manipulation item 50 was
a red fibre found on the silencer. To my knowledge I have never seen this used as a part of the prosecution’s evidence to advance the suggestion, that SC was shot by JB with the SM in place. Nor have any guilt supporters used this in SM discussions.
