Now it is a well known secret that DCI 'Taff' Jones did not take too kindly to the relatives trying to interfere with the investigation, especially during the early stages when he was head of the investigation (SC/688/85) and that he in fact threw the relatives out of the police station on one occasion, and so bearing in mind the timing of the alleged find of the silencer by the relatives in the gun cupboard at whf on 10th August 1985, this silencer which was handed to DS 'Stan' Jones by Peter Eaton on evening of 12th August 1985, must have been brought to the attention of DCI Jones, by DS 'Stan' Jones. It is unthinkable that DS Jones would not inform DCI Jones that the relatives had found such a silencer? It is even more unthinkable that because of the attitude that DCI Jones had regarding the interfering nature of the relatives who were hell bent on trying to put Jeremy in the frame, that DCI Jones would allow DI Cook to take that silencer to the lab' without he (DI Cook) bringing this to his attention?
DCI Jones, thought the relatives were trying to frame Jeremy for these murders, and he would have suspected that any find of a silencer or attempt to introduce such a silencer into the investigation by the relatives was nothing but a ruse to pin the blame on Jeremy. In my view, he would have proceeded with extreme caution once the relatives sought to introduce the silencer evidence into the investigation. This is why I think the silencer kept on DCI 'Taff' Jones desk was the one introduced by the relatives with the help of DS 'Stan' Jones...
Why would DCI Jones allow a silencer that was introduced by the relatives, to be sent to the lab' on 13th August 1985, and keep the other silencer found by DS Jones on his desk in his office at Witham police station?
He wouldn't, and he didn't...
The silencer kept on 'Taff' Jones office desk was the one introduced by the relatives, and the one sent to the lab' on 13th August 1985, was the one found at the scene (SBJ/1) by DS 'Stan' Jones...