I know you don't believe there is such a photo Nick but I don't want to dismiss it out of hand just yet. It bothers me that Sheila was "found" on the floor. It makes more sense to me that you would lay on a bed if you were going to take your own life.
Alternatively, if you believe that JB did it. Why would you he stage her suicide on the floor? The more logical place to me would be the bed.
This together with early reports that Sheila was found on the bed make me optimistic that such a photo might indeed exists. This is just the kind of evidence I think which would guarantee JB a "get out of jail" card.
Janet, fair point and nicely written.
I agree with a lot that you state and even if you were staging a suicide it would look better on the bed.
AE even refers to SC being on the bed in her statement - so no problem so far (unless she misheard the policeman) and please bear in mind this statement was available at trial and yet JB's defence does not seem to have referred to it at all!
I do believe EP had a hand in moving SC's body on the floor, but not to blame JB at the time, they had to fall back on JB stage managing the body due to the photographic evidence.
So, when it became 5 murders EP thought do we show the photo of SC on the bed or on the floor - Oh! show the one on the floor that has two bullet wounds showing and who commits suicide with two shots - we've got him on that. What about the one of her on the bed - Oh! stick that in the hidden file, no one will find it.
And it is the fact that the alleged photo is meant to allegedly show just one wound that bothers me as the story (and that's all it is) clearly suggests police foul play and therefore JB innocent.
Please also consider that this photo is meant to have been with Ewen Smith (JB's solicitor at the time) - no evidence - with Z - no real evidence of Z never mind his copy of the photo (but he is on some CCTV footage somewhere - that we will never get to see!).
The photo(s) at least 2 have been around for 25+ years and never surfaced - unbelievable!!
This is why I am sceptical.
I hope this post has come over reasonably as I am getting a little peeved with this photo story!!