" WPC.Jeapes was a trained firearms instructor who had arrived at the scene with the second team of armed officers led by Inspector Montgomery. At about 7.15am,,,Jeapes saw a rifle leaning against the main bedroom window and made a note of it in her pocketbook.
This is interesting,,,because at that point, no police officers had entered the farmhouse, and neither Jeremy,,Sergeant Bews, or PC.Mayall--------who had all looked through that very same window-----had noticed the gun. Nobody got to hear about this gun for 19 years because WPC.Jeapes witness statement was conveniently placed in the " Undisclosed Material " file.