The Firearm

[Kaldin]

why would he put it back in the cupboard, i would have thought he would have taken the silencer with him when he left the house and then get rid of it altogether.

I quite agree, JB would have either taken it with him or left it unscrewed by her side.

After all we are lead to believe by the prosecution that he was clever enough to leave the building through a small window leaving no blood traces on the exit surfaces/window/outside and then got rid of all his bloody clothing so that no item was ever found.

The circular burn marks on Nevills back indicate to me that there was a weapon used without a silencer fitted

I suppose it might have occurred to him that her blood might be on or in the silencer and that's why he didn't leave it next to the body. I agree though that putting it back in the cupboard would be a really daft thing to do. Even if he panicked, I would have thought he would retrieve it later after he'd thought about how risky it was to leave it at the farm.

[mb1]

If Sheila did not take her own life...

Perhaps the killer shot her once - the non-instant but eventually fatal wound - went to place the gun, realised the mistake regarding arm length, removed the silencer and shot her again, full contact so the length would fit.

Perhaps they were then distracted - Neville not quite as incapacitated as first thought or even June - and had to deal with that.

Perhaps the silencer was taken then put back.

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...