So many comments to deal with from the aftermath of the truth,which however Jeremy tries to hoodwink will out in the end. Leaving people in the West country aside and the water to wine story which occurs in only John's gospel,you should all ask yourselves just what was the purpose of Julie in Jeremy's life for a period of almost two years.
You should ask yourself just why Jeremy stuck with her not just before the tragedy(which I have called the "prelude" for the purposes of this thread),but also in the direct aftermath of the tragedy it was Julie whom Jeremy summoned for whatever reason the Jeremy supporters can ascertain you can let me know,when he specifically asked DS Stan Jones and Mick Clark if he could have a few moments alone with his girlfriend at Bourtree Cottage that first morning.
What possible reason could Jeremy have to associate with Julie after the murders? What possible reason did he have to telephone her around 10pm on the Tuesday night,then again around 3am on the Wednesday morning and finally around 5:30am from the callbox at Goldhanger. Was Jeremy so emotionally insecure that he needed Julie for support,this girl who had been fagging away at pleasing Jeremy since November 1983,and who we are led to believe had no knowledge of any murder plot Jeremy may have harboured?
It seems to me the Jeremy supporters want it both ways,which should no longer surprise me knowing this site,but as there are so many of you resolute in your support for Jeremy I would say this:either there never was any murder plan in Jeremy's mind and therefore Julie knew nothing and has made the bulk of her statement to Police up,or Jeremy bounced his murder plans off Julie and Julie is at least implicated to some degree and guilty of omission,but by the same token this also incriminates Jeremy as the source of the evil scheme in the first place. What possible motive does Julie have to admit to the damning evidence that she could have gone to Police,that she was at least an accessory before the fact and that she could have stopped the murders of five people if only she had acted earlier. Any titbits she heard from Ann Eaton and the relatives would not have been dressed up by Julie in a formal statement to Police:who needed all that hassle?
In an answer to my own question I am quite certain in my own mind that the only explanation for Jeremy's conduct in the wake of the murders was to keep Julie on board,to keep her sweet until such time as he could pay her off,the memories of the murders faded and Julie would no longer have a hold on him. He did the same with Charles Marsden whom he must have regretted making the remark about the Farm burning down to,because true to type Jeremy also contacted him shortly after the murders in an attempt to keep him on side.
I believe Julie's statement,it's a statement spoken from the heart of a 19 year old girl who had transgressed and had hoped to avoid contact with Police until her hand was forced. It does not portray her in a perfect light by any means,but the truth is so much easier to cope with in one's inner conscience;a full confession means there's no need for the constant stream of "don't knows" or "no comments" to the more dangerous questions asking why Jeremy telephoned Julie at all three times in a matter of hours,whilst ostensibly nonchalantly picking threads from a red Arran sweater,whilst inside secretly trembling with fear that the truth would surface.
Another lovely story, Steve.
Jeremy called Julie, presumably, because she was his girlfriend of the past 2 years, so she would be his first 'port of call', so nothing strange about that. However, her response of 'go back to sleep' surely is?
No, there was no murder plan and therefore Julie DID make it up. otherwise they would both be equally evil, and Julie obviously did dress up tidbits from AE.
Jeremy did not keep Julie 'on board' - he dumped her! Sadly, many marriages do not survive terrible tragedies let alone courtships. Who knows, maybe the fact that she could identify the bodies without much emotion put Jeremy off her (see I can embellish stories too).
IMO Julie's statement is that of an evil, jealous cow who couldn't accept the fact the Jeremy no longer wanted her (she would have gone on seeing him otherwise).
She was 'lucky' enough to be offered 25K if he was convicted, so maybe her tears in court were because she was finally actually facing him and she knew she was lying, so the tears were twofold - due to her lying and that perhaps she wouldn't get the money - she didn't know if he would be found guilty or not guilty. But she soon perked up as we saw in the drag queen look a like NOTW pics.
Jeremy wrote to her after the trial and asked her to tell the truth - he had no idea why she said what she did.
Poor Jeremy, except for killing him, that must be the ultimate experience of a woman scorned.
