Jeremy Bamber: the Prelude, the Tragedy and the Aftermath

[Stephanie]

No story Stephanie.....he just had his hair cut and asked for me to keep it. Which I have done.

Doesn't that strike you as a bit odd? It does me. Then again each to their own I guess.
How come the police never seized his camera?

The reason the keeping of the hair strikes me as odd is to do with the recent research I've done in relation to certain personality types holding on to things like this. If I find the link I'll post it.

[Jane]

No story Stephanie.....he just had his hair cut and asked for me to keep it. Which I have done.

That hair looks very long. Presumably it was cut well before the massacre happened.

[Aunt Agatha]

I do understand where you're coming from.

This was all a very long time ago - he gave me loads of things.

The police arrived with rifle, wetsuit, camera, all granny's paperwork and granny's handmade box, and over the years he's made many things for me.
Paintings (numerous), books, cassette tapes...and more.

Must find that watch! It's not where I thought it would be. Hmm!

[maggie]

I think the people on this forum are too judgemental about the Bamber family

I think most families could be classed as dysfunctional.  I think there was a lot of love in Jeremy's life

Wouldn't you agree Maggie

I have always argued that I think some people on the forum are particularly judgemental about June butI believe that could be because we have little real insight into her or Nevill's day to day behaviour or how they interacted with the children. 
I think June was possibly unfairly blamed for Sheila's illness which may have been genetic and not related in any way to her relationship with her mother.   
We have little or no insight into the relationship between June and Sheila when she was a young child and it may be that their relationship became much more difficult after the onset of Sheila's schizophrenia, possibly in her teens and exacerbated by the birth of the twins.   

[Aunt Agatha]

That hair looks very long. Presumably it was cut well before the massacre happened.

No, it was in prison.

[lookout]

I have always argued that I think some people on the forum are particularly judgemental about June butI believe that could be because we have little real insight into her or Nevill's day to day behaviour or how they interacted with the children. 
I think June maybe unfairly blamed for Sheila's illness which may have been genetic and not related in any way to her relationship with her mother.   We have little or no insight into the relationship between June and Sheila when she was a young child and it may be that their relationship became much more difficult after the onset of Sheila's schizophrenia. 

Maggie,it was the " stiff-upper-lip " brigade way back when whatever you were suffering,you got on with it and illnesses were rarely spoken about. 

[Stephanie]

No, it was in prison.

Now that rings an alarm bell based on something I read recently. Don't get me wrong, I don't support the findings of all professionals in their varying fields of expertise but this is weird.

Luke Mitchell saved his urine after the murder of JJ and SH did something kind of similar a few years after the murder. Because of the forthcoming inquest I'm not prepared to go into details but this type of behaviour can be linked to the wounded child.

[Aunt Agatha]

Now that rings an alarm bell based on something I read recently. Don't get me wrong, I don't support the findings of all professionals in their varying fields of expertise but this is weird.

Luke Mitchell saved his urine after the murder of JJ and SH did something kind of similar a few years after the murder. Because of the forthcoming inquest I'm not prepared to mention it but this type of behaviour can be linked to the wounded child.

I can look back with hindsight which is why I have disclosed what he gave me.

One can make up their own minds.

[maggie]

Maggie,it was the " stiff-upper-lip " brigade way back when whatever you were suffering,you got on with it and illnesses were rarely spoken about.

My guess is that June struggled to understand Sheila's illness maybe dismissing the early signs as bad behaviour rather than anything else, that is hardly surprising I would doubt she knew much if anything about schizophrenia and probably just thought it meant anyone suffering from it had a 'split personality'.
I think I'm a member of the 'stiff-upper-lip-brigade', Lookout, I hate doctors and would do anything to hide from them forever.

[Stephanie]

I do understand where you're coming from.

This was all a very long time ago - he gave me loads of things.

The police arrived with rifle, wetsuit, camera, all granny's paperwork and granny's handmade box, and over the years he's made many things for me.
Paintings (numerous), books, cassette tapes...and more.

Must find that watch! It's not where I thought it would be. Hmm!

Why didn't the police process the film in his camera?

[Aunt Agatha]

Why didn't the police process the film in his camera?

I have no idea. Why give me a rifle? I don't know!

[Stephanie]

I have no idea. Why give me a rifle? I don't know!

Didn't you ask them why?

[Steve_uk]

Funny that Sheila used to draw at Moira House.

[Stephanie]

I have no idea. Why give me a rifle? I don't know!

Have you never been curious to find out what's on the film?

[Aunt Agatha]

Didn't you ask them why?

No. We were stunned that they even agreed to give them in the first place. Once I had received them we never mentioned them in writing (I don't think). Maybe they overlooked it....I really don't know and I was not going to ask.