Special Branch knew that because of the nature of the monitoring of the farmhouse (whf) and Jeremy's cottage, in nearby Goldhanger, that Ralph and the others were all still alive at 3:30am, and that four minutes beforehand, Ralph Bamber had been speaking to Special Branch officers on the phone, at around 3:26am, about the deteriorating circumstances which were unfolding back at the farm. Special Branch operatives had already eavesdropped the call made by Ralph to Jeremy, at 3:15am, and later they also eavesdropped the call made by Jeremy to the police, timed at 3:36am...
For these very reasons, Special Branch knew and know that Jeremy Bamber played no role in the shootings of his family...