Statement of Ann Eaton 8th - 13th September 1985

[Bridget]

Miss Bridget

I disagree.

Wit stat 8th Aug

He told me he had supper with his parents during the conversation that evening and that he had a "pleasant as could be expected day due to harvesting".  He did not make any more mention of the family.

Wit stat 8th/9th Sep

Jeremy did not mention to me about killing his family until Tuesday 6th August 1985...

...I said to him "You sound pissed off".  He said, "I have been thinking on the tractor and the crime will have to be tonight or never".

Look on the bright side you might end up having humble pie for supper instead of worms 

I asked NGB for his input but he said he likes to see women fight it out    He said he finds their illogical approach to legal matters endearing 

Oh did he!

I see no particular inconsistency between those two statements.

[killingeve]

Julie didn't need to complicate matters by introducing Matthew McDonald into the equation and mentioning a ludicrous sum of £2000. Either she is telling the truth as spoken to her by Jeremy or she is risking making herself a laughing stock with Police when they examine her story.Your case against Julie anyway is that she garnered information from the Press and relatives and served it up second hand for the Police's benefit. Unfortunately Jeremy told Julie "a glove came off in the fight with Nevill..he put up a good fight for a man his age..",thus again gainsaying what you would like to be true.

Hi Steve_uk

Is the above directed at me or Lookout? 

[Steve_uk]

All of you really. It's so much easier to tell the truth as Julie knows,when you can talk to your heart's content and clarify points where there may be ambiguities,rather than sit in front of Police for hours pulling threads from a white Arran sweater and mouthing continual "no comments" and "don't knows" with that sullen expression we have all come to know of the true Jeremy..

[Alias]

Miss Bridget

I disagree.

Wit stat 8th Aug

He told me he had supper with his parents during the conversation that evening and that he had a "pleasant as could be expected day due to harvesting".  He did not make any more mention of the family.

Wit stat 8th/9th Sep

Jeremy did not mention to me about killing his family until Tuesday 6th August 1985...

...I said to him "You sound pissed off".  He said, "I have been thinking on the tractor and the crime will have to be tonight or never".

Look on the bright side you might end up having humble pie for supper instead of worms 

I asked NGB for his input but he said he likes to see women fight it out  He said he finds their illogical approach to legal matters endearing

In other words, he doesn´t know.... 

[Alias]

All of you really. It's so much easier to tell the truth as Julie knows,when you can talk to your heart's content and clarify points where there may be ambiguities,rather than sit in front of Police for hours pulling threads from a white Arran sweater and mouthing continual "no comments" and "don't knows" with that sullen expression we have all come to know of the true Jeremy..

Funny, I have the impression of him fro photos, that he has a ready smile - and a warm smile at that. Can´t blame him for sullenness in the situation described.

[Bridget]

In other words, he doesn´t know.... 

lol

[susan]

Hi steve  are you sure he was wearing an Arran sweater

[Jane]

Hi steve  are you sure he was wearing an Arran sweater

Or a sullen expression

[lookout]

I don't think I'd be laughing with joy at the prospect of having been being suspected of murder.

[Steve_uk]

I don't think I'd be laughing with joy at the prospect of having been being suspected of murder.

No, but you would leave no stone unturned during interrogation to prove your innocence,not give "yes" or "no" answers which vouchsafed no information whatsoever delivered in a singsong tone whose procedure endured for hours..

[killingeve]

Oh did he!

I see no particular inconsistency between those two statements.

Miss Bridget

I thought as much.

8th Aug = no further ref to family

8th/9th Sep = refers back to previous talk about killing family and then adds "tonight or never".

I've previously pointed out that JM's wit stats on blue are p**s poor quality.  Our comepetitors appear in many ways more organised with better quality material.  I'll ask one of the mods if this can be addressed.

[lookout]

Steve,,it was a mass murder,,the worst crime of its time,,,why wasn't the place immediately roped off.?
Why wasn't the area around the farmhouse ground methodically examined.?
Why wasn't the flooring inside the farmhouse methodically examined.?
Was there any odour on entry into the farmhouse.?
Were there any prints on the crockery.?
Were there any spent cigar/cigarettes in any ashtrays.?
Did you know that flooring inside a property is important when it comes to an investigation.?
If the repository where the silencer was fingerprinted,,where are the results.?

Because you say that Jeremy used the bicycle,,it would have been vital to have examined the outside area,,don't you agree.? Particularly outside the window area where you say he entered. ( yellow mud )
This is the nitty gritty of an investigation,and it wasn't carried out. 
Instead,,it was easier to blame an innocent man than to have to carry out the duties of how an investigation should have been conducted.
Oh,,and outsiders should not have been allowed access to the farmhouse until on the say-so of the chief of police. Then again,,if the place had been roped off,,nobody would have been allowed near it while foot-printing was carried out.

I often wondered who the jury were and if any of them knew the outside family at all.

[Jane]

No, but you would leave no stone unturned during interrogation to prove your innocence,not give "yes" or "no" answers which vouchsafed no information whatsoever delivered in a singsong tone whose procedure endured for hours..

I have spent some time wondering how I would react under the same circumstances. I THINK it MAY go something like this. First round, I would answer questions to the best of my ability. Second round, again trying to be honest, I BET my answers would be slightly different. If it goes to a third round and the same questions are asked, but without my knowledge other people have been asked the same questions and given different answers, I would probably ask why the same questions were being asked. If it was pointed out several times that the previous time I'd been asked the question I'd given a different answer, I WOULD resort to "Yes" "No" and possibly "No comment" to prevent myself from becoming more muddled.

[Alias]

I have spent some time wondering how I would react under the same circumstances. I THINK it MAY go something like this. First round, I would answer questions to the best of my ability. Second round, again trying to be honest, I BET my answers would be slightly different. If it goes to a third round and the same questions are asked, but without my knowledge other people have been asked the same questions and given different answers, I would probably ask why the same questions were being asked. If it was pointed out several times that the previous time I'd been asked the question I'd given a different answer, I WOULD resort to "Yes" "No" and possibly "No comment" to prevent myself from becoming more muddled.

It is so easy sitting on the sideline judging the behaviour of people during police interviews, when in fact many of those sessions come close to being regular torture with snidy remarks, yelling, repetitions for hours and hours etc.

[killingeve]

It is so easy sitting on the sideline judging the behaviour of people during police interviews, when in fact many of those sessions come close to being regular torture with snidy remarks, yelling, repetitions for hours and hours etc.

Yes and I believe JB's interviews were before the rules changed when all interviews were taped!  Plus bear in mind JB was grieving the loss of his entire immediate adoptive family.