The bedroom phone, phone calls & Neville.

[susan]

Grahame well thought maybe they did not know she had a key.  The front door is actually the back door the one they stormed and battered down. Posh door at front of the house not used according to Maggie Hope you are not confused Just a thought think the key was in the lock on the inside of the house.

[grahameb]

Grahame well thought maybe they did not know she had a key.  The front door is actually the back door the one they stormed and battered down. Posh door at front of the house not used according to Maggie Hope you are not confused Just a thought think the key was in the lock on the inside of the house.

I was watching these cops on tv once and a thief had climbed in through a top window. The police arrived and proceeded to batter the door down without success. The damaged the door so obviously it had to be replaced.
But in the end the copper decided to climb in the same window the burglar did. I thought to myself, "Why didn't he do that in the first place. Now he's done more damage than the thief".

[lookout]

If Barbara Wilson had a key to the front door then is it a silly question to ask why the cops didn't go to her first before knocking the back door down?

It might have been bolted from the inside,Grahame,or the lock could have been on the " snib ".

[susan]

Ha Ha Grahame  maybe he liked battering doors down

[maggie]

It might have been bolted from the inside,Grahame,or the lock could have been on the " snib ".

I think the key was in the lock on the inside.  I used to believe the door was also bolted, then read there were no bolts, it will show on Campion's fave photo of the broken door with the body/bush lying by it if there were bolts. 

[Adam]

Thanks for the feedback to my post.

People will either agree or make counter arguments to my points.

Neville would have had to disregard all of my 19 points in order to phone Jeremy. Which is very doubtful in my view.

[lookout]

I think the key was in the lock on the inside.  I used to believe the door was also bolted, then read there were no bolts, it will show on Campion's fave photo of the broken door with the body/bush lying by it if there were bolts. 

  Oh yes,,the body bush. Of course if the key was in the lock it wouldn't open it.

[Adam]

Sadly Jeremy was also in a no win situation with the phone locations.

He either knew both phones were downstairs in the kitchen  after having supper that evening. Making the crime easier.

Or he moved the bedroom phone downstairs.

[maggie]

  Oh yes,,the body bush. Of course if the key was in the lock it wouldn't open it.

Also we could check if there were bolts on the door, from memory, I don't think there were. Hi Lookout

[susan]

Adam Hello why would Jeremy take a phone downstairs there was already a phone downstairs you said yesterday he took the handset off the cradle so the phone upstairs could not be used.

[maggie]

Sadly Jeremy was also in a no win situation with the phone locations.

He either knew both phones were downstairs in the kitchen  after having supper that evening. Making the crime easier.

Or he moved the bedroom phone downstairs.

You sound so like Steve it's frightening.  The cream phone was moved downstairs a few days before the murders, after Nevill's phone was put out of action by a thunder storm.  The guy who collected the broken phone and took it for repair saw the cream phone in the kitchen at that time.  You are peddling myths Adam.

[Adam]

You sound so like Steve it's frightening.  The cream phone was moved downstairs a few days before the murders, after Nevill's phone was put out of action by a thunder storm.  The guy who collected the broken phone and took it for repair saw the cream phone in the kitchen at that time.  You are peddling myths Adam.

The thunderstorms were in June.

If both phones were downstairs on the night Jeremy would know Neville could not make a call in from his bedroom.

[Adam]

Adam Hello why would Jeremy take a phone downstairs there was already a phone downstairs you said yesterday he took the handset off the cradle so the phone upstairs could not be used.

As said in my scenario, to give a reason why Neville was found in the kitchen.  Neville had made a desparate attempt to get downstairs & phone Jeremy from the kitchen.

[maggie]

The thunderstorms were in June.

If both phones were downstairs on the night Jeremy would know Neville could not make a call in from his bedroom.

Jeremy may have known, I suppose if he was planning a murder he would go into the kitchen and check which phone was down there, then he'd think, aha, the bedroom phone is in the kitchen therefore 'tonight's the night'  or words to that effect.  No I don't believe so.

[susan]

Hello Adam  don't think anyone would argue with you on that one.