The bedroom phone, phone calls & Neville.

[Adam]

That is an interesting point.

Where was Jeremys phone & how many rings did it make before the answer machine messsge came on ?

[Jan]

On the contrary: the purported telephone call is one of the pivotal points of the trial. If it occurred then Jeremy should walk free. If not it was the excuse Jeremy needed to get in on the act whilst using the Police as his alibi and it makes him guilty.

well even as there is an apparent log showing a call from his father to the police - no one choses to believe that either - even though the words are different , the age is different and the times are different . So now after all these years unless the operatives come forward I cant see the answer to getting the proof. However the silencer which was the main point he was convicted on and the ballistics evidence, that  is a different matter.

[Adam]

Must admit I have never answered a phone at 3 in the morning.

No one I know will call me at that time. It is either a crank, wrong number or a sales person.

Jeremy said he slept 'like a log' that night. When I sleep like a log, nothing wakes me up.

[Jan]

Must admit I have never answered a phone at 3 in the morning.

No one I know will call me at that time. It is either a crank, wrong number or a sales person.

Jeremy said he slept 'like a log' that night. When I sleep like a log, nothing wakes me up.

So now you are comparing yourself to Jeremy? So you sleep like a log and would not have woken up. Well that's that point proven then.

Whereas I would answer the phone at that time as I would think it might be an emergency. Funny how we are all different.

[Adam]

He had an answerphone at Bourtree Cottage Adam. I think the BIGB have had the upper hand these past few days.

Why answer the phone at 3am if he had an answering machine ?  Let the phone ring & listen to the message as it is being said. Once you realise Neville is in distress, pick the receiver up.

[susan]

Adam if this sales person is a female phoning you at 3 a.m. in the morning I bet I can guess she is not selling double glazing just hang up

[Adam]

So now you are comparing yourself

Jeremy sleeping 'like a log' still managed to answer the phone before the answer machine clicked in.

Rather than not hearing it or ignoring it.

A shame for Jeremy as a saved message from Neville on his phone would clear him.

[Adam]

More bad luck for Jeremy.

[Reader]

A lot of people were taken in by Hanratty. Even when the DNA matched his people said the DNA was contaminated. However the only DNA found was Hanratty's.

I doubt it. Hanratty had an alibi (that placed him elsewhere), but it wasn't believed. The main alternative suspect didn't have an alibi.

[Jane]

Must admit I have never answered a phone at 3 in the morning.

No one I know will call me at that time. It is either a crank, wrong number or a sales person.

Jeremy said he slept 'like a log' that night. When I sleep like a log, nothing wakes me up.

Is your brain incapable of extending itself beyond your self?

[Adam]

Jeremy does not seem the type to answer the phone at 3am in case there was a family emergency.

That is why he would have bought an answer machine.

[Adam]

Jeremy managed to answer the phone before Neville could leave a message.

A pity as a message would have cleared him.

[Jane]

Why answer the phone at 3am if he had an answering machine ?  Let the phone ring & listen to the message as it is being said. Once you realise Neville is in distress, pick the receiver up.

But YOU can't. You're asleep. Nothing wakes YOU. YOU sleep like a log, so should it be an emergency, TOUGH!!!!!

[Jan]

Jeremy does not seem the type to answer the phone at 3am in case there was a family emergency.

That is why he would have bought an answer machine.

grasping at straws springs to mind. It seems that you are very much in tune with his mind, very alike. You seem to know everything he thinks and every decision he makes. Its amazing.

[ngb1066]

Jeremy managed to answer the phone before Neville could leave a message.

A pity as a message would have cleared him.

How do you know he switched it on at night?