The bedroom phone, phone calls & Neville.

[Adam]

I wonder why the question referring to the answer phone was not asked in court? Was it that there was nothing on it? Or was it that there was something on it yet the prosecution held that evidence back?
The reason that I am curious is that if there was nothing on the answering machine and that was confirmed in court then the judge would not have referred to it as the "mysterious" phone call. For they would have known for sure that he did not receive that call.
Why then didn't they present the answering machine as evidence? For Jeremy could have been cross examined about whether it was on or off. But if it was on as you suggest, then why was this not stated in court?

I suspect Jeremy or his lawyer drawing up his WS realised that having a working answering machine on a downstairs phone would be disasterous for him. There is no way he would have answered the phone before the answering machine had worked.

So Jeremy would have stated the answering machine was unplugged. There is no way the prosecution can prove otherwise.

Plugging & unplugging an  answering machine. Ridiculous.

[grahameb]

I wonder why Jeremy was not questioned by the police about the answering machine? Surely this would have presented an ideal opportunity to prove that he was lying about the phone call?

[grahameb]

I suspect Jeremy or his lawyer drawing up his WS realised that having a working answering machine on a downstairs phone would be disasterous for him. There is no way he would have answered the phone before the answering machine had worked.

So Jeremy would have stated the answering machine was unplugged. There is no way the prosecution can prove otherwise.

Plugging & unplugging answering an  answering machine. Ridiculous.

But surely the prosecution could have cross examined him? It wasn't entirely up to his lawyer.

[Alias]

Here is Jeremy´s trendy life in the eighties! HAHAHA, enjoy, Adam! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptbJZ9HBw2k#t=28

[Adam]

"trendy quiet phone"... Almost sounds like someone jealous Jeremy...
What is a "trendy quiet phone" anyway - how did they sound back in the eighties? LOL I AM laughing now actually! 

Jeremy did like to have the latest gadgets. Sun bed & a TV with Teletext !

On the murder night he was asked if he would like to take the dog. His reply 'I won't have that animal in my house, damaging my stereo equipment. Get rid of it. Have it put down. I hate the fucking thing'.

[Alias]

Jeremy did like to have the latest gadgets. Sun bed & a TV with Teletext !

On the murder night he was asked if he would like to take the dog. His reply 'I won't have that animal in my house, damaging my stereo equipment. Get rid of it. Have it put down. I hate the fucking thing'.

You have been after me for not answering questions (which I had actually, just not to your satisfaction).
I asked you a question yesterday, I didn´t see the answer. I asked: are you and judge Drake friends?

[maggie]

I wonder why Jeremy was not questioned by the police about the answering machine? Surely this would have presented an ideal opportunity to prove that he was lying about the phone call?

Hi Grahame I seem to remember the police took the answer machine and maybe also the phone away to examine. They checked up on it and then we didn't hear anymore about it. 

[Adam]

You have been after me for not answering questions (which I had actually, just not to your satisfaction).
I asked you a question yesterday, I didn´t see the answer. I asked: are you and judge Drake friends?

We are not. But I think we would have got on well.

[maggie]

Here is Jeremy´s trendy life in the eighties! HAHAHA, enjoy, Adam! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptbJZ9HBw2k#t=28

HaHa!! Alias!   That's about right

[Adam]

Not only did Jeremy hate his family. He hated Crispy to.

[maggie]

We are not. But I think we would have got on well.

D'you think you would have appreciated some of his more bizzare behaviour?

[Adam]

But surely the prosecution could have cross examined him? It wasn't entirely up to his lawyer.

Jeremy could just stick to his story. The answering machine was off & I went downstairs & answered the phone.

What bad luck his answering machine was off. If it was on, Neville would have left a message, proving Jeremys innocence.

[maggie]

Not only did Jeremy hate his family. He hated Crispy to.

Crispy and Jeremy didn't get on I believe, Crispy used to bite Jeremy, he was by this time very old and may have been kept alive too long as some dogs are.
If Jeremy had killed 5 people in the farmhouse and he hated Crispy, surely he would have shot the hated little dog, if he was able to murder 5 people the way it's said he did then he would surely have killed Crispy without a second thought?
Think AE had him put down as she didn't want him either. Poor old Crispy was probably totally and irretreveably traumatised, it was possably the only option.

[Adam]

Jeremy would not have bothered with the dog that night.  He had more important targets. 

When BT opened the phone line, all they could hear was Crispy barking.
 
Or was it Sheila ?

[Steve_uk]

Here is Jeremy´s trendy life in the eighties! HAHAHA, enjoy, Adam! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptbJZ9HBw2k#t=28

But that was 1989. More relevant to Jeremy Bamber was Material Girl(November 1984) and Eurovision 1985("there's always a weak one,always a strong one") as he steeled himself for his dastardly deed and eyed up Anji Greaves.