Police interview transcripts:

[Adam]

What's wrong with that?  Would you remember what you said to someone on a specified day months before? I doubt it especially when between that time and your memory of it something really dreadful happened which upset your mind forever.  If you can't take this sort of thing into consideration when looking at the case you are not being fair to Jeremy Bamber  and do not have an open mind. imo

I will remember my last ever 1 to 1  conversation with my sister. Espescially if she dies the same day.

[Jane]

I will remember my last ever 1 to 1  conversation with my sister. Espescially if she dies the same day.

So are you saying that you remember every conversation that you've ever had with your sister?

[susan]

Adam my husband speaks to me most evenings and I probably could not tell you what he said or indeed what I said. Human nature we pretend to listen but our mind is elsewhere and just say yes and no in the right place.

[maggie]

I will remember my last ever 1 to 1  conversation with my sister. Espescially if she dies the same day.

If you don't know she is going to die you wouldn't save it to memory. especially in the middle of harvesting.    I am fascinated at how much you know you would do in particular situations and even more so because you seem to then believe Jeremy Bamber, a man you have never met should behave in exactly the same way as you believe you would behave yourself, mind blowing really   

[susan]

Adam I think if you know a loved one is terminally ill you will remember your last conversation with that person but in ordinary daily life you could not possibly remember day to day conversations.

[Adam]

Q: 'When you phoned Julie to tell her there was trouble, why phone her at all ?

A: 'No comment'.

[Jane]

If you don't know she is going to die you wouldn't save it to memory. especially in the middle of harvesting.    I am fascinated at how much you know you would do in particular situations and even more so because you seem to then believe Jeremy Bamber, a man you have never met should behave in exactly the same way as you believe you would behave yourself, mind blowing really   

Which was my point when I suggest that he was telling us he remembered every conversation he'd had with his sister'

[Adam]

If you don't know she is going to die you wouldn't save it to memory. especially in the middle of harvesting.    I am fascinated at how much you know you would do in particular situations and even more so because you seem to then believe Jeremy Bamber, a man you have never met should behave in exactly the same way as you believe you would behave yourself, mind blowing really   

You speak to a relative. She dies a few hours later. It should not be hard to then remember the final conversation from a few hours earlier. Because it is the last conversation you will then never forget it.

[Jane]

Q: 'When you phoned Julie to tell her there was trouble, why phone her at all ?

A: 'No comment'.

It might have been a flippant answer but "Because it seemed like a good idea at the time" would have been as succinct as any.

[susan]

Adam I agree if you are giving a person your full attention you will remember the conversation but quite often you can be having a conversation with somebody but your mind is elsewhere.  Had Jeremy known his sister was going to die shortly afterwards he would have given her his full attention and grasped every word they spoke to remember and cherish it for always.

[maggie]

You speak to a relative. She dies a few hours later. It should not be hard to then remember the final conversation from a few hours earlier. Because it is the last conversation you will then never forget it.

Can only say you lack imagination.  He lost 5 close relatives that night should think the whole event was shrouded in dark misery and impossible to remember events building up to it.

[Adam]

Q: 'Why didn't you phone a nearby relative instead ? '

A: 'No comment'.

[HMEssex]

I will remember my last ever 1 to 1  conversation with my sister. Espescially if she dies the same day.

Was it his last conversation with her, though?  They may have spoken later on too.  Like everyone says, it's hard to recall exactly what you've spoken about to someone, and it might not have been much at all.  It's the type of thing, however, that will be in the recesses of your mind and may surface at a later date, without any pressure or prompting - rather like flashbacks.

[Jan]

perhaps he was young and perhaps a bit arrogant and because he knew he had not done it he was just annoyed and angry about being questioned in the first place.perhaps he thought why should I give them information as they know what happened and thought the police would just tie themselves in knots because they had nothing on him.This does not make him a murderer perhaps just a bit naïve in thinking it would all go away and justice would prevail. Why not analyse as well the statements of JM who actually changed her story COMPLETELY.

[Jane]

You speak to a relative. She dies a few hours later. It should not be hard to then remember the final conversation from a few hours earlier. Because it is the last conversation you will then never forget it.

You're speaking of actions rather than feelings and where there is high emotion present, feelings will often prevent us from doing what we think we'd do.