DS Davidson, submits Crime scene ammunition to lab' on 2 separate dates...

[mike tesko]

DS Davidson (SOC) submitted the following Venezis exhibits to the Lab' at Huntingdon, to be examined on 9th August 1985:-

(01) - PV/1
(02) - PV/6
(03) - PV/7
(04) - PV/12
(05) - PV/13
(06) - PV/14
(07) - PV/15
(08) - PV/16
(09) - PV/17
(10) - PV/18

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(11) - PV/21
(12) - PV/22
(13) - PV/27
(14) - PV/28
(15) - PV/32
(16) - PV/33

[mike tesko]

DS Davidson (SOC) submitted the following Venezis exhibits to the Lab' at Huntingdon, to be examined on 20th August 1985:-

(17) - PV/2
(18) - PV/3
(19) - PV/4
(20) - PV/5
(21) - PV/8
(22) - PV/9
(23) - PV/10
(24) - PV/11
(25) - PV/19
(26) - PV/20 (badly fragmented bullet, Sheila's neck)...
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(27) - PV/23
(28) - PV/24
(29) - PV/25
(30) - PV/26
(31) - PV/29
(32) - PV/30
(33) - PV/31
(34) - PV/34
(35) - PV/35
(36) - PV/36

[mike tesko]

According to the contents of his witness statement, dated, 24th October 1985, DS Davidson took possession of exhibits PV/1 to PV/20, inclusive, from the pathologist Peter Venezis (7th August 1985, at 2.20pm)...

On the following day (8th August 1985, at 11.45am), DS Davidson took possession of exhibits PV/21 to PV/36, inclusive, from the pathologist, Peter Venezis, ...

[mike tesko]

By 9th August 1985, police had separated the aforementioned exhibits into two different groups of exhibits, the first group thus sent to the lab' on 9th August 1985, the second group of separated exhibits was not sent to the lab' until 20th August 1985...

[mike tesko]

This is very interesting, because DS Davidson took possession of two different batches of crime scene ammunition from the pathologist, Peter Venezis, one on 7th August 1985, and a second batch on 8th August 1985, Yet by the time the Lab' at Huntingdon get around to recording details about all this crime scene ammunition in the form of General Examination Records, the packaging on some of the ammunition has already been cut open and resealed by use of cellophane...

At the point of arrival at the Lab', if any of the packaging of any exhibit had been disturbed in this way, the exhibits in question should have been rejected by the lab' due to the risk of possible contamination, or interference...

[mike tesko]

This is very interesting, because DS Davidson took possession of two different batches of crime scene ammunition from the pathologist, Peter Venezis, one on 7th August 1985, and a second batch on 8th August 1985, Yet by the time the Lab' at Huntingdon get around to recording details about all this crime scene ammunition in the form of General Examination Records, the packaging on some of the ammunition has already been cut open and resealed by use of cellophane...

At the point of arrival at the Lab', if any of the packaging of any exhibit had been disturbed in this way, the exhibits in question should have been rejected by the lab' due to the risk of possible contamination, or interference...

To date, despite 28 years having elapsed since these matters arose, police and Lab' have offered no explanation for why the packaging of some of the crime scene ammunition had been disturbed or interfered with...

This is unacceptable...

[mike tesko]

"You Ain't Getting an explanation, Sonny"...