involvement of special branch.

[Mr. Gee]

It appears that Soames of special branch gave the authority to destroy specific exhibits in 1996. 

I find it intriguing as to why Special branch would be interested in the ordinary everyday running of a police station?

[Patti]

I find it intriguing as to why Special branch would be interested in the ordinary everyday running of a police station?

Me too, can't get my head round it really. Is it because they are part of the home office? Not sure. I wish I had all the answers to my questions. It might be a good idea to put such questions on a thread....Scip will know lol 

[nugnug]

gave athurity i notice not ordered.

[Patti]

gave athurity i notice not ordered.

Ower I shall go back to look at that Nugs. Well spotted. 

[Mr. Gee]

Me too, can't get my head round it really. Is it because they are part of the home office? Not sure. I wish I had all the answers to my questions. It might be a good idea to put such questions on a thread....Scip will know lol 

Tell you the truth I have no answer as to why the case is so popular with people here? Especially an American? Type Jeremy Bamber into google. You get no answers until you get to Bam. So the case is really not that well known. No one but no one in America has ever heard of Jeremy Bamber and I doubt very much if most of this country has either.
Indeed in any large American city there are murders like this one and worse happening on a daily basis so I doubt that they would even batt an eyelid at the Bamber case.
So why on earth does this case interest Special Branch?

[Jane]

gave athurity i notice not ordered.

Does that not say that authority had been requested? If so, the question is, by whom.

[Mr. Gee]

gave athurity i notice not ordered.

I think it says "On the authority"?

[Jane]

I think it says "On the authority"?

Was it giving an order or granting a request?

[Mr. Gee]

Was it giving an order or granting a request?

Possibly granting a request. But why would the person who was asking go to Special Branch to get authority? Surely there must be a chief constable or a commissioner in the police station? With Special Branch taking an interest though it does prompt one to ask why?

[lookout]

 It would have depended what was in those documents ?

When my bro.was on business,he invariably and surreptitiously had his briefcase handcuffed to his wrist,and always kept a " note " on his person that in case of an accident the police were to take that briefcase,etc etc. if he wasn't able to hand it in to the nearest police station himself.

I always remember years ago wanting to visit Russia to see the beautiful architecture,but bro. had said " I'd rather you didn't go ",but didn't say any more ?

[susan]

lookout I do the same when I am in Tesco always have my bag handcuffed to my arm.  Sorry just kidding your bro must have been important to have such valuable documents. I do it to keep my Tesco Loyalty Card safe lookout you know me well enough to know I am kidding you.

[lookout]

 Yes,I'm the same with my purse.

It was worrying at times with bro. because he couldn't say where he was going,who he was meeting or anything. All I knew was that MI5 had had to go back 10 years into the backgrounds of our families,including my husbands' families and also his wifes' families.
Bro.took his life in his hands at times,I'm sure,and I'll never know what it was all about,though I don't wish to know.This was what it was like back in 1985. I don't expect things have changed.

[nugnug]

Possibly granting a request. But why would the person who was asking go to Special Branch to get authority? Surely there must be a chief constable or a commissioner in the police station? With Special Branch taking an interest though it does prompt one to ask why?

i would of thought they would of asked the chief constable or the home office not special branch.

it strikes me that they asked somone who they knew would say yes.

[Jane]

i would of thought they would of asked the chief constable or the home office not special branch.

I, too, would have thought that any request pertaining to the case would have had to be addressed to the Home Office.

[nugnug]

but then the homeoficce would of asked why they wanted it destroyed.