Maybe she did know how to fire all the weapons in the house? There were only 3 types of weapons. There's no proof that she did of course, but I would like to rummage through the family photos. Remember it took DB long enough to remember reluctantly Sheila going to Scotland on a shooting expedition? 
He admitted she might have gone to Scotland with them. He still was not certain she went let alone whether she attended the shooting event. She could have simply gone to Scotland and not actually gone to the event. He was certain that if she did attend the shooting event she did not shoot.
The family all said she didn't have an interest in guns so didn't make an attempt to learn how to operate them and then try to operate them. Nor did any farm workers ever see her handle weapons.
Ann Eaton said she could not even be taught to drive because of her poor hand eye coordination let alone would they be able to teach her to shoot.
There was evidence offered that June saw Jeremy try to teach her how to load the magazine to the murder weapon but that she rebuffed his efforts and didn't want to touch it or learn. If she would not even want to learn that then there is little hope she would want to learn how o insert it into the weapon, chamber a round and then shoot.
Why did Jeremy lie to police at the scene by telling them he taught her how to fire the murder weapon and that she fired it and all the other weapons? He later admitted he had never seen her fire a weapon so clearly lied to them. Steadfast Jeremy supporters say the police lied and he never told them such but why would they lie in their notes and such to indicate he told the such? There is nothing to support the police all lying about this.
Why didn't Jeremy tell these same police how easy it was to get in through the locked windows? They asked if he knew a way to get in. He consistently used the windows to get in. It was either practice or a game to him. He didn't tell them about the extra key kept in the barn either.
It is quite obvious he was both lying to police at the scene and the only reason for such is because he was responsible for the deaths.
Since this is about his court testimony one of the things I found so striking was his claim at trial he did not initially think it an emergency situation. This was his excuse for not immediately trying to go there or dialing 999. He said he didn't think there was any urgency or anything to worry about.
Ok so he gets a call from his father saying come quick Sheila has gone crazy and has a gun and the call gets disconnected. He tries to call back to speak more to his father to get more information but can't get through. He doesn't see a major problem by his sister being in a crazy rage with a gun but decides to call police to have them go check it out anyway. Since he sees no major problem he doesn't think time is of the essence and doesn't dial 999 but rather looks up numbers. Then while talking to police he realized it was more serious than he realized. That was his story.
The prosecution demonstrated he called Julie before police. Why woud he call Julie if he wasn't worried or that concerned like he claimed? It makes little sense to wake Julie up if you don't see any emergency or major problem.
I personally think this testimony hurts as opposed to helping. Is it credible you would not consider it an emeregency situation if a relative told you someone with mental problems is having a psychotic episode and has a gun? Did she ever grab a gun before and menace with it but not fire? No no only did she never grab a gun during an episode before she had no interest in handling guns before.
To say he didn't think it was an emergency situation in such circumstances is not credible. His lack of concern demontrates no such call from Nevill happened, that is the only rational explanation why he would no be overly concerned at the time in question.
Saying he didn't go there or call 999 because he didn't think there was a major problem makes it hard to believe him that such a call happened. He would have been better off saying he was panicked and not thinking clearly and thus totally forgot about 999 and grabbed the phone book to immediately call the police.
That still doesn't explain calling Julie before police though. That is a harder one to try to figure out what to make up. He could say he called her because he wasn't sure what to do and needed her advice but why would he be unsure what to do wince he didn't view it as a pressing emergency and why wake her up to ask her for advice? It doesn't really make sense.
So he stuck with saying he called her after police despite the call to her after police not fitting the timetable. His lawyers got one roomate to say the call could have come as late as 3:30 though he did not think so. But Jeremy was on the phone with police at that time still so the call to police effectively ended after 3:30 and thus he could not have called Julie at 3:30 or after 3:30. He had to have called prior to 3:30 and that means prior to calling police.
He hs a year in jail to think about what he could make up to support his claims. What he came up with was pretty crappy. But I can't think up much to help him either. I can't think of a good reason why he would call Julie at all let alone before police. If you receive such a call you either rush over there or call police.
His initial story is that he did that- he immediately called police. He told that lie because that is what someone would do. Because calling Julie first makes no sense he lied and claimed he called police first. He maintained that lie even at trial in the face of evidence tha the called Julie first becaus ehe had no good excuse and hoped the jury would not believe the timetable police gave which established he called Julie first. He and his lawyers felt that was better than trying to make up an excuse for calling Julie first.
I don't understand why he said that at first he was not that concerned so took his time in calling police. That is not what he said initially. He initially said he was panicked so called police immediately. That is wha someone in his place receiving the alleged call would do so is a good lie. Ruining this by saying you didn't see any urgency makes no sense to be it was a bonehead play.
Saying that undermines his claim he received a call from Nevill.
