DC Hammersley falsified his pocketbook entries, relating to silencer

[mike tesko]

Or maybe paper clips were used as book marks?

Do you have evidence of this? Or is it just a theory?

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No, I have evidence which I am currently transposing to Jeremy...

I can now reveal that DC Hammersly used the pages from three different pocketbooks issued to him, covering a 55 day period, between 7th August 1985 and 17th November 1985. What he did, was that he re-wrote his contemporaneous notes at a later date, and used the pages from the other pocketbooks by attaching them to one of the books, to make out that he had recorded everything in sequence contemporaneously - this is what he used the paper clips for (to attached the re-written pages from the other pocketbooks, he had obtained, to one pocketbook). He also marked entries in one pocketbook by use of an "*", and the word "END", so that he could piece all of this evidence together, so that photocopies of it all, appeared to show that he had made proper notes contemporaneously, but in fact he had not...

This is why he got very upset when COLP (1991) interviewed him...

He was trying to make up an "excuse" that he had not found the silencer, and that he had used the pages from different pocketbooks that had been issued to him, by attaching some of these pages from different pocketbooks to one of them, to get around the problem which senior officers had forced upon him?

He was an exhibits officer in the case, and senior officers allowed him to forge entries into his pocketbook, and he ended up being investigated by COLP as part of their investigation into these matters...

I will shortly be posting a copy of DC Hammerslys "reaction" when COLP interviewed him / spoke to him, and he got very upset and emotional...

I can't at this stage provide access to the other information, until I have spoken to Jeremy about it...

[mike tesko]

Or maybe paper clips were used as book marks?

Do you have evidence of this? Or is it just a theory?

Would it be worth trying to isolate the defence arguments in to separate categories, each with their respective paperwork? (i.e. statements, pocket book entries, reports etc). 

Then, compare the number of apparent anomalies held within those respective paper records, for example, crossings out, dates altered, paper clip marks, conflicting versions etc etc. 

If the paperwork relating to any one particular category contains a high number of anomalies, then that might give an indication there is something fishy, regarding that issue. 

So if you had a chart with peaks and troughs, I'm suspecting that the silencer category might translate as a considerable peak, whereas other categories may not.

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A very interesting proposal, thank you...

[Hartley]

Or maybe paper clips were used as book marks?

Do you have evidence of this? Or is it just a theory?

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No, I have evidence which I am currently transposing to Jeremy...

Okay, well I'll reserve judgement I think, until you can share the evidence. 

[Roch]

Or maybe paper clips were used as book marks?

Do you have evidence of this? Or is it just a theory?

Would it be worth trying to isolate the defence arguments in to separate categories, each with their respective paperwork? (i.e. statements, pocket book entries, reports etc). 

Then, compare the number of apparent anomalies held within those respective paper records, for example, crossings out, dates altered, paper clip marks, conflicting versions etc etc. 

If the paperwork relating to any one particular category contains a high number of anomalies, then that might give an indication there is something fishy, regarding that issue. 

So if you had a chart with peaks and troughs, I'm suspecting that the silencer category might translate as a considerable peak, whereas other categories may not.

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A very interesting proposal, thank you...

I'm not sure how Jeremy's new document system operates or exactly what it can do in terms of software / technical spec etc.  He mentions it on his blog.  Maybe it has the ability to assist in this kind of undertaking.