Where Jeremy said he left the gun

[Hartley]

The bike didn't have any lights, unless Jeremy held a torch in one hand and the handlebars with the other. I don't think so!

As he wobbled all over the place in pitch darkness at the edge of, what in the 1980s was in places, a narrowing, twisting, dipping and crumbling sea wall path?

You deserve +2 for that excellent observation, lebaleb.

Twisting and dripping 

Yes must be impossible then. 

[John]

I wonder it they ever did a reconstruction.

Using the same bike and at the same time of night, to see how easily it was to do and how long it took to get from WHF to 9 Head Street .

I don't know whether they did a reconstruction or not.

I do know that police forensics went over the bike, testing for any mud or residues which would have shown that it was used to cycle to WHF or Tolleshunt D'Arcy across the muddy fields in the area at that time - that part of the Summer was wet.

That would have included checks for mud and residues from the coastal path, part of which would have been muddy.

Forensics found that there was no mud or residues on the bike, so it had not been used to cycle to WHF by the murderer.

I don't know where you picked up this snippet but the side walls of the bike were caked in mud establishing that the bicycle had been driven through deep mud.

[lebaleb]

The mud on the bicycle tyres was reported by Robert Boutflour but unsubstantiated. Police examined the bike and tracks were looked for but no evidence was found connecting the bike to the crime.

[Kaldin]

I wonder it they ever did a reconstruction.

Using the same bike and at the same time of night, to see how easily it was to do and how long it took to get from WHF to 9 Head Street .

I don't know whether they did a reconstruction or not.

I do know that police forensics went over the bike, testing for any mud or residues which would have shown that it was used to cycle to WHF or Tolleshunt D'Arcy across the muddy fields in the area at that time - that part of the Summer was wet.

That would have included checks for mud and residues from the coastal path, part of which would have been muddy.

Forensics found that there was no mud or residues on the bike, so it had not been used to cycle to WHF by the murderer.

I don't know where you picked up this snippet but the side walls of the bike were caked in mud establishing that the bicycle had been driven through deep mud.

Well that could have happened at any time. It's not clear how much the bicycle was used generally or if it was cleaned after each use. It probably wasn't if it was an old one.

[John]

I think the point was made that it was unusual for the bicycle to have mud on its side walls since that would have indicated usage off road.  That is why Robert Boutflour decided to explore the paths around the farm to see if he could find recently made cycle tracks.

[sandy]

I think the point was made that it was unusual for the bicycle to have mud on its side walls since that would have indicated usage off road.  That is why Robert Boutflour decided to explore the paths around the farm to see if he could find recently made cycle tracks.

But didn't he have to resign himself to the fact that he could find any such tracks or was it that the heavy rain had obscured them?