The switched off answering machine. Why ?

[lookout]

 Somewhere on the EP police Interviews ( not statements,as I'd previously said ) it mentions this. Interviews consisted of 4,2 without the presence of a solicitor and 2 with one present. Interviews were on the 8th,9th,10th and 11th of August.

[Adam]

Jeremy has never mentioned his answering machine as far as I know.

It does not benefit him and he has to justify why it was switched off.

[Adam]

You are wrong Adam, most people did turn off their answer machines when they were home back in the 70s.  It was a real nuisance if you forgot because unless you were next to the phone it would go onto answer before you got to it and more often than not you missed the call.  Some would put the answer phone on at night, maybe but again many people would have it off at night.

The crime was in 1985.

Could you not set an answering machine to start working after a number of rings. Giving you time to answer the phone if you wanted to ?

[nugnug]

Jeremy has never mentioned his answering machine as far as I know.

It does not benefit him and he has to justify why it was switched off.

well not really the fact he was indoors and able to answer the phone would be good reason to switch it off.

[maggie]

The crime was in 1985.

Could you not set an answering machine to start working after a number of rings. Giving you time to answer the phone if you wanted to ?

Yes you could choose the number of rings when you set it up but I don't think you got a choice of more than 8 rings which was never long enough 

[SaraT]

Jeremy has never mentioned his answering machine as far as I know.

It does not benefit him and he has to justify why it was switched off.

He doesn't have to justify it, most people switched it off when they were at home.

[Adam]

well not really the fact he was indoors and able to answer the phone would be good reason to switch it off.

I would rather continue sleeping and let the answering machine pick up any  3am calls. Thought Jeremy would as well, he was 'the laziest man in the world'.

[SaraT]

I would rather continue sleeping and let the answering machine pick up any  3am calls. Thought Jeremy would as well, he was 'the laziest man in the world'.

You might in this day and age but in those days people did not switch the answering machine on while they were at home.

[lookout]

He could have put the phone to silent,then he wouldn't have heard anything at all !

[nugnug]

I would rather continue sleeping and let the answering machine pick up any  3am calls. Thought Jeremy would as well, he was 'the laziest man in the world'.

well theres a simple ansare to that he wasnt expecting anyone to phone him.

[lookout]

Indeed,nugs.

[lookout]

Do we have the 80 pages of EP interviews in the archives ?
I think Jeremy did very well during those interviews as obviously the questions being " fired " at him were jumbled,talking about guns one minute,then asking where the coffee pot came from and not once did Jeremy falter.
Sadly,after a bit of cobbling and editing for his WS's,it would have been twisted out of all recognition.

[Adam]

Yes you could choose the number of rings when you set it up but I don't think you got a choice of more than 8 rings which was never long enough 

Eight rings is more than enough. He was living in a cottage. Not a mansion.

Off, on, off, on. It's funny how BT didn't offer the off/on service with 1571.

[maggie]

Eight rings is more than enough. He was living in a cottage. Not a mansion.

Off, on, off, on. It's funny how BT didn't offer the off/on service with 1571.

8 rings is nothing Adam, I assure you.

[lookout]

Eight rings is more than enough. He was living in a cottage. Not a mansion.

Off, on, off, on. It's funny how BT didn't offer the off/on service with 1571.

There was no 1571 back then.