Jeremys account regarding how he was awoken in the middle of the night by a call from his father, its contents, the short duration of that call, the fact that he attempted to call his father back to re-establish contact but that these attempts were met by him obtaining a constant engaged tone, so he immediately telephoned Witham Police station, but got no answer, so in between looking in the phone directory and calling Chelmsford police station, he called Julie, and imparted to her only what he had been told in as many words, that there was something wrong at the farm. He was told by Julie Mugford to go back to bed. Jeremy then rang Chelmsford police station and was kept occupied on the phone with them for 9 or 10 minutes, before being told to go to the scene where he would be met by police officers who had already been deployed there. Jeremy got dressed, and set off to the scene in his astra GTE a vehicle capable of doing 140 MPH. He drove frantically at first, but slowed down when police arrived in the road behind him. He slowed down and the police car with flashing lights passed him. He arrived at the scene 3 or 4 minutes after police arrived there. His entire journey took under 5 minutes, which is pretty fast...
There was nothing suspicious in what he did, or how he set about it...