well bamber would of gained if he hadent been sent down for murder.
the cousin who found the silencer gained i believe
Yes. Jeremy would have gained if he had not been convicted.
Several of the relatives gained from Jeremy's conviction, but the question is - did they know they would gain from that? It seems that Robert Boutflour was pretty sure they would, but at what point did he know that? Before or after the silencer evidence was found or after?
Of course they knew. This isn't your average naive family we're talking about. Key members of the family were partners in a business with the Bambers and had shared interests in jointly owned property. Nevill Bamber owned 50% of the home of one section of the family.
The livelihood of that family hinged on the outcome of JB's trial. Most families in that situation would have taken legal advice and I'd be amazed to learn, given the extent to which their lives intermeshed with that of the Bambers, that this family did not do so.
Most families in that situation would have taken legal advice. I would have taken legal advice within days of the murders.
In my view, the greed that many here ascribe to this family would have taken second place to issues arising from sheer practicality and the dire need to clarify the busness's and their own legal position.
They had a business which was their livelihood to run. The deaths of Nevill and June would have raised so many issues affecting the running of that business. How exactly were the family to go about running that business when major shareholders had just died? What was the legal position in respect of June and Nevill's shareholding? What did they need to do in respect of that? What exactly was JB's position regarding the compnay now? Did they need to cancel June and Nevill's shares and reissue these to JB and when? Assuming he wasn't already director of the company, did JB have the right to become a director? How much control should he have?
Later, JB's arrest would have raised the issue of just how the company was to function when one major shareholder stood accused of the murders of two others major shareholders.