is this who did it ?

[sherlock]

I have a theory that seems to fit like a glove.
A picture of a painting was posted on this forum 4 years ago and i have done some research.
The painting looks very like Sheila - let's assume it is and see what it would mean.
The painting was by a person called John Sweeney.
He is a convicted killer doing a whole life tarriff.
It's proven fact he would be more than capable of this crime - a total proven pyschopathic killer.
He left paintings of his victims - a police officer investigating the paintings states that if he left a painting then he "had a connection".
If this painting is of Sheila then why did he paint it ?
It was painted in 1985 the same year as the killings.
He was very involved with models and drugs in London.
He had connections and lived at times in Amsterdam.
If he did the killings who put him up to it ?
Jeremy ? Brett Collins ? a member of the wider Family ?
If a connection can be found between Sweeney and anyone in the Bamber case then it could prove to be a very vital and decisive piece of evidence in this case.
Please investigate and report any possible links between Sweeney and the Bamber case.
Three points for starters
1) he was a known gun user
2) he was a known hitch hiker (was there one seen near the scene ?)
3) at times he looked like a tramp (was a tramp seen by a nearby cottage owner leaving the area ?)
I have worked out it is Sheila by comparing known photos of her with the paintings and comparing the hair in great detail - it's an exact match - the bridge of the nose is also an exact match.
Please take this seriously - i am sure it is Sheila in Sweeneys painting
Please keep the thread going and look into this very seriously.
Sweeney was into master/slave sex stuff very heavily - was Brett Collins also into this possibly towards Jeremy ?
all thoughts please ...

Ask any questions and keep this topic going.

[scipio_usmc]

aside from hosts of problems with this the most glaring is that Nevill would not have phoned Jeremy. Claiming he got a call pretty much means either he was responsible or Sheila was.

[sherlock]

I have already thought about the phone call and it does complicate the theory but is no means unexplainable - maybe Jeremy and Sweeney were in the house together is just one possible explanation.
If you genuinely care about this case then please list the "hosts of problems" you see with this theory - if it is not true then the sooner it is blown out of the water the better ...

[sherlock]

For more about Sweeney and as a starting point to look for possible links and/or similarities with the Bamber case please see :

http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sweeney-john.htm

for example you will find there allegations that he shot two male German tourists dead ...

[Caroline]

aside from hosts of problems with this the most glaring is that Nevill would not have phoned Jeremy. Claiming he got a call pretty much means either he was responsible or Sheila was.

I was going to mention the phone call. Personally, I don't think the painting looks like Sheila - no one has ever linked the name 'Sweeney' or Jeremy and if thsi guy did know Sheila why would he be involved with Jeremy?

[Jane]

I was going to mention the phone call. Personally, I don't think the painting looks like Sheila - no one has ever linked the name 'Sweeney' or Jeremy and if thsi guy did know Sheila why would he be involved with Jeremy?

I imagine any slender long haired brunette with a certain face-shape, albeit, she could have been painted as someone's fantasy, can look like any other slender, long haired brunette with the same face shape.

[lookout]

I was going to mention the phone call. Personally, I don't think the painting looks like Sheila - no one has ever linked the name 'Sweeney' or Jeremy and if thsi guy did know Sheila why would he be involved with Jeremy?

He wouldn't be involved with him as such--------------he'd frame him !

[lookout]

The pic looks on a similar line to the one in which a prisoner painted for Jeremy where he's waving goodbye after the first appeal. Done by a novice.

[nugnug]

i dont think that is sheila theres a resblance yes but not an exact likeness.

[Caroline]

He wouldn't be involved with him as such--------------he'd frame him !

Eh?

[nugnug]

i think sherlock is thinking of this man as a hitman in league with jeremy but for that theory to work there needs to be some proven conection between them and i cant see there is.

[lookout]

 This maniac,Sweeney,seemed to have favoured mutilating the bodies of his captors as opposed to shooting them even though he had enough guns,etc to form an army. That said,I couldn't believe the prosecution after knowing he kept such instruments of torture they " couldn't find him guilty of murder ?".

[lookout]

This maniac,Sweeney,seemed to have favoured mutilating the bodies of his captors as opposed to shooting them even though he had enough guns,etc to form an army. That said,I couldn't believe the prosecution after knowing he kept such instruments of torture they " couldn't find him guilty of murder ?".

A far cry from the prosecution at Jeremy's trial who found him guilty on what,exactly ??

[Caroline]

A far cry from the prosecution at Jeremy's trial who found him guilty on what,exactly ??

Can't believe you're still asking this - why don't you ask you err 'connections'? 

[nugnug]

This maniac,Sweeney,seemed to have favoured mutilating the bodies of his captors as opposed to shooting them even though he had enough guns,etc to form an army. That said,I couldn't believe the prosecution after knowing he kept such instruments of torture they " couldn't find him guilty of murder ?".

so an unlikely shooter then.