With confirmation in the above extract that the two named rifles were found at the scene on 7th August 1985, we have to look at both witness statements, made by AP, one to Essex police where he maintains that his rifle was always kept at the scene, minus its bolt which he removed and took away with him so that no-one could fire it in his absence, or the second statement he made to the COLP investigators, where he claims the rifle belonging to him was not present at the scene on the night of the murders, but the contents of para' 13 of a 'Confidential Report', shows that AP has a propensity to say anything, true or false, about the whereabouts of his rifle and silencer at the material time...