The truth of the matter insofar as the 'THE SENIOR INVESTIGATING OFFICERS ALBUM' is concerned was that at least 581 photographs were taken, or produced in sequential order, from 1 to 581. Then along came PC Bird who was instructed to edit out a total of 358 photographs by the creation of 'THE MASTER COPY ALBUM' which only consisted of 223 photographs. These were in sequential order, from 1 to 223. PC Bird was then instructed to produce another album of photographs for use at court, entitled, 'THE COURT ALBUM' which consisted of 50 photographs. These were in sequential order, from 1 to 50...
The main purpose of PC Birds role appears to have been to create and produce a false photographic record to hide at least 358 photographs from the gaze of defence solicitors, the court administration, the jury, and the public in general. Each one of these 358+ photographs capable of exposing what Essex based police officers had done once they entered the farmhouse right up to the point where the rifle was brought from its place at the main bedroom window and positioned on top of Sheila Caffells body, her hands arranged around and upon the rifle and then photographed. These deliberately staged photographs were used to support the claim that Sheila's body had been found exactly as shown with the rifle on her body, unmoved, untouched, until Ron Cook (SOCO) moved her hand so that PC Bird could photograph a bloodied hand mark on her nightdress, and according to Ron Cook, only then was the rifle moved from the body and placed at the bedroom window (as seen in photograph No. 23, Court Album)...
We have Ron Cooks trial testimony (October, 1986), we have his witness statements, we have the COLP hand written notes of his interview, together with PC David Birds trial transcript (October, 1986), we have his witness statements, we have the COLP hand written notes of his interview. We also have the photographic schedule, the damning photographs, No. 23, and No. 32 to establish, that key SOCO who dealt with this matter deliberately falsified the sequence of events relating to the position of the rifle, and the position of Sheila Caffells body as found upon entry into the farmhouse, could not possibly have been positioned by the time Sheila's body was laid on the bedroom floor next to the bed with the rifle brought from the bedroom window, and her arms arranged upon and around the gun, so as to suggest that she had taken her own life...
Linked to this dishonesty, is the fact that a female body had been reported to have been seen in the kitchen through a window before firearm officers went into the farmhouse, and separately that a female body was reported as having been found once firearm officers entered the kitchen. Furthermore, only three further bodies found upstairs by 8.10am. Linked to this is the secret of bullet PV/20, which was removed from Sheila Caffells neck during autopsy on 7th August 1985, it being a badly fragmented bullet on that occasion, but by the 20th September 1985, it had grown into a whole bullet to enable Home Office ballistic expert, Malcolm Fletcher, to conclude that the whole bullet known as exhibit PV/20 had been fired through the rifle photographed leaning against the bedroom window...
The position of the rifle against the bedroom window, has far reaching consequences...