On the penultimate week-end before the murders, Anthony Pargeter had visited whf, he took with him, a new telescopic sight which he intended to fit to his .22 bolt action rifle, which under the terms of his firearms certificate, he was duly obliged to keep at the farmhouse. He was granted a firearm certificate in 1980, in relation to the aforementioned .22 rifle, a 17 baffled Parker Hale silencer, and box's of .22 ammunition, including rounds manufactured by Remington, hornet, and Eley, on the proviso that he could only practice using it on the farmlands belonging to whf. Ralph Bamber, was the Chairman of Witham Bench Magistrates court, and would never have knowingly permitted Anthony to take that rifle, its component silencer, or any of the different types of .22 ammunition away for use elsewhere, or to be kept anywhere else, other than at the farmhouse where it was licensed to be used, and kept. The fact that Anthony Pargeter had gone to whf intending to fit a new telescopic sight to his rifle there, on the penultimate week-end prior to the tragedy, bears testimony to the fact, that his weapon, its component silencer, and any ammunition he had purchased for use with his rifle, must be kept at whf and used there. He breached the terms of his firearm certificate if he deviated from the terms and conditions of his firearm certificate. He went looking for his .22 rifle but could not find it in the usual place he kept it in (downstairs toilet of whf). So, he went and made enquiries of his aunt June, who told him to try looking in the gun cupboard in the downstairs office, a room otherwise known as 'the den'. Sure enough, no sooner does he look there, than he has his hands on his .22 rifle, exactly where his aunt June Bamber, had told him it might be...
