Both would have met at parties. I DIDN'T say that Sheila was on trial.Where DO you get this nonsense from ? 
Character witnesses from all those who knew Jeremy,but the police were busy going door to door mud-slinging about JB to get the prosecution under way that JB wouldn't have stood a chance against the so-called law and their nasty ways.
There are plenty of character references online that should have reached trial but didn't.
I don't think there are many character references that come from those who knew him before he was in prison and you obviously think EVERYONE who knew him must be totally stupid if you think, HAD they had any deep regard for him, they'd have been influenced by police. Mind you, if the police believed him guilty and they'd been asked the question, as I did about another murder, they would have said so. Nasty ways have nothing to do with anything if you believe something strongly enough.