Jackie,I think the conversation that Vidvic is refering to was when Jeremy was giving his statement at his cottage on the morning of the murders.Whatever Jeremy told the police is allegedly what caused AE to become suspicious.So they "rallied round" supporting JB for all of about,hmmm lets see - half hour or so?It probably then dawned on her that JB was now the main shareholder in the caravan park and also very possibly owned the Eatons home?
AE, in her 72 page statement (copied to this website), the second statement she made to the police, states that she went to Jeremy's cottage following the murders to
"do my duty" in respect of her cousin. Odd words to choose in respect of a cousin who has just lost his entire immediate family. As far as I recall, there is no mention of AE feeling sympathetic towards JB. Was there no love lost there then, even before AE went to see JB on the morning of the murders?
In another section of that statement, I believe I recall AE stating something along the lines of, two girls whom gran Speakman had raised (after they were orphaned?) were not due much inheritance because they were 'not proper family'. I wonder if AE had the same attitude towards Jeremy, viewed him as an outsider because he was adopted?
Scapegoating an individual as an outsider can be a prelude to other forms of scapegoating.