If he is then could this have affected his relationship with his religious parents. Could this be why he hated Gresham's Boarding School.....Brett Collins stated JB was abused at school when 11 years old. ...and went on to blame his parents and have Gay affairs. If JB is bisexual, and hadn't 'come out' could he have become depressed at not being able to lead his life the way he wanted to?? Clare Powell's book tells us after the murders JB dressed up in his dead sisters clothes.
Was Jeremy bisexual, or more pertinently in my view did his sexual proclivities condition his actions in the slaying of five individuals? After Jeremy's insecurity and loneliness throughout his youth he was left feeling that worth was measured in monetary terms, an idea reinforced when he offered lifts to Sixth Form Chelmsford students and earned their warmth and gratitude in return.
What is more difficult to discern is whether Jeremy ever loved anyone in this life, and we could even consider whether his natural parents would have been the recipient of his love had he never been given up for adoption. Was Suzette any more preferable to Julie, Brett, the BOAC air stewards or the threesomes he indulged in at Bourtree Cottage during this relatively brief period of untrammelled licentiousness, or was this surfeit of hedonism engendered by the strict school rules of Gresham's and the lack of opportunities formerly at home? Did Jeremy deliberately reject June's moral code, remembering perhaps part of her tutelage on sex education when he told girlfriends "
let's make babies", realizing the import of those words only when Suzette failed him in this regard? Did he know what love meant as he bought Julie chocolates and roses at the Bridal Suite of the Hilton Hotel, or did he simply wish to impress if not with his body then with his wallet?
Brett Collins represents the chancer, the predatory homosexual who would sweet talk to fulfil his sexual desires, confined only to men, and whilst Jeremy had the same lustful impulses with Anji Greaves and now the wherewithal to indulge them he did not deliberately set out to attract the same sex, though flattered by the attention he received, so desperately lacking at home. He moved from blonde to brunette back to blonde, but it was Julie who remained the stooge throughout. He used Brett for his antiques knowledge, but that was the limit to any mental involvement with the character, and with Nevill and June now dead as soon as the family heirlooms were valued his usefulness was coming to an end.
