Adam thank you for your advice I do have the book but sadly I have not read it but I will do. I think Sheila started off in the downstairs bathroom and was shouting and threatening Nevill heard her went downstairs tried to phone Jeremy she heard him and off upstairs she went shot June turned the gun on Nevill who then retreated downstairs to arm himself followed by Sheila and the rest you know. I think she killed the twins last. She had a shower put on a clean nightdress belonging to June then shot herself. I will need to work on this more.
Thank you. You agree with most other people that Nevill did not ring the police.
Why do you think Sheila took the rifle and locked herself in the downstairs bathroom, & started to shout & threaten ? If she wanted to committ murder/suicide with the rifle she had taken, she just needed to go upstairs with it before anyone woke.
If locking herself in the bathroom & waking Nevill meant she had no plans to kill anyone, what made her change her mind ? Sheila wouldn't know Nevill was ringing Bamber as she was behind a closed door.
There is a slim chance Sheila would hear Nevill say 11 words to Bamber. If still in the downstairs bathroom. I don't know why that would upset Sheila so much to go upstairs & start shooting. However if it did, Nevill could stop her as the call went dead after those 11 words.
Did Nevill not see or hear Sheila go upstairs with the rifle ? He was in the kitchen ringing Bamber. Sheila was making enough noise earlier behind a downstairs closed door to wake him. Although no one else woke. So very doubtful Sheila went upstairs silently.
If Nevill had either heard upstairs shots or seen Sheila go upstairs with the rifle, why was he so unprotected when going upstairs. Sheila was allowed 4 close range shots to Nevill's face.