Jan if Neville had been beaten with the rifle what would have been the point of EP cleaning all traces of blood and tissue from it.
42. The examination of Nevill Bamber's body also revealed black eyes and a broken nose, linear bruising to the cheeks, lacerations to the head, linear type bruising to the right forearm, bruising to the left wrist and forearm and three circular burn type marks to the back. The linear marks were consistent with Mr Bamber having been struck with a long blunt object, possibly a gun.
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Have you got a source that the police cleaned the rifle ?