You DID say that - nothing out of context here!
http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,6697.msg305181.html#msg305181
The use of "safely" nicely suggesting that view is unequivocal!
It occurs to me that much of what's being presented now -as evidence of innocence- is only a rehash of what was being presented when I first joined. Indeed, there's nothing new -proven or of consequence- to present.
Back in the day, I'm sure many were aghast that statements weren't necessarily written in the witness's exact words -until it was pointed out that such is some people's pattern of speech that it might be unintelligible or full of unnecessary blaspheming/expletives- they weren't told that precising has been a long accepted method of presenting words said by others. Also omitted was that the now precised witness statement is returned to the witness to corroborate and sign, the implication being that until the witness hears it read back in court they have no idea of any alterations. I'm sure many of us learned a lot. I had no idea that A witness statement is a composite of numerous statements given. Whilst it was initially suggested that this made the statement illegal, it's not something that I, or others who have had to present copious factual, as opposed to fictional, essays, would have a problem with. Facts, not frills, are what counts.....................
................Anyway, having cleared up that little problem, it's NOW being suggested that whilst it was previously believed WS's were illegal because they weren't exact replications of what had been said, it's now accepted that WS's are composites, but now we're given to understand it's the composites themselves which have been faked. Of course, this would seem to imply one of two things A) the witness isn't given access to what they've -allegedly- said, (thus they have to take their chance in court that whoever was responsible for transcribing their words, was well enough educated to accomplish it correctly) OR, having once obtained the witness's signature, the WS is transcribed in a way the police want it to read and the signature is cleverly reapplied in such a way as to make it appear original. IF this practice is accepted and ubiquitous throughout the entire police force, not ONE case, ever heard, has come to a legal and just conclusion.
Back to the case in hand. Can we really believe that Jeremy Bamber -the same guy who told counsel "that is for you to prove"- wasn't capable of denying having said things that police are alleging him to have said? Or are we being asked to believe he was so convinced he'd walk, that he didn't care about any alleged duplicity in the presentation of his statement?