Yes and how he and Brett Collins knew that when they began to evacuate the contents therefrom.
Seems to me that it was the relatives who were raping the contents of the farmhouse (from 10th August 1985 onward) about one month before Brett Collins / Jeremy Bamber took similar action. If I recollect correctly, it was as early as 11th August 1985, or thereabouts, that Jeremy had a confrontation with his relatives regarding items of property they had been taking or removing from whf. I have a clear recollection of Jeremy speaking to me (HMP Full Sutton) regarding some sort of conflict or confrontation, between Jeremy and his relatives prior to the evening of the 12th August (1985) when Peter Eaton handed over a silencer to DS Jones at the Eaton residence...
The absolute truth of the matter, is / was that prior to the evening of 12th August 1985, when Peter Eaton handed over the first silencer handled by relatives, and that retrospectively before that point and the earlier occasion (evening of 9th August 1985), when police handed the keys to the farmhouse to them (at the scene)...
So, what we end up with are two occasions, one being 'the evening of 9th August 1985, when police handed the keys of the farmhouse back to the relatives ( Ann Eaton) and secondly, an occasion when DS Jones took possession of that particular silencer from Peter Eaton on the evening of the 12th August 1985. Sandwiched in between both of these events, was /is the fact that a number of significant events had already happened with respect to that silencer being 'found' inside a gun cupboard in the downstairs office by David Boutflour on 10th August 1985, and the occasion when DS Jones collected that particular silencer from Peter Eaton, who handed it back to the police on the evening of 12th August 1985..
You may enquire as to what (if any) events which occurred could have any impact upon the credibility that this part of the relatives / police account, and the integrity of the various scientific experts who are responsible for supporting the fact that Sheila had indeed been shot once downstairs in the kitchen (in accordance with the
content of police message logs which place the presence of 'two dead bodies' having been originally present downstairs in the kitchen (from 7.37am, onward), with only a further three bodies of victims found upstairs by 8.10am..
First of all, let's get something absolutely clear - there existed 'two silencers' two identical looking Parker Hale silencers which were normally kept at / inside the farmhouse and which were completely different to one another (design wise) internally..