I have from JEREMY'S list
1 x FULL ? SEMI
1 x .22 RIFLE AUTO
3 maybe 4 x DOUBLE BARREL SHOT GUN
1 X .22 RIFLE (BOLT ACTION)
1 X 410 SINGLE BARREL SHOTGUN
1 X 22 AIR RIFLE
Which of the above are capable of causing the gun shot wounds?
and which were accounted for by EP
thanks
Bear in mind, that in 2003 /2004, I was taking advice from two firearm enthusiasts, who had previously testified in a murder suicide case!
These 'experts' were named as 'Glen' Smith, and 'Keith Mallinson, the former was the owner of 'junction 36 shooting range, the latter was a supervisor in the business (otherwise known to members, as 'a range officer's) - I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever in my mind that between these two persons, that there wasn't much which could escape an opinion on their part! I had seen nothing these people at close quarters, carrying out their duties in firearms and shooting business, as well as their involvement in 'fireworks displays', involving explosives, that they didn't have a valid opinion about!
These two people knew their stuff, and to me they were just as qualified as any firearms expert that the prosecution could present as part of their case!
What I found out, whilst engaging in the exchange of information regarding these shootings, in particular, the two shots sustained by Sheila Caffell, was that the .22 BSA air rifle could not have inflicted either shot one (bullet PV/19, or the second shot (bullet PV/20) by virtue of the fact that there was evidence of residue deposits around the circumference of both of the aforementioned bullet entry wounds!
Once, they satisfied my curiosity regarding which type of weapon had been used in 'the shooting of Sheila Caffell', it became clear that there were only two possible known weapons at the scene capable of inflicting both shots, as described...
These two weapons were, (1) - Anthony Pargeters .22 Bruno bolt action rifle, and (2) - the Bamber owned, .22 anshuzt rifle!
I then requested their opinion on the likelihood of one of these rifles, as opposed to the other, being more likely to have been the weapon used to shoot and kill Sheila Caffell?
In response to my query, they said that there was a significant discrepancy, involving the credibility of the bullet in connection with the first non fatal shot (bullet PV/20)! They pointed out that at the time of the autopsy performed on 7th August 1985, that the pathologist (Peter Venesis) had removed a piece of badly fragmented bullet, but by the time the prosecution's ballistic expert (Malcolm Fletcher) received the said bullet (PV/20), it had mysteriously been described as ' a WHOLE bullet'!
Moreover, as a result of 'it' being described as a whole bullet as of the 20th September 1985, the prosecution's ballistic expert (Fletcher) was able to conclude that Sheila had been shot twice, by way of the same anshuzt rifle!
It was clear, that the authorities had interfered with the identity of the original piece of badly fragmented bullet, that Venezis took from Sheila Caffell's neck on 7th August 1985...