Well, what Essex police do not what everyone to know, was that the firearms officers were communicating with a person inside the farmhouse, who they believed to be Sheila, by giving her instructions, and making requests to her via the loud hailer, and the Sound of a dog barking, or howling, or at times whining came back from within the farmhouse in response! It didn't take the firearm officers long, to relealise that it was not the dog from within the house that kept barking, but that rather it was Sheila Mimicking a dog!
Now, I have it on good authority, that at an early stage (around 5.25am) that the firearms team had already established a coded response from Sheila inside the farmhouse, where they suggested to her, that in answer to their requests and questions, that she should bark like a dog once for 'YES', or bark twice for 'NO'. Sheila responded positively to this request, hence why at 5.25am it is documented that the firearms team were engaged in a conversation with a person from inside the farmhouse! It wasn't a conversation like two people ordinarily would have, simply requests put to Sheila via the loud hailer, and Sheila either, barking, or howling, or whining like a dog, once or twice..
This is why Essex police refuse to provide a full transcript of the requests they were making to Sheila via the loudhailer, because the contents of such a transcript emphatically prove that Sheila was still alive inside the farmhouse after 5.25am, and that she was the reason why the firearms team were prevented from going in any sooner than they did at about 7.30am.
As far as is known 'Crispy' the family pet, was incapable of understanding any instructions given by the firearm team via the loud hailer!
The instructions and requests passed by the firearm team to the person they were engaged in a conversation with from inside the farmhouse, were structured, directional and simple, so simple were these requests and if you like demands, that Sheila was able to respond by barking, or howling, or whining, once or twice!
The responses were noted down by the firearms team at the scene!
Sight of this transcript would leave everybody in no doubt that the firearms officers were engaged in a conversation with a person from inside the farmhouse, not talking to the family dog (Crispy)..