2002 report below..
248. During this conversation the appellant said he saw rabbits outside the
house so he took the .22 rifle from the office/den, loaded it with eight to ten rounds from a box of ammunition that he left in the kitchen and went outside. In fact he fired no shots outside and he then left the gun in the kitchen having removed the magazine and the bullet which was in the breach. The appellant said he had left the farmhouse shortly before 10 p.m. Nobody then appeared distressed and he drove home. He went to bed at about 11 p.m.
Okay so minimum of 8 max 10 according to Jeremy..
So 8 (minimum) + 17 = 25
Still not 18?
I know about this contradiction - it's what I have been trying to fathom out for nigh on three decades...
The bottom line, is that 18 bullets were originally sent to the lab', and that this either excluded the 2 rounds (PV/19 and PV/20) used in the shooting of Sheila Caffell, or that the 2 bullets attributed as being recovered from the pillow in the main bedroom (DRH/35(a), and DRH/35(b), were themselves excluded, (18 + 2 = 20), plus the 5 loose bullets (DRH/5, DRH/9, DRH/35(a), DRH/35(b), and DRH/36)...