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I'm not convinced there was any specific incident. It does not sound as though O's girlfriend heard it directly from Helen.
GUILTY UK - Helen Bailey, 51, Royston, 11 April 2016 #1
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I'm not convinced there was any specific incident. It does not sound as though O's girlfriend heard it directly from Helen.
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Stewart gives description of Ms Bailey to operator
“She’s a children’s author and she writes books, she’s very good.
“She lost her husband just over five years ago, that’s how I met her because I lost my partner. We met in a bereavement group.” Stewart said Helen is not involved in or has been subjected to crime.
He is now describing Helen’s dog, Boris. He said Boris wears a yellow collar with both his and Helen’s phone number on it. Stewart said Helen is 5ft 10 but that is ‘probably a guess’.
He said Helen is slim, with long off the shoulder ‘black, going grey hair’.
When asked Helen’s eye colour, Stewart said: “Oh my god how do you forget these things? It’s terrible. I don’t know.” He said Helen would typically wear jeans and a shirt. He then gives the call operator Helen’s phone number.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
“She’s a children’s author and she writes books, she’s very good.
“She lost her husband just over five years ago, that’s how I met her because I lost my partner. We met in a bereavement group.” Stewart said Helen is not involved in or has been subjected to crime.
He is now describing Helen’s dog, Boris. He said Boris wears a yellow collar with both his and Helen’s phone number on it. Stewart said Helen is 5ft 10 but that is ‘probably a guess’.
He said Helen is slim, with long off the shoulder ‘black, going grey hair’.
When asked Helen’s eye colour, Stewart said: “Oh my god how do you forget these things? It’s terrible. I don’t know.” He said Helen would typically wear jeans and a shirt. He then gives the call operator Helen’s phone number.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
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Stewart tells operator Ms Bailey's family and friends are concerned
The call operator said officers will now make enquiries to find Helen, and call Stewart if they have, or need, any further information. Stewart is asked to call 101 if he finds any more information. He is asked for the number of the cottage, which he says he has forgotten and adds: “I don’t know, I just go there”. Stewart then gives the call operator his phone number.
He asks: “Is it just a question of waiting, is there nothing else you do at this stage?”
The call operator says yes, and that further enquiries will now be made.
He says that Helen’s brother and her friends are concerned about her. That’s the end of the phone call.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
The call operator said officers will now make enquiries to find Helen, and call Stewart if they have, or need, any further information. Stewart is asked to call 101 if he finds any more information. He is asked for the number of the cottage, which he says he has forgotten and adds: “I don’t know, I just go there”. Stewart then gives the call operator his phone number.
He asks: “Is it just a question of waiting, is there nothing else you do at this stage?”
The call operator says yes, and that further enquiries will now be made.
He says that Helen’s brother and her friends are concerned about her. That’s the end of the phone call.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
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True, he could have just been using a very plausible excuse. It seems most people knew about Helen's driving anxiety.
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Stewart referred to Helen in the past tense
The phone call was incredibly hard to hear. Journalists have been given transcripts now, which jurors already had.
In the phone call, Stewart said: “She [Helen] had talked about wanting space because things just haven’t been going well for her recently….or for us.”
Stewart also refers to Helen in past tense during the phone call, but quickly corrects himself.
He said: “We were planning to get married, well, we are planning to get married and the venue went wrong.”
When asked if Helen takes any medication, Stewart tells the call operator: “I’ve been wanting her to go to the doctors now but she won’t go to the doctor.
“The only medicine she takes is what she buys over the internet things like herbal stuff, vitamins that sort of stuff.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
The phone call was incredibly hard to hear. Journalists have been given transcripts now, which jurors already had.
In the phone call, Stewart said: “She [Helen] had talked about wanting space because things just haven’t been going well for her recently….or for us.”
Stewart also refers to Helen in past tense during the phone call, but quickly corrects himself.
He said: “We were planning to get married, well, we are planning to get married and the venue went wrong.”
When asked if Helen takes any medication, Stewart tells the call operator: “I’ve been wanting her to go to the doctors now but she won’t go to the doctor.
“The only medicine she takes is what she buys over the internet things like herbal stuff, vitamins that sort of stuff.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
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A few red flags in the 999 call
[FONT="]He said he has contacted four people who knew Helen
[/FONT][FONT="]We were planning to get married
[/FONT][FONT="] is there nothing else you do at this stage? (this stage as opposed to the next)[/FONT]
[FONT="]He said he has contacted four people who knew Helen
[/FONT][FONT="]We were planning to get married
[/FONT][FONT="] is there nothing else you do at this stage? (this stage as opposed to the next)[/FONT]
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Next witness: Pc Richard Webster
The next witness is Pc Richard Webster. He said he went to the Royston house on April 15, 2016, to deal with a report of a missing person.
Pc Webster was met by Stewart, who told him he was the only person in the house at that time.
“He said he had left the house that afternoon (on April 11) and when he came back he found a note from Helen saying she was going to Broadstairs.
“He told me he had gone out to a doctor’s appointment and had gone to drop off some paperwork at a solicitors - and on his return home he found this note.
“I said I would like to see the note, but he said he didn’t know where it was anymore. I asked what had happened to it, he said he must have picked it up with a load of other papers when he was doing a run down of the dump.
“He said he found the note on the table in the hallway, and had read it, and had last seen it on his desk in a room to the left of the hallway.
“He was a bit annoyed about the suddenness of Helen going away and looked puzzled as to why that should happen.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
The next witness is Pc Richard Webster. He said he went to the Royston house on April 15, 2016, to deal with a report of a missing person.
Pc Webster was met by Stewart, who told him he was the only person in the house at that time.
“He said he had left the house that afternoon (on April 11) and when he came back he found a note from Helen saying she was going to Broadstairs.
“He told me he had gone out to a doctor’s appointment and had gone to drop off some paperwork at a solicitors - and on his return home he found this note.
“I said I would like to see the note, but he said he didn’t know where it was anymore. I asked what had happened to it, he said he must have picked it up with a load of other papers when he was doing a run down of the dump.
“He said he found the note on the table in the hallway, and had read it, and had last seen it on his desk in a room to the left of the hallway.
“He was a bit annoyed about the suddenness of Helen going away and looked puzzled as to why that should happen.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
Interesting emotion!
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Officer looked for clues on Helen Bailey's computer and iPad
Pc Webster said he asked for access to Helen Bailey’s computer that might help with her whereabouts.
“I was wondering if she’d done any web searches for hotels or so on or had made any preparations to be somewhere else.
“Stewart showed me Helen’s desk, there was a Macbook computer on the desk and one of the windows was open on the screen. “Helen’s email account was open. I looked at the inbox and the outbox, and noted there were no emails sent since Monday, April 11. “There were no booking confirmation emails in the inbox or the trash. The browser history was blank and returned no results.”
Pc Webster said there was another device - Stewart tried to operate it and it was not responding. It was locked and Stewart told him he didn’t know the passcode.
“I asked Stewart if Ms Bailey used the internet on any other devices, he produced an iPad Mini. This was locked with a code which Stewart did not have.
“He found a notebook with a number of possible passwords but in the end we weren’t able to get into the iPad. I left it with Stewart to see if he could gain access.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
Pc Webster said he asked for access to Helen Bailey’s computer that might help with her whereabouts.
“I was wondering if she’d done any web searches for hotels or so on or had made any preparations to be somewhere else.
“Stewart showed me Helen’s desk, there was a Macbook computer on the desk and one of the windows was open on the screen. “Helen’s email account was open. I looked at the inbox and the outbox, and noted there were no emails sent since Monday, April 11. “There were no booking confirmation emails in the inbox or the trash. The browser history was blank and returned no results.”
Pc Webster said there was another device - Stewart tried to operate it and it was not responding. It was locked and Stewart told him he didn’t know the passcode.
“I asked Stewart if Ms Bailey used the internet on any other devices, he produced an iPad Mini. This was locked with a code which Stewart did not have.
“He found a notebook with a number of possible passwords but in the end we weren’t able to get into the iPad. I left it with Stewart to see if he could gain access.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
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Vehicles at the house
Pc Webster then examined the vehicles at the house. There was a BMW parked on the driveway, a jeep parked to the left of the front door facing towards the BMW, a fiat 500 was in the garage behind the house.
“Stewart told me on Monday morning (April 11) Helen had driven the Jeep to Tesco’s, and had come back and said she was never driving again.
“That was all I can remember him saying about that incident.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
Pc Webster then examined the vehicles at the house. There was a BMW parked on the driveway, a jeep parked to the left of the front door facing towards the BMW, a fiat 500 was in the garage behind the house.
“Stewart told me on Monday morning (April 11) Helen had driven the Jeep to Tesco’s, and had come back and said she was never driving again.
“That was all I can remember him saying about that incident.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
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[FONT="]“I got home just before 5pm and that’s when I saw the note on her desk." - 999 call
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[/FONT][FONT="]“He said he found the note on the table in the hallway, and had read it, and had last seen it on his desk in a room to the left of the hallway." - to PC Webster[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT="]“He said he found the note on the table in the hallway, and had read it, and had last seen it on his desk in a room to the left of the hallway." - to PC Webster[/FONT]
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Police ask Stewart about Helen's bank accounts
Pc Webster said he asked for help in searching the Royston house and two officers helped him.
“I spoke to a couple of neighbours, who gave me no particular concerns for Helen.
“I then searched the room above the garage.
“I asked Stewart if he had a joint bank account with Helen. We wanted to see if Helen had been using her account elsewhere.
“If she had been to an ATM in the days following her disappearance this would be of interest.
“When we looked, we found the last cash withdrawal from the joint account was in February 2016. He told me there were another two bank accounts he knew of, he could give me the details of the accounts so we could make enquiries with the banks.
“Card numbers for accounts were given. One of my colleagues carried on a talk with Stewart and I was told local crime units would be sent to the address to talk to Stewart.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
Pc Webster said he asked for help in searching the Royston house and two officers helped him.
“I spoke to a couple of neighbours, who gave me no particular concerns for Helen.
“I then searched the room above the garage.
“I asked Stewart if he had a joint bank account with Helen. We wanted to see if Helen had been using her account elsewhere.
“If she had been to an ATM in the days following her disappearance this would be of interest.
“When we looked, we found the last cash withdrawal from the joint account was in February 2016. He told me there were another two bank accounts he knew of, he could give me the details of the accounts so we could make enquiries with the banks.
“Card numbers for accounts were given. One of my colleagues carried on a talk with Stewart and I was told local crime units would be sent to the address to talk to Stewart.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
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Officer said defendant 'seemed very helpful'
“Stewart seemed very helpful, he allowed us access to everywhere round the house.
“He seemed a little surprise this much interest had been paid to the fact that his wife had gone somewhere.
“The house was clean and tidy and there were no signs of violence.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
“Stewart seemed very helpful, he allowed us access to everywhere round the house.
“He seemed a little surprise this much interest had been paid to the fact that his wife had gone somewhere.
“The house was clean and tidy and there were no signs of violence.”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/live-helen-bailey-murder-trial-12464906
Let's face it - the range of possibilities from the Police perspective are not exactly huge given they see missing persons all the time.
Someone of Helen's age is only going to go missing if
1. A row
2. An affair
3. Suicide
Some kind of stranger abduction is a pretty low possibility after 4 days when a body has not turned up.
The concealment of the body tends to imply a known killer straight away.
Not to say exotic missing persons don't happen in rare cases.
The father of someone I know disappeared one morning and was subsequently tracked down to Australia many years later.
But what distinguishes those types of cases is that some planning was easy to find - namely he took a lot of key possessions with him, and especially his car was gone.
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