Alyce I think it unlikely that the parents came round on two occasions when Helen slept through it.
I think it more likely that the parents came round on Monday 4th, as Eileen recalls, because the incident would have been fresh in her mind when police first talked to her.
I also think IS called the solicitors on Friday 8th to cancel Helen's 2:30 appointment for her, because she hadn't expected to fall asleep and miss it, so hadn't had the foresight to cancel it before sleeping.
The solicitors evidence was confusing but I think once again it's down to reporting unfortunately. TaraC seems to get dates wrong all the time, possibly due to speed of evidence. What I did manage to get from it was that there was an initial appointment on Tuesday 5th which Helen attended, a follow up appointment booked for Friday 8th 2:30, cancelled at some point, and re-booked for Monday pm. Quite why someone called at 9am on Monday morning from home landline isn't clear. Perhaps Helen thought she'd better phone them to confirm because IS had made the call on Friday, or perhaps IS called them from bedroom (if there is an extension upstairs) without Helen knowing, to find out if he could attend on Helen's behalf because she was still unwell.
Strangely though there is a pause in Helen's iPad searches at 9:04am, which is the exact time the call was made to solicitors from the landline.
I think IS has got the dates wrong for parents visit and Helen being asleep.
I agree. I think it is a bit too much of a coincidence for there to have been 2 visits by IS parents and Helen sleeping for five hours both times.
The date of Monday April 4 sounds like the correct one, with Helen speaking to her mother on that day, after she woke up. .
The Monday April 4 date also fits with something else I have thought of.
We know that Helen told her neighbour, on April 5, that IS had got the all clear. We also know this was the day Helen and IS went for lunch to celebrate. However, I believe that IS got the all clear before this date. Probably the end of the week prior, so around March 31. This would be 12 or so days after his operation and, allowing for Easter in between, is I think a reasonable turn around time for results.
So quite possibly, IS , now with his all clear, was planning the murder for the next available date - Monday April 4 and it was only his parents unexpected visit which stopped him.
After that....
Tuesday Helen went to the Solicitors - and then for the celebration lunch
Wednesday is the cleaner's day.
Thursday might have worked as IS had a Surgery appointment but as he was still not driving at that point, he needed Helen to take him there.
Friday I think was a definite attempt with Helen being asleep and cancelling the solicitors - but for whatever reason, it didnt work.
So next opportunity Monday April 11.
