Mr Simmons was described in court as a "gun enthusiast" who owned several weapons, while Ms Wensley owned a pink .22 rifle.One of Mr Simmons's friends, Gareth Price, gave a statement to police he had seen Ms Wensley swinging punches at Mr Simmons and hitting him with a big, framed mirror.Mr Simmons told police Ms Wensley had decided to go and stay with her mother.
Mr Simmons's father, Robert, said he went to his son's house after receiving a call from St John Ambulance. While the initial investigation was found to be inadequate, the major crime investigation did not identify any criminality in the case and found no evidence that anyone else was involved in Ms Wensley's death.
She said Professor Ackland believed the evidence was consistent with Ms Wensley having been shot by someone who held the gun horizontally with the barrel close to her right temple.
It would appear evidence says lone Police officer who suspected foul play, was probably correct; not everyone called a 'detective' is an investigator, some are 'social detectives'. Committing suicide with small shotgun horizontal? Shooting at a bird in the middle of a domestic?