Eastenders - Current Episode Discussion - VIII

[parkerman]

Seem to recall that according to the Pathologists report, the cause of Lucy's death was from a single blow to the head. This would probably help convince Jane and Ian of Max's guilt and Bobby's innocence. If Cindy's got any sense , she needs to be out of the Beale household a.s.a.p.

Surely if the cause was a single blow that would prove it was Bobby.

[Dazzle]

Surely if the cause was a single blow that would prove it was Bobby.

Pathologists can pinpoint the injury that killed someone, so maybe Ian and Jane could convince themselves the blow caused by Max would have been fatal even without Bobby's help. It wouldn't really have to make sense to us anyway. As long as Ian and Jane can convince themselves that's what happened so they can stick their heads in the sand about Bobby.

I think this is purely speculation anyway.

[parkerman]

But they know Lucy was alive when Bobby hit her on the head......

[Dazzle]

But they know Lucy was alive when Bobby hit her on the head......

Head injuries can take hours or even days to kill, which is why people who bang their head badly should seek medical advice even if they feel fine. I think it's down to bleeding in the brain.

The truth is the pathologists report would describe what happened pretty accurately, so Ian and Jane would have to be pretty desperate to cling to that as a solution (which I think they are at this point!).

[lizann]

ian needs to get jane to think max did it really not bobby so she wont break and talk

[Kim]

If Lucy had a single blow to the head then yes, categorically Bobby is responsible. I can't recall anything being stated either way (whether one or more.) I don't think Lucy's cause of death has been mentioned since the week of her death, when it was presumably kept as vague as possible so as to help with the mystery.

Had Lucy sustained two blows to the head, then Bobby might be wholly responsible (if his was proven the fatal one,) not responsible (if another was fatal,) or partially (if it were a combination of the two.) A blow to the head may not result in death until some time later, as evidenced in the cases of Pauline Fowler and Emma Summerhayes (although not hit over the head, hit her head and seemed fine afterwards.) I'm not sure what tests can show with regards to cause of death when there are multiple blows, but as Zoe Slater has never been deemed responsible for Den Watts's death, I'm assuming that they can determine the contribution of each blow.

[lizann]

max didn't hit her in car lot office she had a nose bleed or fell and cut herself if i remember rightly

[Kim]

max didn't hit her in car lot office she had a nose bleed or fell and cut herself if i remember rightly

She fell in an argument but he didn't push her. I'm surprised that didn't show up in any tests. Maybe they are about to exhume the body and find that in a fresh autopsy.

[Dazzle]

I think all we've been told is that Lucy died from a blow to the head. A pathologist would be able to pick up signs of each individual injury, the timeline, and also determine which one killed her. They can also tell from skull trauma if a blow was the result of a fall or being deliberately hit over the head.

Presumably, since we've not been told any different, the police can tell the last injury Lucy received was both deliberate and the fatal one. What we've been speculating about is Ian and Jane persuading themselves the fall which caused the blood in the car lot was deliberate and that it killed her (eventually). I don't think the police themselves (even the inept EE police) can be confused about the timeline or which blow killed Lucy.

[lizann]

ian looked very evil in his stare to liam, how is gina going to take both if she didn't want cindy, hope jane cracks