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Jeremy Bamber |
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Bambi |
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5 |
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August 1985 |
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Neville Bamber
June
Bamber
Sheila Caffell
Child
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Crown Court |
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Mr
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FACTFILE
August 1985
Bamber shot the rest of his family, five people in all.
He claimed that he had been away for the day, came back
and found them all dead. He said that his sister must
have flipped, as she was prone to doing. All the family
were shot with a semi automatic .22 rifle, dying of
multiple wounds.
Neville Bamber, a farmer and a local magistrate, lived
in a farmhouse in the small village of Tolleshunt
d'Arcy, in Essex, with his wife June. They were unable
to have children and had adopted Sheila, and her
brother, Jeremy.
Jeremy lived in a cottage of his own in Goldhanger, a
neighbouring village. Sheila, was a model known as
Bambi.
She lived in London, she married Colin Caffell and gave
birth to twin sons in June 1979.
Sheila had a history of serious psychiatric problems. as
a consequence she and Caffell divorced in 1982 and the
children were looked after by their father.
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4th August 1985 , Colin Caffell drove the
children and their mother to Tolleshunt d'Arcy and
dropped them off to spend a week at the farm. Sometime
on 7th August, Sheila, her sons and her adoptive parents
were all shot dead.
The facts of this case are very complex and confusing.
Bamber claims that he had been at White House farm the
evening before the murders, when a heated discussion
between his parents and sister Sheila had started. This
was about whether Sheila's twins should be fostered or
not, Sheila was schizophrenic and having problems
looking after the children. Bamber further claims that
he had a call from his father at about 3:30am saying
that Sheila had gone mad, the phone then went dead,
Bamber called the police and met them at the house, all
5 were dead.
The Police claim Bamber killed them, went home then
called them, the motive being money, there was a family
fortune of nearly £500,000.
28 October 1986
Bamber was sentenced to five life sentences.
Bamber was told by the trial judge, Mr. Justice Drake,
that he was "warped and evil" and recommended that he
should serve at least 25 years before being considered
for release, that would keep him in prison until 2010 by
then he would be 49 years old.
1989 - Bamber launches his first appeal, this was
rejected.
12th December 2002.
Bamber's second appeal to the High court was turned
down.
2004; - Bamber was rushed to a hospital after he
was attacked by another inmate while making a telephone
call from Full Sutton Prison, where he is serving his
sentence. He suffered deep cuts to his neck but made a
complete recovery.
Jeremy Bamber has always protested his innocence,
claiming he was set up by his extended family.
He has even taken a lie detector test in prison, which
he passed.
The defence team claim they now have new evidence,
obtained under the freedom of information act.
Information that will show that Jeremy Bamber has served
22 years in prison as an innocent man. The criminal
cases review commission is examining this new evidence.
7th April 2008, The high court has ruled that
Bamber must remain classed as a highly dangerous
"category A" prisoner.
16th May 2008. The high court in London has made
a ruling,
Mr Justice Tugendhat said there was no reason for him to
depart from recommendations made both by the Lord Chief
Justice and the Home Secretary that Bamber must serve a
"whole life" tariff.
He said Bamber "continues to deny that he committed the
murders" and had not shown a shred of remorse.
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17th January 2012, Bamber loses his appeal to the
European Court. His case, together with two other life
prisoners was that, being sentenced to a whole life
tariff was 'inhuman and degrading treatment'.
Bamber was put ion the home office list of whole
life tariff prisoners, see list here
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Bamber's supporters have created a website, with full
coverage of the case, find it
here >>>
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