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Kill Total: |
5 |
Kill place: |
Tolleshunt D'Arcy,
Essex |
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Kill date: |
August
1985 |
Victim(s): |
Neville Bamber.
June Bamber
Sheila Bamber
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Date of Birth: |
1961 |
Marital Status: |
Single |
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AKA: |
Unknown |
Occupation: |
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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.
Bamber's
supporters have created a website, with full coverage of
the case,
find it here >>>
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