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MY DAUGHTER HAS GONE BESERK’
The following article appeared in the Colchester
Gazette on 6 August 2010: Could
this phone call from the father of farmhouse murderer Jeremy Bamber clear his
son’s name? MASS murderer Jeremy Bamber says he has uncovered new
evidence which could clear his name. Bamber,
who was found guilty of shooting dead his family almost 25 years ago, could
learn within a week if he has won the right to appeal against his conviction. Bamber was jailed after a trial in 1986 for
murdering his adoptive parents Nevill and June, sister
Sheila Caffell and her six year old twins Daniel and Nicholas at White House
Farm, Tolleshunt D’Arcy. But
his legal team says it has found a police phone log
suggesting his father called police on
the night of the 1985 killings saying his daughter had “gone beserk” and “got hold of one of my guns.” Bamber,
serving a whole-life sentence, has claimed his sister, a model known as Bambi,
shots her family before turning the gun on herself. The
police log is timed at 0326 on August 7, 1985. The
memo is similar to another police phone log timed
ten minutes later which details a call Bamber himself made to police from his
home in Goldhanger, three-and-a-half miles from White
House Farm. In
that he told of a call from his father saying Sheila had gone crazy with a gun. Bamber,
his solicitor and support the
team hope
the fresh evidence, currently being considered by the Criminal Cases Review Commission,
will result in the independent body returning the case to the Court of Appeal.
Only the commission has
the power to do this. Bamber, who last month was refused extra time for
further forensic tests on evidence has said several pieces of the new
evidence are “case winning points.” Scott
Lomax, who has campaigned on behalf of Bamber, said: “Although this
piece of evidence is open to interpretation, there is growing evidence of
shocking miscarriage of justice. “They
have uncovered a wealth of evidence which in my mind undermines the
conviction of Jeremy Bamber.” At
his trial the prosecution said Bamber had carried out the murders out of
greed, hoping to inherit a £500,000 fortune. The
50 year old has twice last appeals against his conviction. [Note from S C Lomax – he was only 49
at this point in time] Justin
Hawkins of the Criminal Cases Review Commission confirmed it was reviewing the case but said he
could not comment further. A
spokeswoman for Essex Police said: “This matter is currently being
considered by the Criminal Cases Review Commission and it would be
inappropriate for Essex Police to comment at this stage.”
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