New Jeremy Bamber documentary to be screened tonight
The documentary looks at the events of the shootings, the trial and evidence Bamber insists was withheld at this trial.
Doesn't seem to be on My5 yet but I think it's an episode of this programme:
Crimes That Shook Britain - Channel 5
Rough summary of evidence I'd not heard before (although I've not followed it closely: looking through this thread I had to delete a few that were already known so apologies if any of these I've left are also known):
- Blood in the silencer was less conclusive than presented and could have belonged to Sheila
or a named cousin (forgot the name but it was one of those who inherited the farm)
- Police records indicate they had (phone?) communication with someone inside at 5-something am, when JB was already outside the property with them
- Police records indicate inital entry showing two bodies downstairs, and later three more found upstairs; throughout the trial evidence stated 4 bodies upstairs, 1 downstairs.
- A police officer's statement mentioned hearing movement after finding the two bodies downstairs, which he attributed to other police, however it seemed unlikely that other police were in the building at that time (I'm not recalling that one accurately but it's the gist of it)
- Sheila's blood was still flowing when she was found, and there was no rigor mortis
It seems the scenario being suggested here is Sheila's first attempt at suicide only injured her, and she could have gone upstairs and shot herself again after the two downstairs bodies were found, thus explaining the two wounds, the odd timing in rigor mortis, and the discrepancy in body counts. Not sure about that one, but the silencer and scratch being magically "found" by the people who went on to inherit the farm is... suspicious to say the least, given police evidence shows no sign of them. The phone call evidence regarding Nevill Bamber phoning the police mentioning his daughter has a gun (new to me but I see not to the thread!) is also something that puts a very different angle on things for me.
Whether he did it or not, and I'm leaning towards "not", the conviction seems unsafe; I'm not sure this one would even get past CPS nowadays given the evidence on display? At least, if the police handed over their own logs, which seem to be rather good evidence for the defence...
