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In October 1986 Jeremy Bamber was convicted of the murders of five members of his family at their home in Essex. It was alleged he had killed his relatives before staging the scene so that it appeared his sister, Sheila Caffell, had committed four acts of murder before turning the murder weapon, an Anschutz semi-automatic rifle, on herself. The trial judge described Bamber, during sentencing, as being warped, callous and evil, almost beyond belief. Bamber, however, remains adamant he is the victim of a miscarriage of justice. Jeremy Bamber: Evil, Almost Beyond Belief? examines, in great detail, the case of Jeremy Bamber. For the first time all of the relevant information, from both the defence and prosecution cases, is explained. New evidence, only recently obtained, is discussed. Some of the information contained in the book will feature in the defence case when Bamber next appeals against his conviction. It has not yet been made public.
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Jeremy Bamber: Evil, Almost Beyond Belief? is a detailed re-assessment of one of the most high profile cases in British criminal history.
It concerns notorious convicted mass murderer Jeremy Bamber who was jailed for life for killing five members of his family in 1985.
My book draws upon extensive studies of police documents and photographs in addition to legal papers. I have interviewed Jeremy Bamber at length, and corresponded with him for nearly six years, discussing his account of events and his life and time in prison. But the book is far from being one sided. I have discussed the entirety of the case and invited Essex Police for their own arguments.
All of the available evidence, including a large amount of material never before revealed, is included to allow the reader to be fully informed of one of the most controversial cases of recent decades.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Media coverage of Jeremy Bamber's latest application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission prompted me to read this book. The author does a painstaking job on the evidence. The coverage is extremely detailed. In spite of some attempts to achieve balance the author's belief that Sheila Caffell killed the other four victims and then committed suicide comes through very clearly. Nevertheless the points made about the evidence which convicted Bamber do have substance and would, in my view, have given a jury reasonable doubt about his guilt. In particular the evidence about the blood found in the silencer (thought at trial to have been Sheila Caffell's and subsequently shown by DNA testing to be much more likely to be June Bamber's) may well have had a profound impact on the jury.
The book is let down by two things. First there are hints at some sort of conspiracy - the death of one of the police officers in a DIY accident is referred to as unusual. It is true that it is unusual but people do fall off ladders. On a number of occasions the author goes out of this way to say that he is not accusing someone of lying - but this just adds to the air of conspiracy. I'm afraid I just don't believe in some sort of planned conspiracy to convict Jeremy Bamber. This is coupled with pleas on at least two occasions for the authorities to release material which they are apparently still withholding.
The second disappointment is that there are some unfortunate errors. Another reviewer has mentioned "Principal" and "Principle". There is also reference to the firearm not having a loud rapport. Coupled with some strained writing these make reading the book a bit of a chore at times.
But in spite of these drawbacks it is worth reading to understand the wealth of material which the author has considered in reaching his conclusion.
The book is let down by two things. First there are hints at some sort of conspiracy - the death of one of the police officers in a DIY accident is referred to as unusual. It is true that it is unusual but people do fall off ladders. On a number of occasions the author goes out of this way to say that he is not accusing someone of lying - but this just adds to the air of conspiracy. I'm afraid I just don't believe in some sort of planned conspiracy to convict Jeremy Bamber. This is coupled with pleas on at least two occasions for the authorities to release material which they are apparently still withholding.
The second disappointment is that there are some unfortunate errors. Another reviewer has mentioned "Principal" and "Principle". There is also reference to the firearm not having a loud rapport. Coupled with some strained writing these make reading the book a bit of a chore at times.
But in spite of these drawbacks it is worth reading to understand the wealth of material which the author has considered in reaching his conclusion.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The author, in the sleeve notes, is described as someone with a keen interest in miscarriages of justice and this tells you all you need to know about this book. Although being described as an in depth description of this infamous case in reality it is one mans version of Jeremy Bamber's supposed innocence. It is a completely biased account of the case, page after page after page is devoted to explaining how, where and why Sheila Caffell (Bamber's step sister and the the other chief suspect) could indeed have murdered the family before committing suicide.
Of course there are questions to be asked, why did it take Bamber's girlfriend a month to come forward with the damning evidence of his alleged confession, some of the police logs which do not tally with events etc, and these need to be addressed but the author is at pains to continually convince the reader of Bamber's innocence.
Despite telling us that we are left to draw our own conclusions it is pretty difficult to do so after having it rammed down our throats for 250 odd pages!
This is the main problem with the book, it is NOT a full and thorough account of the case. There is a chapter relating to each bit of evidence which points to Bamber's supposed guilt but instead of exploring thoroughly the arguments for and against these conclusions we have to wade through arguments which in the author's view point to Sheila being responsible for the crime.
As previous reviewers have stated it becomes extremely hard going, I could have quite easily given up reading about a third of the way through as the more the book goes on the more you feel you are being led in one direction only and it frankly becomes quite a boring read.
At one stage we are asked to believe that, prior to the murders, Bamber robbed his own parents caravan park and made it look like a burglary not out of greed (despite stealing almost £1000) or the fact that he was quite simply a rotten character to steal from his own family in this way but oh no, he did it as some kind of misguided favour, to prove to them that security needed tightening!!! What utter nonsense, that's how keen the author is for us to believe that Bamber is a misunderstood man.
It must be remembered that despite all this 'new evidence' Bamber has twice had appeals against his conviction rejected. Overall it becomes a very boring and tedious book, despite the fascinating nature of the subject matter. If you are determined to read it I would suggest obtaining a copy from your local library, as I did, I would have been extremely disappointed if I'd forked out money for it.
In short, if you want to read a thorough account of this investigation with all the evidence explored in full with no bias involved either way then I would look elsewhere, if you're happy to read an author's account of Bamber's innocence then by all means give it a whirl
Of course there are questions to be asked, why did it take Bamber's girlfriend a month to come forward with the damning evidence of his alleged confession, some of the police logs which do not tally with events etc, and these need to be addressed but the author is at pains to continually convince the reader of Bamber's innocence.
Despite telling us that we are left to draw our own conclusions it is pretty difficult to do so after having it rammed down our throats for 250 odd pages!
This is the main problem with the book, it is NOT a full and thorough account of the case. There is a chapter relating to each bit of evidence which points to Bamber's supposed guilt but instead of exploring thoroughly the arguments for and against these conclusions we have to wade through arguments which in the author's view point to Sheila being responsible for the crime.
As previous reviewers have stated it becomes extremely hard going, I could have quite easily given up reading about a third of the way through as the more the book goes on the more you feel you are being led in one direction only and it frankly becomes quite a boring read.
At one stage we are asked to believe that, prior to the murders, Bamber robbed his own parents caravan park and made it look like a burglary not out of greed (despite stealing almost £1000) or the fact that he was quite simply a rotten character to steal from his own family in this way but oh no, he did it as some kind of misguided favour, to prove to them that security needed tightening!!! What utter nonsense, that's how keen the author is for us to believe that Bamber is a misunderstood man.
It must be remembered that despite all this 'new evidence' Bamber has twice had appeals against his conviction rejected. Overall it becomes a very boring and tedious book, despite the fascinating nature of the subject matter. If you are determined to read it I would suggest obtaining a copy from your local library, as I did, I would have been extremely disappointed if I'd forked out money for it.
In short, if you want to read a thorough account of this investigation with all the evidence explored in full with no bias involved either way then I would look elsewhere, if you're happy to read an author's account of Bamber's innocence then by all means give it a whirl
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This was a disappointing book indeed. Lomax did sterling work to expose the weaknesses of the conviction of Barry George in the Dando case, but here he entirely fails to do the same service for the notorious Jeremy Bamber. A very one-sided book indeed, and quite unconvincing.
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One-sided?
This book enters the lists on behalf of Bamber, convicted of multiple murder some 25 years ago. The author, according to the blurb, specializes in "injustice" i.e. Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2009 by Ian Millard
Thought Provoking
The author raised some interesting points in Jeremey Bamber's defence but most theories fell short when held up to scrutiny.
Published on 6 Oct 2009 by Mrs. J. M. Smith
Puts the defence case only and so very unbalanced
This book is useful as a defence document only. As such, it does not provide the balanced assessment of the case as the Product Description and the From the Author note both imply... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2009 by A Customer
I agree to disagree
For such a high profile case there are suprisingly few books about the Bamber case, espcially recently. Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2008 by Stracs
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