Justice4Jeremy:Essex Police Still Hiding Evidence...

 

 Attrib: Jeremy Bamber Official Website: http://www.jeremy-bamber.co.uk/public-interest-immunity (Edits PAM)

 

Under the cloak of Public Interest Immunity (PII)

In 1989 and again during 1991 there were investigations made into the conduct of Essex Police during the Bamber case. Much of the fruits of these enquiries have been unhelpful to Jeremy Bamber's legal team owing to the statements and documents being protected under Public Interest Immunity.   What could possibly be in the findings of the investigations that would warrant it being in the public interest to withhold statements from Jeremy Bamber's Defence?   Essex Police are still withholding 175 photographs along with 340,000 pages of documents. During August 1985 the Essex coroner was provided with evidence sufficient for him to allow the release of the bodies for burial and cremation. The police had informed him that the investigation was ongoing but on the basis of four murders and a suicide. The documents and evidence to substantiate this were lost. Many of the documents from the 1988 Police enquiry (Dickinson) are under PII - this includes Julie Mugford's interviews and those of her mother Mary Mugford. We suspect that in exchange for Mugford's testimony she was given immunity from prosecution. There are many documents which suggest this. We also suspect that many police officers were given immunity for telling the whole truth about what happened in the house and these documents have never been disclosed. Many of the documents from the 1991 Police Complaints authority investigation carried out by the City of London Police are also under Public Interest Immunity. Also under PII are the Original documents (98%) from when the case was still a suicide and murder case, known as SC68885, this was from 7 August to 8 September. The photographs that police still hold are from pathology and ones taken of the crime scene. Peter Sutherst's report details which photographs are missing. After 8th September a new case number was assigned when they decided it was a murder investigation - SC78685 - these records were released to the defence. When asked about missing files Essex Police state that they have released all of the documents from the case - yes this case - but not from the original investigation!

East Anglian Daily Times Article - Police reject request for documents