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Jeremy Bamber claims he was framed for murder by cousins
Jeremy Bamber has accused two of his cousins of manipulating the evidence that led to his conviction for murdering five relatives in one of Britain’s most notorious crimes.
7:30AM BST 12 Jul 2010
Bamber, who has served nearly 25 years of a life sentence for killing his adoptive parents, sister and her twin children, claims he was set up in a conspiracy to cut him out of the inheritance.
Bamber has always maintained his innocence and the Criminal Cases Review Commission is currently analysing photographic evidence which his supporters claim shows he cannot have been responsible for the rampage at his parents’ Essex farmhouse in 1985.
But his allegations against Ann Eaton and David Boutflour, made in his first full prison interview, represent the first time he has directly blamed other people for his plight.
Mr Boutflour yesterday dismissed the allegations as “absolute piffle” and said he and his sister had no reason to incriminate their cousin, who was described by the trial judge as “evil, almost beyond belief”.
Bamber, who is now 49, was found guilty of the murders after a rifle silencer covered in specks of blood, red paint and a single hair was found in a cupboard at White House Farm in the village of Tolleshunt D'Arcy days after the killing.
While police were initially convinced that Bamber’s sister Sheila had shot her adoptive parents Nevill and June and six-year-old twins Nicholas and Daniel before turning the gun on herself, the new discovery indicated that a third party must have carried out the spree before returning the silencer.
Jurors were also shown photos - taken one month after the killings - of scratch marks above the Aga in the family kitchen, indicating that Nevill had tussled with the gunman before being shot. The paint on the silencer matched that above the oven.
Bamber’s campaign for his conviction to be overturned is largely based on a recently-uncovered photo taken hours after the killings, which shows no sign of any scratches on the Aga mantlepiece, nor flecks of paint on the floor below.
Speaking to The Sunday Times yesterday, Bamber claimed that his cousins planted the silencer and scratched the paint in the weeks after the shootings, in a plan to frame him and secure ownership of the £400,000 family estate.
Bamber was disinherited after his conviction, and the estate passed to the Boutflours. Ann Eaton still lives at the property with her family.
Mr Boutflour rejected the claims as absurd and unfounded. He told the newspaper:: “I remember some things like it was yesterday. I remember finding the silencer.
“He’s suggesting that we fraudulently shoved the paint and the blood in to make it appear he had done it. Well that’s a load of rubbish. What would be the point? There was enough evidence anyway. What an absolute load of piffle.”
Mrs Eaton could not be contacted for comment yesterday, and has previously declined to speak to the press.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates suspected miscarriages of justice, is expected to decide in the next few months whether to grant Bamber permission to take his case to the Court of Appeal.
He has already had two appeals against his conviction rejected. He is serving a whole-life tariff, meaning he will never be eligible for parole.
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Jurors were also shown photos - taken one month after the killings - of scratch marks above the Aga in the family kitchen, indicating that Nevill had tussled with the gunman before being shot. The paint on the silencer matched that above the oven.
Bamber’s campaign for his conviction to be overturned is largely based on a recently-uncovered photo taken hours after the killings, which shows no sign of any scratches on the Aga mantlepiece, nor flecks of paint on the floor below.
Speaking to The Sunday Times yesterday, Bamber claimed that his cousins planted the silencer and scratched the paint in the weeks after the shootings, in a plan to frame him and secure ownership of the £400,000 family estate.
Bamber was disinherited after his conviction, and the estate passed to the Boutflours. Ann Eaton still lives at the property with her family.
Mr Boutflour rejected the claims as absurd and unfounded. He told the newspaper:: “I remember some things like it was yesterday. I remember finding the silencer.
“He’s suggesting that we fraudulently shoved the paint and the blood in to make it appear he had done it. Well that’s a load of rubbish. What would be the point? There was enough evidence anyway. What an absolute load of piffle.”
Mrs Eaton could not be contacted for comment yesterday, and has previously declined to speak to the press.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates suspected miscarriages of justice, is expected to decide in the next few months whether to grant Bamber permission to take his case to the Court of Appeal.
He has already had two appeals against his conviction rejected. He is serving a whole-life tariff, meaning he will never be eligible for parole.
More articles on INNOCENT Jeremy Bamber; gravest miscarriage of justice in UK history
http://www.jeremy-bamber.co.uk/News-Articles
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