Anniversary Tribute to the Bamber Family

It’s been 32 years since Jeremy lost his family in the tragedies at White House Farm. As a Campaign, every day we work towards justice and freedom for Jeremy. Through Jeremy we have come to know his family, this is because Jeremy frequently speaks so fondly of them.

Jeremy takes us into his memories by painting vivid pictures of the passionate interest in farming which he shared so closely with his father Nevill. We know how extremely proud he is of his mother’s brave achievements during the Second World War when she worked as a nurse and secretary assisting the Special Forces in Calcutta.

His love for Sheila shines through when he remembers her kind protectiveness over him as an elder sister. It is because of Jeremy’s recollections that we know of her talents as a storywriter and gifted letter writer. Her ethereal character came across in drawing and painting before she battled mental illness that eventually stripped her of her true personality.

He recalls how quickly his twin nephews Nicholas and Daniel grew into bright fun loving children, who enjoyed tractor rides and thanks to Jeremy and June, were developing a keen interest in wildlife, blackberry picking and farm animals.

The love for his family was so strong and an extremely big part of his life that we realise how large that gulf of grief must be.

Jeremy, in your grief we share,

in your love we share,

when we remember,

Nevill, June, Sheila, Nicholas and Daniel,

We honour their memory this day and always.

From Sarah, Trudi, Pat, Yvonne, Lorna, Heidi, Matt, Mike, and Philip - The Campaign Team. 

The 28th Anniversary of Jeremy's Wrongful Imprisonment

It’s always at this time of year I look back and consider my life, my freedom and what it means to me. People often ask how do I feel, or how can I cope? There are times, especially in the present day, when we all consider our freedom and other people’s suffering in the fight to protect it, especially in times of war.

Freedom comes in many different guises and release from physical pain and illness is freedom too. I might be physically incarcerated but my mind is always free to wander anywhere in the world, to the ancient pyramids, or down to the farmlands of Essex.

When I consider how I personally feel, I often read this poem by William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). Invictus, was written during a time when the author felt he too had lost a part of his freedom. For me this work sums up how I feel and I’m sure there are others who can relate to these words, which have a universal message about suffering. So as I enter my thirtieth year of wrongful imprisonment, let's all remember to cherish the freedom we have, even if it is limited to four walls.

Jeremy.

Out of the night that covers me,


Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be


For my unconquerable soul.



In the fell clutch of circumstance


I have not winced nor cried aloud.


Under the bludgeoning’s of chance


My head is bloody, but unbowed.



Beyond this place of wrath and tears


Looms but the Horror of the shade,


And yet the menace of the years


Finds and shall find me unafraid.



It matters not how strait the gate,


How charged with punishments the scroll,


I am the master of my fate,


I am the captain of my soul.

7th August sees the 29th Anniversary of the Tragedies at White House Farm

Remembering Nevill, June, Sheila, Nicholas and Daniel. 

They Are Not Dead by Anonymous, chosen by Jeremy.

They are not dead,
Who leave us this great heritage
of remembering joy.

They still live in our hearts,
In the happiness we knew,
In the dreams we shared.

They still breathe,
In the lingering fragrance,
windblown, from their favourite flowers.

They still smile in the
moonlight's silver and laugh
in the sunlight’s sparkling gold.

They still speak in the echoes
of the words we've heard
them say again and again.

They still move
In the rhythm of dancing grasses,
in the dance of the tossing branches.

They are not dead;
their memory is warm in our hearts,
comfort in our sorrow.

They are not apart from us,
for love is eternal.
And those we love shall be with us
throughout all eternity.

28th Anniversary of being Wrongly Convicted.

Andrew Hunter

The 28th of October is yet another anniversary, the date when 10 jury members concluded that I was guilty of murder. It seems odd that the burden of proof required for a guilty verdict is ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt,’ and yet two jury members were not convinced I was guilty. It’s difficult to reconcile the fact that the jury found me (83%) guilty, then the Home Secretary imposed a new sentence announced in 1994, ensuring that I die in jail, that certainty was not shared by the jury or the trial judge.

I am busy researching a lot of material thanks to former police officers DCI Ainsley, DI Miller, DI Cook and DS Jones who are being so helpful in their trail of handwritten material and interviews with my relatives. The City of London Police and the Metropolitan police have also obliged by saving a lot of the former Public Interest Immunity material including many copies of my relatives' draft statements which don’t reflect the final copies submitted to the courts.

A lot of people have asked where we are with new submissions to the CCRC and these are still being prepared and we are awaiting further forensic reports instructed by my lawyer Simon McKay. There needs to be a thorough and comprehensive submission and this takes time to complete.

Since my last blog there was an article in the Mail on Sunday by Glen Owen about Andrew Hunter's book about my case. Again, further evidence has surfaced showing that I am innocent and that Sheila had been walking about the house, which is contrary to what police officers and the pathologist claimed in their statements made after the original investigation.

This month also saw the 80th anniversary of the Osea Road Caravan Park which Ann Eaton and Pamela Boutflour ran alongside my Mum, June Bamber. I was stunned to find that there was no mention of my Mum in their recent article on the Osea Leisure, caravan site, which is now run by Janie Robinson, Ann’s daughter. I don’t care about the lies that my relatives say about me, but it is the way that my parents and sister have been portrayed wrongly by the relatives that really upsets me. This last piece of media completely ignored the achievements that my Mum contributed to the caravan park during her 20 years of shared ownership and day to day running of it. I think the article speaks for itself in telling you that my relatives felt nothing for my Mum despite telling the police how much they loved and cared for her. If you want to find out more truths about how my relatives benefited upon my conviction please see this video or my interview in the Times Magazine from 2010.

Further debate has been happening in the house of Lords this week on theWhole Life Sentence issue. I’m sure that the British Government will wait until the Grand Chamber’s 6 month deadline comes to an end, to make a decision on whether or not to put reviews back into life sentences as they were until the Criminal Justice Act was altered in 2003.

Finally I heard news this week of the sad death of Susan May, who was a dear friend and fought like a lioness to prove her innocence. She will be sadly missed by all those who knew her.

As another anniversary of my wrongful conviction passes, it is with many thanks to all my friends and supporters whose kind letters keep me fighting against the injustice that I live daily.

Jeremy

Jeremy Bamber: A Life of Less Liberty

This is the first article in the sequence called A Life of Less Liberty, which is a series of four short pieces written by Jeremy reflecting on his 27 years of wrongful incarceration. 

“Today marks a year since the death of Steve Jobs the founder of Apple Inc. If I look back to 1985, when I first came to prison, I realize it also marks the year that he and Steve Wozniak were awarded the National Medal for Technology Innovation for their development and introduction of the Personal Computer. Since then technologies built on their essential participation in the world of computing and communications have developed much further than I could have imagined. 

I was only 24 when I came to jail, no different from any other young man in being interested engineering, computers and technology.  The world was changing rapidly, debate about using a computer for farming was discussed at N & J Bamber and had I not lost my family in the tragedy at White House farm and had I not come to prison, we would certainly have developed our business using computing.   

My journey in 27 years of prison has been restricted and I've not experienced much of the technology that all those with liberty take for granted on a daily basis. I have been fortunate to use a computer for some years in the Braille translation workshop at Full Sutton, so coming home won’t be a complete shock for me. But I have yet to learn about the likes of smart phones, i-pads, Google, and Gran Turismo.

Jeremy's twitter account is operated by a network of friends

We, as societies, all experience many freedoms with the internet, including freedom of movement to be in constant contact with our co-workers or family and friends almost everywhere we go in the world. 

We have the freedom to speak to the world without any restriction as to the content through web sites, bloggers and social media sites.  We have freedom of knowledge at our fingertips and in the flick of the keypad we can find out the most obscure facts in a second which can enhance and enrich our lives providing us with knowledge for study, work, or simple recreation. 

I'm not at liberty to experience these things first hand but I have some knowledge of these technologies from media and friends, of course I have no user experience at all so when justice finally comes, I am looking forward to a whole new liberty of which I could only have dreamed of in 1985, and it seems to me that freedom has never been so good.”

Jeremy

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British Injustice : 27 Years of Prison for Innocent Jeremy Bamber

Today marks the 27^th anniversary of Jeremy Bamber’s arrest at Dover, he was taken into custody and charged with murder on fabricated evidence and has not been a free man since. Held on remand for over a year, he was convicted of murder by a 10 -2 majority on the 28^th of October 1986. 

During October Jeremy will be writing a number of short pieces for the campaign which reflect on the past 27 years. These will not only express his feelings on the case and his hopes for the future, but he will also address the impact that a wrongful conviction has had on his life from the perspective of a 51 year old inmate looking back over more than half of his life spent in prison.

Jeremy wants to thank all those who support him and has commented on the great amount of friends who have made so much possible and who continue to do so. 

"I hope we can all take just a moment today to think about the loss Jeremy continues to suffer"

"As Jeremy’s supporters we all take time out of our day to think about the innocent man, a dear friend to many of us, soon facing his 27^th year behind bars as a direct result of failings and what appears to be corruption, not just within Essex police force, but within the other bodies responsible for Jeremy’s continued incarceration, despite the catalogue of evidence proving his innocence. 

Just last week the Sunday Mirror wrote about  the lie detector test which Jeremy passed unequivocally, yet he remains behind bars. But within the catastrophic failings of this case, it’s easy to lose sight of the five lives lost – the five most precious people to Jeremy who died so tragically on August 7^th 1985.

As his liberty was ripped from him, wrongly convicted of killing the people he loved most, Jeremy was never afforded the time, space or right to grieve for his family. I hope we can all take just a moment today to think about the loss Jeremy continues to suffer but also to remember the five lives lost at White House Farm, Jeremy’s parents Nevill and June Bamber, his sister Sheila and his nephews Daniel and Nicholas."

Emilia di Girolamo 

Another Anniversary for Jeremy

Another anniversary for Jeremy … the 26th anniversary of the deaths of Nevill, June, Sheila, Daniel and Nicholas … and another anniversary that Jeremy is forced to remember within the confines of a Category A prison. Anniversaries are times when we remember … we turn our thoughts back to the beginning … whether it’s a birthday, a wedding anniversary or the year’s mind of a death.

In Jeremy’s case it is five deaths … most of us thankfully will never have an anniversary like that. And as we all know these tragic deaths have almost been obscured by the deliberately protracted legal processes as well as the various debates in the public arena. Mostly we can spend our year’s mind anniversaries in a contemplative way perhaps with loved ones where we can recall special memories which may make us laugh or cry or just muse quietly.

Jeremy has some wonderful memories of each of his deceased family and he has shared some of those memories with his close friends. It would be wholly inappropriate to put any of those precious recollections into this blog but each of us who know Jeremy well will spend a lot of today thinking about him and his much loved family and we will become even more determined to work with this remarkable man in the quest to secure his freedom from the injustice which has been done to him.

For today though, let us remember Nevill, June, Sheila, Daniel and Nicholas and let us quietly support Jeremy as he remembers.

Lorna

"Let our thoughts be for them"

With the 25th anniversary of the tragedy at white house farm now upon us, let's all take a few moments to think of the victims, all of Jeremy's family. To acknowledge Jeremy's loss and to respect his strength which enables him to carry on fighting for justice, his resilience and deep belief in trusting the truth, which comes from his upbringing, from his parents values and good character, from being surrounded by love. Let our thoughts be for them.

L Harworth

25th Anniversary of the killings

With the 25th anniversary of the killings on 7th August 2010 there is set to be a media storm over the unfair conviction of Jeremy Bamber. The cover of the Sunday Times magazine is set to kick off a number of articles and television programmes reviewing the evidence in the Bamber case.

This comes amid a flurry of activity on the internet including supporters of Bamber voicing their concerns to MP's in their thousands. There has been a large amount of activity through the social networking site Facebook including the group 'Jeremy Bamber is Innocent' lead by campaigner Tracy Brazier Holloway.

Look out for articles on the case in all forms of media at a time when the CCRC are due to start their decision making process. We are all hoping they will make a referral to the court of appeal in light of evidence recently submitted which shows all the evidence of the silencer in this case to be fabricated.

Jeremy is in good spirits at this time and is hoping for a speedy referral back to the appeal court.