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Jeremy Bamber bid for evidence dismissed by High Court
Jun 5, 2020
Murderer Jeremy Bamber's bid to secure evidence he claimed could clear him has been dismissed by the High Court.
Bamber, 59, is serving life in prison for killing five members of his family at White House Farm, Essex, in 1985.
His lawyers said they were "almost certain" of a silencer which had not been disclosed by the prosecution.
Mr Justice Julian Knowles said he did not accept the existence of evidence was capable of affecting Bamber's convictions "in any meaningful way".
A silencer which contained Bamber's sister Sheila Cafell's blood played a pivotal role in his 1986 trial.
'Sensitive case documents'
Prosecutors argued that with it attached to the gun she could not have reached the trigger to take her own life after shooting her family, as Bamber argued in his defence.
He was found guilty of murdering his adoptive parents Nevill and June, both 61, Ms Caffell, 26, and her six-year-old twins Daniel and Nicholas.
Image copyright PA Image caption Bamber has battle against his conviction for more than 30 years
His lawyers claimed the Crown Prosecution Service did not disclose evidence of a second silencer which was said to have been found at the farm.
Joe Stone QC, representing Bamber, told the High Court "it now seems almost certain that there is a second sound moderator" - evidence he suggested could "significantly undermine the prosecution case".
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