The Jury who convicted Jeremy Bamber of the murder of his family in 1985 did so by a 10-2 majority – which is the narrowest margin by which you imprison somebody.
It’s worth noting that margin because it reminds us that it was not unanimous. Quite how you can send someone to jail for such a long time for reportedly massacring their family when around 16% of the people making that decision believe he is innocent (or at least do not believe him to be guilty) is beyond me. Surely the threshold for such a serious matter should be, oh I dunno, 100%? Full whack, total, complete and without doubt? After all, if 16% of people don’t believe you stole a Mars bar but you end up with a smack round the chops cos the rest in the group believe you did, then that’s one thing – but for there to have been doubt in this sort of case?
Now imagine this – if they couldn’t even reach a unanimous verdict with the flimsy, patchy evidence on which they did eventually convict, then what sort of numbers would we be talking about if every piece of evidence now available was presented truthfully, openly and honestly?
What numbers would we be talking about if non-disclosure was no longer an issue and the recordings, notebooks and telephone calls from the scene were released and the whole thing was laid bare for us all to see?
For innocence I'm gonna betcha that Mars bar it's more than 16%
I agree. Even with all the lies and hiding of evidence by Essex Police and CPS the jury were still not fully convinced though maybe along with myself, in 1985, they trusted the judgement of our police. Ha!
ReplyDeleteCrimes That Shook Britain was on again, I always watch, I feel I’m supporting Jeremy. Each time I do watch I'm increasingly dismayed, angered at the diabolical level of competence of Essex Police. For example, I am amazed at the gullibility or stupidity of DI Bob Miller who apparently was so lacking in skills, awareness or even common sense that he did not question the motives of Ann Eaton 'finding' the silencer and Julie Mugford/Smerchanski, even after proving Mugford lied about the 'hit-man'. Unless DI Miller's remit was to find Jeremy guilty even if it meant perverting the course of justice? Surely not...
Bob Miller is hiding things about the case.
ReplyDeleteJereny did not commit these crimes (in my view) it was his sister.