Serial killer Jeremy Bamber ‘thinks he will be FREED’ from jail after 38 years behind bars for White House Farm murders
SERIAL killer Jeremy Bamber reportedly believes he will be freed from jail having spent 38 years locked up for the White House Farm murders.
Bamber, 62, has spent years fighting to prove he was innocent of shooting dead five members of his family in a cold-blooded massacre in Tolshunt D’arcy, Essex on August 7, 1985.
He has now told The Mail on Sunday he thought the “endgame” was near.
A police watchdog has ruled against the force which secured his conviction.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has ruled that Essex Police breached its statutory duty by not referring 29 serious complaints to the IOPC about how senior cops handled the case.
Bamber is currently serving a whole-life tariff for the murders but has always maintained his adoptive sister Sheila Caffell, 28, a paranoid schizophrenic shot his adoptive parents Nevill and June Bamber, both 61, and her six-year-old twins, Daniel and Nicholas before turning the gun on herself.
He claims officers concealed evidence and tampered with the crime scene.
Lawyers for Bamber sent a dossier to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) last October saying fresh evidence raises questions over a key detail in the killings.
The IOPC in a letter to Bamber, seen by The Mail on Sunday, said: “Having considered the nature of your complaints, there are matters raised in relation to allegations that officers lied about evidence, altered witness statements, passed evidence to a third party, withheld and concealed evidence and tampered with a crime scene.
“These complaints could amount to allegations of serious corruption based on the wording alone, as defined by our Statutory Guidance.
“As such… your complaint falls within the mandatory referral criteria and therefore should have been referred to the IOPC for assessment following recording in the first instance.”
It is thought to be the first time a major authority like the IOPC has criticised Essex Police.
Bamber told The Mail on Sunday: “It’s going to be very difficult for the CCRC not to act very quickly once they have the IOPC report stating that Essex Police failed in their statutory duty. I think this is the endgame.”
Essex Police said it was a matter for the IOPC.
In the dossier submitted by Bamber’s lawyers they say Essex Police tampered with evidence and claim burns on dad Nevill’s back were not caused by the butt of the rifle as the jury were told during Bamber’s trial.
His lawyers insist the marks were actually caused by the AGA in the kitchen – blowing apart the idea Bamber tortured his family before murdering them.
They argue this suggestion helped secure Bamber’s conviction.
Police, who were alerted to the horror by Bamber, discovered the depraved killer had pumped 25 bullets into the victims – mostly at close range.
Bamber gave chilling interviews to police as he brazenly started to flog his parent’s possessions and even had their beloved dog put to sleep.
He was finally rumbled when girlfriend Julie later told cops he had confessed to the killings.
Forensics then realised the rifle used in the murders was too long for Sheila to use on herself so they focused their attention on Bamber instead.
But he has made several attempts to get his sentence overturned – claiming he has “strong” alibi evidence that proves he didn’t commit the murders.