Motivations of Forum Members

[andrea]

The time spent online can be misleading, i often sign in here, get sidetracked then forget im actually signed in, only to remember hrs later that i am.

[Aunt Agatha]

Me too Andrea.

Logged in yesterday...and went out for the day leaving laptop on.

Though I log in, I don't view everyday.

So yes, I agree with Andrea.   

[andrea]

I do it all the time aggy 

[tonyb]

I'll view most days,and of late seem to post more.i rarely post to agree as I don't see the point.this does make me appear antagonistic when I disagree where threads have glaring mistakes that do not seem to get discussed or title lines that are written to mislead.

[bookcase40]

I havent posted much but l'm on here every day,  I always believed he was guilty until l began a froensic science degree on home study and he was one of the case studys. Doing my research l realised he was innocent and the stuff we as the public have been fed by the media isn't even half the story.

I have now taken a keen interest in the case and enjoy reading the forum and keeping up to date with developements and the views of others. It has opened my eyes to the sham that is our criminal justice system. We assume that when someone is found guilty they are guilty. It really could happen to anyone.

[DV8]

I havent posted much but l'm on here every day,  I always believed he was guilty until l began a froensic science degree on home study and he was one of the case studys. Doing my research l realised he was innocent and the stuff we as the public have been fed by the media isn't even half the story.

I have now taken a keen interest in the case and enjoy reading the forum and keeping up to date with developements and the views of others. It has opened my eyes to the sham that is our criminal justice system. We assume that when someone is found guilty they are guilty. It really could happen to anyone.

Is there a specific area or aspect of the Bamber case that made you change your mind from guilty to innocent?

[bookcase40]

yes quite a few things when l read his dad had called him that night, l have personal experience of mental illness in the family and that is exatcly what my dad would have done. He didn't call 999, again thats what would have and has happened in our family. It struck me that these are things that would happen in a family not what a man who was calculating enough to kill 5 members of his family would have planned to say.
The police said he was calm at the farmhouse , of course he was he wouldn't have been thinking that the sister he had grown up with had murdered his family. If he was guilty and needed to convince the police it was Sheila he would have been shouting and screaming outside that she was mad.
The police admit they were trying to get him to talk about other things to take his mind off it and then use the fact that he talked about a porsche against him. So many things just don't add up for me. I was asked to write a 10,000 word essay on what evidence suggested he was innocent l thought: how the hell am l going to do that l think he did it' in the end l found it hard to keep it under 10,000 words.

[bookcase40]

I have actually called someone else before to ask them the number of the non emmergency police line and then called it.

[DV8]

Thank's Bookmark. It's always interesting to read why someone has changed their minds on a case.

[JackiePreece]

Bookcase would it be possible to post your 10,000 words without revealing your name, you have ne really interested now

[grahameb]

Bookcase would it be possible to post your 10,000 words without revealing your name, you have ne really interested now

That would be an interesting read.

[lonny]

I think the thing that is different about this case is the amount of evidence being withheld and the way in which they are continuing to do this. I always thought he was guilty so never bothered reading anything on the case until I saw an article by Bob Woffinden a few years ago, he seems to have changed his mind now but mine is made up, I think J Bamber is factually innocent, and technically if you count the fact he didn't  get a fair trial.

I've read about cases that have been sent back to appeal on the basis of non disclosure of one statement (see the Taylor sisters) so I can't really understand how JBs case still hasn't been referred considering what has come out in the last few years. Something is deeply wrong here....

One other thing that worries me, I've seen a lot of people saying they think he is guilty because of a "gut feeling", how on earth can you have a gut feeling when you haven't seen all of the evidence or even met the person in question, that's what worries me about the whole jury system, it only takes one or two to have a "gut feeling" instead of actually looking at the facts to send someone down for many years.

[JackiePreece]

Welcome Lonny good points

[grahameb]

I think the thing that is different about this case is the amount of evidence being withheld and the way in which they are continuing to do this. I always thought he was guilty so never bothered reading anything on the case until I saw an article by Bob Woffinden a few years ago, he seems to have changed his mind now but mine is made up, I think J Bamber is factually innocent, and technically if you count the fact he didn't  get a fair trial.

I've read about cases that have been sent back to appeal on the basis of non disclosure of one statement (see the Taylor sisters) so I can't really understand how JBs case still hasn't been referred considering what has come out in the last few years. Something is deeply wrong here....

One other thing that worries me, I've seen a lot of people saying they think he is guilty because of a "gut feeling", how on earth can you have a gut feeling when you haven't seen all of the evidence or even met the person in question, that's what worries me about the whole jury system, it only takes one or two to have a "gut feeling" instead of actually looking at the facts to send someone down for many years.

Hi Lonny. Did I see a post bt you in the foyer? I can't remember? Is it possible that you could go there so you can introduce yourself to other forum members?

[DV8]

Hi Lonny. Did I see a post bt you in the foyer? I can't remember? Is it possible that you could go there so you can introduce yourself to other forum members?

Now that is a polite way of asking Grahame. Well done.