Well some of these anecdotes had been given to Roger Wilkes on the condition of anonymity,so I'm afraid people will have to make their own minds up again. It's interesting in this context that Charles Marsden did not waive that right to anonymity,so I'm assuming that he's confident in his own mind of what Jeremy told him(Blood Relations Chapter 18):
The detectives were intrigued by the tale told by another of Jeremy Bamber's friends,the sales manager for a computer firm,called Charles Marsden. Marsden was also the boyfriend of Liz Rimington. He described how he'd become part of Jeremy's set at the Frog and Beans wine bar in Colchester. He explained that in a crowd that included women, Jeremy would splash out with money to the extent that he could be called "flash". "He was impressed by money",Marsden added. "He was impressed by people who spend a lot and the things that money could buy,such as expensive cars". Although he worked for a modest wage on his father's farm,Jeremy had boasted that one day he would be a wealthy man. Marsden took this to mean that one day Jeremy expected to inherit his parents' money.
In December 1984 Jeremy had announced that his entire family were getting together to celebrate Christmas. This was unusual. During a drinking session at a wine bar in Maldon Jeremy had confided to Charles Marsden that if the farmhouse were to burn down over Christmas everything would be his."I thought at the time this was a strange thing to say",Marsden reported,"but didn't particularly take any notice".
At teatime on the day following the White House Farm massacre,Jeremy Bamber had appeared at Charles Marsden's office in Colchester. Marsden knew nothing of what had happened,and Jeremy poured out the story that Marsden later read in the newspapers. The two men drove to a little pub outside Colchester and talked for about half an hour."I thought it strange that Jeremy had come to see me with this news",Marsden admitted,"but I thought he was probably in shock". What struck Charles Marsden most forcibly was that in speaking of Sheila-the sister he said had murdered his entire family and then shot herself-Jeremy showed neither emotion nor anger towards her.
I won't broach the subject of Jeremy's one-night stands and the incident with Charles on the bed,but I'm afraid the above is damning evidence which the Jeremy supporters have to deal with. The point about Ralph's(Nevill's)will was that there were trustees who owned the land and Nevill had stipulated that it was they who had to be satisfied that Jeremy was shaping up to be a good farmer in order for him to inherit. But this effort proved too much for Jeremy.
