Jeremy Bamber: the Prelude, the Tragedy and the Aftermath

[Caroline R]

Morning Caroline

I agree with you I have always felt that Julie got herself into a position whereas she had to go with the story she had told her friend don't think it was her intention from the onset to "set Jeremy up" when it all happened she decided to gain from the situation with the £25.000 and no criminal charges brought against and she enjoyed being a celeb for a short while

Morning Suzy! I agree 100% - I think she let her mouth run away with her and then it became 'real'. She may have even convinced herself that what she was saying was true that 'maybe' he could have done it. There were plenty of people around her at the time who suspected JB and it would hard to disguise those feelings - the odd word or body language would surely betray their suspicions no matter how hard they tried to hide their true feelings.

[Lugg]

Similar is occurring as we speak between Huhne and his ex. She is really dishing the dirt.

Yes exactly the kind of thing an ex will do. I really cannot understand why Steve cannot see that which is so obvious?

[Steve_uk]

Yes exactly the kind of thing an ex will do. I really cannot understand why Steve cannot see that which is so obvious?

Because her statement is corroborated indirectly by so many other witnesses. I can't understand the Defence's position faced with such testimony: either Jeremy is guilty as is my position or he is innocent but a complete nasty piece of work who himself had nothing nice to say about anybody until he got banged up.

[lookout]

Because her statement is corroborated indirectly by so many other witnesses. I can't understand the Defence's position faced with such testimony: either Jeremy is guilty as is my position or he is innocent but a complete nasty piece of work who himself had nothing nice to say about anybody until he got banged up.

Just a cotton pickin' minute Steve. Nobody has said ONE nice thing about Jeremy either,,,least of all yourself. What about the relatives who hated his guts in case he diddled them out of their share of any estate that might have been because he wasn't of the same blood-line. ?

[Steve_uk]

Just a cotton pickin' minute Steve. Nobody has said ONE nice thing about Jeremy either,,,least of all yourself. What about the relatives who hated his guts in case he diddled them out of their share of any estate that might have been because he wasn't of the same blood-line. ?

Actually I have commended him for his work with Braille for children in some post or other,but that won't cut much ice with Colin Caffell tonight as he thinks of the weekend ahead.

[Jane]

Actually I have commended him for his work with Braille for children in some post or other,but that won't cut much ice with Colin Caffell tonight as he thinks of the weekend ahead.

Steve dear, there are times when some of your posts are simply too sanctimonious to respond to :D :D :D

[lookout]

Actually I have commended him for his work with Braille for children in some post or other,but that won't cut much ice with Colin Caffell tonight as he thinks of the weekend ahead.

I had an uncle who did Braille.He wasn't a prisoner,,,but a violinist in the Liverpool Philharmonic many years ago.
What's significant about tonight and the weekend for Colin Caffell.?

[Steve_uk]

I had an uncle who did Braille.He wasn't a prisoner,,,but a violinist in the Liverpool Philharmonic many years ago.
What's significant about tonight and the weekend for Colin Caffell.?

Well I know he's married with a child,and I don't want to dwell on it,but there must be times when he gets down thinking about the tragedy.

[Caroline R]

Steve dear, there are times when some of your posts are simply too sanctimonious to respond to :D :D :D

But not that one April? 

[lookout]

Well I know he's married with a child,and I don't want to dwell on it,but there must be times when he gets down thinking about the tragedy.

Well I don't suppose he'd be human if he didn't,,,though I bet he thinks about how Sheilas' illness may have been curtailed to what it used to be,,,also from the support point of view " through sickness and in health "must come to mind too,,,as he was as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

[lookout]

I'm afraid if I were Colin,,I'd be suffering from a guilty conscience every now and again knowing that I could/should have done more to help/support her. Like demanding the GP/Psychiatrist help,for the sake of the children,who must have witnessed their mothers' " mood swings ". I've no sympathy for anyone who disregards an illness as just " one of her turns ". Sheila loved Colin,,,bet he didn't reciprocate.It must have been a living Hell for her.

[Steve_uk]

Well I don't suppose he'd be human if he didn't,,,though I bet he thinks about how Sheilas' illness may have been curtailed to what it used to be,,,also from the support point of view " through sickness and in health "must come to mind too,,,as he was as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

That's a little unfair lookout to compel the average man or woman in the street to shoulder the lion's share of caring for their mentally ill partner,especially at a time when not as much was known about the illness as now. You see I think that Sheila could well have led a normal life(or as normal a life as possible);being a good mother to the twins for example is a worthy aim in itself. Even if she did suffer relapses and had to go into hospital for periods of time(I believe the medical term is "chronic schizophrenic")I think Sheila had the best available care at her disposal and was cruelly cut down by her adoptive brother.

[lookout]

What a pity Sheila hadn't written a book.!
Did any of the rellies pen a book at all.?

[Steve_uk]

What a pity Sheila hadn't written a book.!
Did any of the rellies pen a book at all.?

I'm just thankful Sheila never realized the fate which befell her boys;it's the only thing I can take comfort from in the whole affair,and that Jeremy did not succeed in pulling the wool over people's eyes.

[lookout]

I'm just thankful Sheila never realized the fate which befell her boys;it's the only thing I can take comfort from in the whole affair,and that Jeremy did not succeed in pulling the wool over people's eyes.

Sheila,,in her mind as it was,,knew the boys were going to be safe and would also stay with her in the next world.  Nobody was going to take them away from her no matter what.