I don't understand why the police would frame him in the first place, what reason could there be?
Maggie I am sure you have seen the film In the name of the Father and if not I urge you to watch it
In the Guildford Four Case the police witheld a file (the file had written on DO NOT SHOW TO THE DEFENCE) which showed numerous people in this case were innocent
Why do you think the police framed these innocent people and ruined there lives
What justification could there have been
I am really interested in your answer
Hi Jackie, as far as I can see there is no connection between the G4 and the JB case.
I was living in London at the time of the IRA bombings and remember very clearly the fear generated by the threat of IRA bombs. An unaccompanied parcel or bag on a tube or train was enough to cause panic among passengers. There was a general atmosphere of anxiety so it was not surprising that many people were desperate to have the culprits of the Guilford bombings and other atrocities locked up.
Although it was unforgivable I do understand that in such an atmosphere the police wanted a culprit and it seems anyone who was was Irish and fitted the frame would do....... the rest is shameful history.
In the Bamber case there was no atmosphere of fear among the public, OK you could say the relatives may have been fearful but it was hardly the same scenario.
I cannot imagine what could have occurred behind closed doors that morning which would have convinced those in charge to withdraw their announcement that Sheila Bamber had killed all her family and then killed herself and replace it with the charge that Jeremy Bamber was guilty of all 5 murders.
If you could give a convincing answer to this then I would be open to consider it.
I don't believe for one moment that if Sheila was shot by mistake it would have been a feasible reason to withhold evidence and condemn JB to a life in prison. The police could have covered their mistake up well enough without going to such ridiculous lengths. I know there is police corruption, I am well aware of that, in fact our country generally is no less corrupt than most others, we are just better at hiding it than most others. but why? ... why? would they accuse an innocent man when they had the dead body of a guilty woman? They had to publicly admit they had made a mistake, that must have been pretty humiliating for those in charge and I think if they were open to corruption, it would be more likely for them to have stuck with the murder suicide verdict even though they knew JB was guilty rather than do a massive public somersault and admit their failings to the world??
