Brett Collins's published interview with The Sun:

[Kaldin]

I don't think anyone admires her, though to be fair she did try to make amends and has led an exemplary life in Canada.

I hope she apologised to Colin.

[Adam]

A month later actually. In that month, she went away for weekends with him and sat there with Colin Caffell discussing the deaths of his sons. You admire her, I don't.

She started telling friends what she knew on August 27th.

[Kaldin]

She started telling friends what she knew on August 27th.

Whilst still going away with Jeremy? She's a piece of work.

[Adam]

She didn't just fail to report a crime, she omitted an awful lost when she was interviewed by the police. She basically covered up for him - until he dumped her. Are we seriously to believe that she didn't mention any of the stuff she claimed he said to any of her mates before the murders?

Bamber didn't dump her. He rang her up 3 times on the massacre night & then whisked her to WHF. To be by his side so he could keep an eye on her. Persuading her to accompany him on various trips when she didn't want to.

[Kaldin]

Bamber didn't dump her. He rang her up 3 times on the massacre night & then whisked her to WHF. To be by his side so he could keep an eye on her. Persuading her to accompany him when she didn't want to.

I don't mean on the night of the murders - obviously - I mean later on - before she spoke to the police and claimed he was responsible.

[maggie]

The fact is, she did come clean and without her, they may never have gotten a conviction. As far as age goes, it's been used by some (not you) to make excuses for Jeremy and he was 5 years older. I don't think age is an excuse, people know right from wrong at a much earlier age than those two. Legally, it's not a crime not to report a crime but of course that is exactly what she should have done - nevertheless, I still don't get why she gets the stronger vilification even when the scenario is considering a guilty Jeremy? 

I agree with what you say but if she did know JB had killed Colin'so boys as she claims then  it is very hard to grasp and understand  how she was able to do such a thing.
I agree nowhere near as hard to grasp as JB's behavour but difficult for all that.

[maggie]

I don't think anyone admires her, though to be fair she did try to make amends and has led an exemplary life in Canada.

To be fair Steve we don't know much about her life in Canada.  One newspaper article telling us she was head of a school and did some charity work. Good for her but has her life in Canada been exemplary?  We don't know the answer to that to be honest.

[gringo]

She didn't just fail to report a crime, she omitted an awful lost when she was interviewed by the police. She basically covered up for him - until he dumped her. Are we seriously to believe that she didn't mention any of the stuff she claimed he said to any of her mates before the murders?

   If JB is guilty then she most certainly did more than fail to report a crime. There is ample evidence, if JB is guilty, that she was an accessory/accomplice to the crime.
    I feel sure that if all the dealings between EP, JM and the NOTW were revealed then we would see exposed the plotting of a frame up.
    Just to add to the many who have already said, it is good to see you posting again, Kaldin.

[Kaldin]

   If JB is guilty then she most certainly did more than fail to report a crime. There is ample evidence, if JB is guilty, that she was an accessory/accomplice to the crime.
    I feel sure that if all the dealings between EP, JM and the NOTW were revealed then we would see exposed the plotting of a frame up.
    Just to add to the many who have already said, it is good to see you posting again, Kaldin.

Thanks gringo. 

[Steve_uk]

   If JB is guilty then she most certainly did more than fail to report a crime. There is ample evidence, if JB is guilty, that she was an accessory/accomplice to the crime.
    I feel sure that if all the dealings between EP, JM and the NOTW were revealed then we would see exposed the plotting of a frame up.
    Just to add to the many who have already said, it is good to see you posting again, Kaldin.

No it's yours and others realms of fantasy here. I have condemned Julie for her behaviour in that short time frame post-murders but the rest is speculation, and attacking Julie is a soft target instead of exploring some of the other more difficult avenues.

[Adam]

A year later - are you sure about that? Are you claiming that she did not get paid for her story? She should have hung her head in shame rather than accept money.

The NOTW approached her mid trial. The trial was a year after Bamber's arrest.

Hang her head in shame ? She had to put her life on hold for a year to help convict a murderer.

[Steve_uk]

The NOTW approached her mid trial. The trial was a year after Bamber's arrest.

Hang her head in shame ? She had to put her life on hold for a year to help convict a murderer.

She could have donated the money to charity. It was blood money after all.

[Adam]

She could have donated the money to charity. It was blood money after all.

How much money had she lost in wages in the previous 18 months ? How much stress had Bamber put her under ? The CT are still creating 8 minute Youtube videos on her, 32 years after the event.

No other witnesses donate money to charity after selling their stories after a big trial.

It wasn't her family so don't see why she shouldn't accept the NOTW offer. Just as Bamber was going to.

[nugnug]

She could have donated the money to charity. It was blood money after all.

that was her hard earned bribe money for giving evdence she was going to give it away who would.

[maggie]

How much money had she lost in wages in the previous 18 months ? How much stress had Bamber put her under ? The CT are still creating 8 minute Youtube videos on her, 32 years after the event.

No other witnesses donate money to charity after selling their stories after a big trial.

It wasn't her family so don't see why she shouldn't accept the NOTW offer. Just as Bamber was going to.

She was a grown woman and responsible for her own actions, whatever she did was her own choice and her own responsibility.  She was supposed to be a reasonably intelligent woman but she made some really bad choices