Jeremy Bamber Forum

I thought it was a 30 year rule that allowed the documentation to be released.

Just checked.

According to the Guardian newspaper, it was the 30 year rule that allowed the documents to be released.

According to the Guardian...

The challenge is based on 347,000 pages of evidence, including Essex police logs, that were originally withheld from Bamber under public interest immunity laws that no longer apply after 30 years.

Jeremy Bamber pretends that this stuff was hidden for corrupt reasons, but all of his accusations through the many legal avenues he pursues, failed miserably, due to the fact that they were all fake, and were not based on truth or fact.

And in the end, it was the dry, mundane passing of time that allowed the documents to be made available to him.  Just the normal legal process.  No drama.

it is this bundle of 347000 documents upon which Jeremy Bamber is basing his 2021 application to the CCRC on.

And in 2018 the CPS confirmed that there is no documentary evidence that there were ever more than one silencer.  And I am fairly sure that this CPS statement was based on so called 'new evidence'  that came from the 347000 documents.

And as we already know, at least 3 of Jeremy Bambers claims made in the 2021 CCRC application for permission to apply for an appeal, have been fully investigated and the results known.  Jeremy Bamber never makes public anything that goes against him, and therefore, we also know that those 3 claims have failed.

Assuming that the CCRC investigate the strongest claims first, and assuming that Jeremy Bamber submits his claims in order of their strength, then the failure of the remaining 7 claims is a foregone conclusion. 

I can't see why this issue is "sensitive" for Bamber's supporters, or why they would feel the need to be vague about what led to the disclosure of the 347,000 documents.

They are not being "vague", it has been outlined on the JBIC website:

In 1995 a court case, Taylor V Anderton resulted in an important decision that was to greatly assist Jeremy 10 years later. The ruling was to ensure that one party does not enjoy an unfair advantage or suffer an unfair disadvantage in litigation because of a document not being produced for inspection. This meant that in 2005 Jeremy’s lawyers were able to secure the release of case documentation previously not disclosed, though Essex Police took a further six years to release the documentation.

Since 97:

838 cases referred to appeal courts

814 appeals heard by the courts

575 successful appeals

224 decisions upheld

15 abandoned by applicant

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So 21 successful COA appeal hearings a year. Also 8 refused appeals a year.

The CCRC have averaged around 31 referrals to the CCRC a year. Of which over half then become successful appeals at the COA.

Since 1997, 30,780 submissions to the CCRC did not get referred to the COA.

It could be 10 years until a final dismissal. Providing Bamber does not keep adding to his submission. 

Supporters won't be happy. They are already complaining.

I think he will eventually try to go down the tariff set route again if it goes tits up this time.

Over 1470 of the 1500 annual submissions to the CCRC are looked at in detail from start to finish. They have to be prior to the dismissal. 

How long each case takes the CCRC will depend on how much was given to the them. But will be months or years.

If there is a backlog, then it may be a long time before a submission is even given attention.

Bamber's supporters asking for a swift referral to the COA were being optimistic. But always a slim possibility of this if the CCRC discover something worthy of referral early on.