The contention that the gun had a silencer on it during the murders was central to the prosecution's case; Jeremy and his lawyers have sought since 1987 to discredit the silencer evidence. With the silencer fitted, the gun was too long for Sheila to have turned it on herself. According to the prosecution, paint on the silencer could be matched to fresh scratch marks on the kitchen mantelpiece, assumed to have been made during a fight for the gun. That the silencer was found in the gun cupboard was important to the prosecution, because Sheila had no reason to return it to the cupboard before killing herself. But that it was found by one of the cousins who inherited part of the estate—days after the police had searched the house—blighted the prosecution's case, although it was accepted by a majority of the jury. [215] [g] Police initially believed that Sheila, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had fired the shots then turned the gun on herself. But weeks after the murders, Jeremy's ex-girlfriend told police that he had implicated himself. The prosecution argued that, motivated by a large inheritance, Bamber had shot the family with his father's semi-automatic rifle, then placed the gun in his unstable sister's hands to make it look like a murder–suicide. A silencer, the prosecution said, was on the rifle and would have made it too long, they argued, for Sheila's fingers to reach the trigger to shoot herself. Bamber was convicted of five counts of murder in October 1986 by a 10–2 majority verdict, sentenced to a minimum of twenty-five years, and informed in 1994 that he would never be released. The Court of Appeal upheld the verdict in 2002. [2] Police chief admits 'we got it wrong' but claims there was 'no malicious intent' after officer was seen tearing down posters of Israeli hostages in Manchester Robbie Williams, 49, claims he's going through 'manopause' as he battles 'thinning hair' and a 'reduced sex drive' due to 'years of partying' Megan Thee Gremlin! Stallion rapper looks sexy in glittered bralette as she goes green as Greta from highly-popular 1990s horror-comedy for Halloween

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Jeremy's trial, which lasted eighteen days, opened on 3 October 1986 before Mr Justice Drake and a jury of seven men and five women at Chelmsford Crown Court. [153] [18] The prosecution was led by Anthony Arlidge QC, and the defence by Geoffrey Rivlin QC, supported by Ed Lawson QC. [97] The Times wrote that Jeremy cut an arrogant figure in the witness box. At one point, when prosecutors accused him of lying, he replied: "That is what you have got to establish." [4] Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch get into the spooky spirit by dressing up as a sexy leopard and a sad clown for Halloween themed podcast Council bosses say Government plans to house migrants at former Dambusters RAF base are 'unlawful' and should be quashed

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Keel, Paul (29 October 1986). "Unhappy family caught in tragedy at White House Farm". The Guardian. 27. At first, investigators couldn't determine the gender of the bodies or what killed them, but autopsies completed last Tuesday revealed the three women had each been shot once. After Jeremy was convicted, the trial judge, Mr Justice Drake, expressed concern about the "less than thorough investigation", [119] while The Times wrote about "blunders, omissions and ineptitude". [120] Home Secretary Douglas Hurd requested a report on the investigation from Essex Chief Constable Robert Bunyard and in March 1989 issued a statement in the House of Commons: "It is clear that errors were made in the early stages of the police investigation contrary to existing force practice." [121] Funeral, Bamber's behaviour [ edit ] External media