Jeremy Bamber and a Free Press: UK Justice Turns Out the Lights
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The episode discusses the legality of the media ban imposed on convicted murderer Jeremy Bamber and its implications for justice and press freedom.
Why has the Prison Service banned the convicted murderer Jeremy Bamber from any contact with the media, whether by letter, email, phone calls or face to face visits? And is such a ban lawful? Bamber was convicted in October 1986 of the cold-blooded murders of his adoptive parents, Neville and June Bamber, his adoptive sister Sheila Caffell and Sheila’s 6 year old twin sons Daniel and Nicholas, making him the UK’s most notorious living mass murderer. Now in the 40th year of his whole life sentence, Bamber has consistently maintained his innocence via a high profile media campaign informed by regular contact with investigative journalists including, most recently, in Heidi Blake’s much lauded podcast series Blood Relatives (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Lzwf8v7MaQdjijhvxaZhH). And Bamber’s most recent attempt to persuade the Criminal Cases Review Commission to refer his case to the Court of Appeal remains under active consideration some 24 years after his last CCRC reference was rejected by the Court of Appeal ( https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5b46f2152c94e0775e7f20b6) Against this background of regular contact with serious journalists concerned to assist Bamber’s…
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