'I didn't murder my family... I promise you': Jeremy Bamber makes fresh plea of innocence as new probe by magazine claims police moved Bible at crime scene, killer's sister Sheila HAD used a gun before and sparks new mystery over 999 call

Jeremy Bamber has made a caller plea of innocence, insisting he 'didn't execution my family' aft a bombshell investigation into the White House Farm murders released coming claimed police lied astir grounds and altered witnesser statements.

The mag probe besides alleged that officers withheld and concealed grounds and tampered pinch a crime segment aft nan murders astatine nan workplace adjacent Maldon successful Essex.

The claims raise superior questions astir Bamber's condemnation and supply a boost to his 39-year run to beryllium he is guiltless complete nan events of August 7, 1985.

Bamber - whose lawsuit was featured successful nan 2020 ITV crime play 'White House Farm' - is serving a whole-life tariff for sidesplitting his adoptive parents Nevill and June Bamber, some 61, his adoptive sister Sheila Caffell, 28, and her twins Daniel and Nicholas, six.

Bamber has ever said he is guiltless and that Sheila, a paranoid schizophrenic, carried retired nan murders earlier shooting herself astatine nan family's farm. He is nan only whole-life captive successful nan British situation strategy to support his innocence.

Now a 17,000-word investigation by The New Yorker has highlighted much than a twelve evident discrepancies successful nan prosecution's lawsuit - making nan claims that:

• The lead crime segment serviceman picked up a Bible adjacent to Sheila's assemblage earlier putting it backmost earlier nan photos were taken to 're-create what we conscionable screwed up';
• Sheila had been connected a three-day shooting travel contempt nan judge telling nan proceedings assemblage that location was 'no grounds astatine all' that she 'was utilized to loading and firing guns';
• The botched handling of a weapon silencer saw important grounds mislaid and a chance of contamination successful nan weeks betwixt its find and forensic tests;
• The assemblage could person been misled pinch grounds conflated from 2 silencers - 1 from Bamber's postulation and different recovered astatine nan workplace which was identical; 
• Mystery complete a 999 telephone aft an serviceman progressive successful nan lawsuit claimed he had nary knowledge of a connection attributed to him regarding nan telephone successful a reappraisal successful 2002;
• Sheila's ex-husband Colin Caffell said successful a handwritten connection that Bamber was sympathetic because 'I'd had a unsmooth woody each along, successful respect of Sheila's illness' - but erstwhile typed retired this was changed to opportunity Bamber felt 'he'd' been mistreated;
• Only 10 per cent of nan millions of pages of grounds held by constabulary was disclosed earlier nan proceedings - pinch immoderate of nan different sections now portion of a caller entreaty effort launched successful 2021. 

Bamber besides said to nan mag astir his fearfulness of dying successful prison, saying: 'I dream I get out, and possibly I tin person a small life outside. But sometimes I don't deliberation that I ever will. They'll conscionable find ways to obstruct.

'That doesn't alteration my innocence. Just because you kept maine successful jailhouse for 40 years, it doesn't make maine guilty.'

Bamber, now 63, besides said: 'I've been awake successful jailhouse a cardinal seconds. I didn't execution my family. I committedness you.' 

The publication tracked down officers who were coming successful nan aftermath of nan murders and who look to person substantiated Bamber's declare that constabulary tampered pinch nan crime segment to efficaciously framework him.

The investigation besides raises questions astir nan beleaguered Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which Bamber's ineligible squad says has grounded to enactment connected submissions that would exonerate him.

The study states this since Bamber's latest exertion was revenge successful 2021, nan CCRC has only reviewed 3 of nan 9 crushed for entreaty - meaning that astatine this pace, it could beryllium different six years until this reappraisal is completed. 

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has called for nan resignation of Helen Pitcher, president of nan CCRC, complete nan lawsuit of Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years successful jailhouse for a rape he did not commit.

An investigation into nan CCRC's domiciled by Chris Henley KC recovered it had missed respective opportunities to mention nan lawsuit to appeal.

Malkinson, who was released only arsenic a consequence of forensic tests by campaigners, said connected proving his innocence: 'I'm not nan only one.'

The New Yorker, which has besides raised questions astir nan information of caregiver Lucy Letby's condemnation for murdering 7 babies, has been investigating nan Bamber lawsuit since past October.

It has focused connected claims that Essex Police lied astir evidence, altered witnesser statements, passed grounds to a 3rd party, withheld and concealed grounds and tampered pinch a crime scene.

Bamber says his sister Sheila, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, feared having her children taken into care, suffered a psychotic section and carried retired nan murders earlier turning nan weapon connected herself.

The constabulary based on that Bamber must person carried retired nan murders because nan weapon had been fitted pinch a silencer, which made it excessively agelong for her to beryllium physically capable to sprout herself, but ballistics experts person subsequently formed uncertainty connected whether nan firearm was fitted pinch a silencer.

Police besides said if she had gone connected a rampage her feet would person been covered successful humor and that this was not nan case. But a image of her feet obtained by Bamber's lawyers shows bloodstains.

Police had initially worked connected nan mentation that Sheila, a exemplary known arsenic Bambi, had been responsible.

They put Bamber astatine nan centre of nan probe aft his woman Julie Mugford - whom he had two-timed - claimed he had confessed to her his plans to prosecute a hitman to termination nan family. The hitman she named had a cast-iron alibi and was released.

Bamber's lawyers besides unearthed a constabulary telephone log of a telephone connected nan nighttime of nan killings from Nevill.

The log, entitled 'daughter gone berserk', noted Mr Bamber had said his girl had stolen 1 of his guns and gone 'berserk'.

A bloodstained Bible, recovered by Sheila's broadside and unfastened astatine pages containing Psalms 51-55 - connected nan struggle betwixt bully and evil - was ne'er forensically examined aliases produced astatine trial, contempt requests from Bamber's solicitor.

Among nan claims examined by nan New Yorker was grounds of constabulary interfering pinch nan crime segment erstwhile nan lawsuit went to appeal.

The crime segment photographs are said to person shown 'Sheila lying pinch her caput astatine an awkward perspective against a bedside table, nan Bible unfastened against her correct shoulder'.

The prosecution had based on Bamber put it there, and nan Court of Appeal said successful 2002 that it appeared to person been unopen and past 'reopened by personification to dishonesty beside nan body', based connected smudged bloodstains connected its pages.

But Detective Sergeant Neil Davidson, nan lawman of nan lead crime segment serviceman Detective Inspector Ron Cook, claimed Cook had 'lifted nan Bible up and had a look astatine it'.

Cook past allegedly stood 'fumbling' pinch nan Bible, earlier asking which page it had been on, and putting it backmost by Sheila's assemblage earlier nan crime segment photos were taken to 're-create what we conscionable screwed up', Davidson said.

The investigation besides looked into grounds relating to Sheila handling guns, aft nan judge told nan assemblage proceedings location was 'no grounds astatine all' that she 'was utilized to loading and firing guns.'

However, Sheila had antecedently been connected a three-day shooting travel and fired a gun, arsenic good arsenic going connected astatine slightest 1 shooting party, according to nan magazine. It besides cited a firearms master who had produced reports for Bamber's lawyers, saying location was nary uncertainty Sheila could person fired nan execution weapon.

The mag besides reported connected nan 'chaotic handling of nan silencer, and nan consequence of contamination successful nan weeks betwixt its find and nan forensic tests'.

It said location were 'questions astir its provenance' and it had not been recovered by respective constabulary officers earlier it was apparently discovered by Bamber's relatives.

Allegations were besides investigated surrounding claims location were 2 silencers and whether grounds was conflated from abstracted devices.

This has ever been denied by constabulary and prosecutors, but Bamber’s squad declare to person records showing silencers pinch 2 different reference numbers were examined by nan forensics team.

On Saturday, Bamber said: 'If restaging of nan crime segment is simply a awesome caller constituent successful The New Yorker story, that will alteration america to spell straight backmost to nan Court of Appeal, which I dream will beryllium wrong a fewer days of america having nan caller grounds successful our hands.

'The Court of Appeal person already said restaging nan crime segment would beryllium a civilized sin, truthful we'll beryllium consecutive backmost to nan Court of Appeal ASAP, asking for bail pending a afloat appeal.'

A spokesperson for Bamber's run said nan New Yorker investigation highlighted a cardinal rumor raised successful nan study connected CCRC failings successful nan Malkinson lawsuit - 'a refusal to transportation retired immoderate investigations into submissions that are presented to them'.

They added: 'The CCRC person had Jeremy Bamber's latest submissions since March 2021 and they person not investigated immoderate of nan cardinal exculpatory issues they contain, which show Jeremy Bamber's innocence.'

The CCRC said it 'makes impartial, evidence-based decisions'. 

A CCRC spokesperson told MailOnline: 'Mr Bamber has made 3 applications to nan CCRC. The first exertion led to Mr Bamber's lawsuit being sent to nan Court of Appeal successful 2001, and his condemnation was upheld. 

'The 2nd exertion to nan CCRC did not consequence successful a referral. A 3rd exertion is nether review. We are investigating whether location are capable grounds for a caller appeal.

'The attack taken to reviewing nan thousands of pages submitted was agreed pinch nan applicant's representatives and we person been prioritising nan astir analyzable issues first - these people return nan longest clip to review.

'It would beryllium inappropriate to remark immoderate further while this reappraisal is underway.'

Essex Police person agelong cited Bamber's grounded appeals erstwhile asked astir nan information of nan conviction.

A spokeswoman told MailOnline today: 'In August 1985 nan lives of 5 people, including 2 children, were needlessly, tragically and callously trim short erstwhile they were murdered successful their ain location by Jeremy Bamber. 

'In nan years that followed this lawsuit has been nan taxable of respective appeals and reviews by nan Court of Appeal and nan Criminal Cases Review Commission – each of these processes person ne'er recovered thing different than Bamber is nan personification responsible for sidesplitting his adoptive parents Nevill and June, sister Sheila Caffell and her 2 sons Nicholas and Daniel. 

'Essex Police person continued to comply will each ineligible requirements successful this lawsuit and will proceed to assistance nan CCRC arsenic required.'

Scotland Yard declined to remark to MailOnline.