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| Jeremy Bamber loses latest attempt to overturn murder convictions | Jeremy Bamber loses latest attempt to overturn murder convictions |
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| Jeremy Bamber has lost the first stage of his latest legal battle over his convictions for murdering five relatives more than 25 years ago. | Jeremy Bamber has lost the first stage of his latest legal battle over his convictions for murdering five relatives more than 25 years ago. |
| The high court has rejected Bamber's application for permission for a judicial review of a decision not to refer his case back to the court of appeal to reconsider the safety of his convictions. | The high court has rejected Bamber's application for permission for a judicial review of a decision not to refer his case back to the court of appeal to reconsider the safety of his convictions. |
| The decision not to refer his case was made earlier this year by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), an independent body which investigates possible miscarriages of justice. | The decision not to refer his case was made earlier this year by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), an independent body which investigates possible miscarriages of justice. |
| A spokeswoman for the Judicial Office confirmed on Friday that a single judge at the high court in London, considering the case on the papers, had turned down Bamber's judicial review application. Bamber can still seek to renew his application before the full court. | A spokeswoman for the Judicial Office confirmed on Friday that a single judge at the high court in London, considering the case on the papers, had turned down Bamber's judicial review application. Bamber can still seek to renew his application before the full court. |
| Bamber, who is serving a whole life term for the 1985 killings, has always protested his innocence and claims his schizophrenic sister, Sheila Caffell, shot her family before turning the gun on herself in a remote Essex farmhouse. | |
| When announcing its decision in April the CCRC said that despite a lengthy and complex investigation, it "has not identified any evidence or legal argument that it considers capable of raising a real possibility that the court of appeal would quash the convictions". | When announcing its decision in April the CCRC said that despite a lengthy and complex investigation, it "has not identified any evidence or legal argument that it considers capable of raising a real possibility that the court of appeal would quash the convictions". |