I thought is was pretty good although I would have liked to see how the evidence was presented in court.
From what I have read this was a dodgy conviction which is not to say Jeremy Bamber did not commit the murders.
The list is endless when it comes to things that aren't right with this case but if we just take the main characters in this drama and how they portrayed them.
Jeremy Bamber.... They wanted him to look as bad as possible, so added the scenes like poor Crispy being put down....I've killed my mum and now I will even kill her dog i am so evil. The truth is there were two dogs. The labrador that was found a home but no one wanted Cripsy, not June Bamber's sister or Anne Eaton. As he was an old traumatised lad dog so the vet suggested having him put down. Plus the selling of the photos to the Sun was not how it happened etc.
Julie Mugford....Poor Julie the dower little mouse, who was under a mixture of fear and control by the evil JB. In real life a schemer and fraudster who only went to the police after she was dumped. She had plenty of unrecorded meetings with police so had perfect opportunities to produce a convincing story. She had already lined up a deal with the news of the world, only if JB was convicted. The jury were not aware of this.
Taff Jones.....Social media has people outraged by this vile copper with obvious little man syndrome. Of course he wasn't as bad as that and you had to be a certain height to join the Police back then. There were plenty of mistakes and clearly some sort of cover up as to what really happened in those first 12 hours of events.
They could have explored the various rumours that Taff was about to reveal all before the trial. Shame he was found dead at the bottom of a ladder in his back garden. Apparently his injuries showed they could have been caused by a fall.
Stan Jones....The one copper with integrity fighting for justice. In the real world he changed peoples statements to make Bamber look much more guilty. Even Colin Caffell complained to senior officers but they were never changed. Nice one Stan, if you have convinced someone that JB is the killer then they won't stand up in court and say thats really not what was said between me and Jeremy.
As for trial. Yes they should have had more of the story in the court room. One of the most damming bits of evidence was the silencer found by the cousins. The truth is that gun cupboard was searched twice by different police teams and a full inventory of every item listed....You can find the inventory on line if you wan't but there is no silencer listed on each search.
When it was handed in by the family, it was left in a desk draw rather than correctly stored. Probably because one of the cousins had already lied and said Jeremy had wounds to his hands on the day after the murders. The police knew this was a lie as they had photographed his hands the day after.
They Jury asked if the cousins would benefit financially if JB was convicted....They committed perjury and said No.
There is a good youtube vid which now shows crime scene photos taken on the morning and some weeks later of the red mantlepiece. Anyone can clearly see that those scratches were made after the events. As well as proving the blood could have come from of all things rabbits.
Does make you wonder whether Stan suggested the silencer whist enjoying a few whiskies around their house or did Anne and co think it all up by themselves.
Anyway if any of you do have an interest in the case look up jeremy-bamber.co.uk. the defence case.
The bit that I found the most interesting was the messages from the fire arms team.
