OMG Thought Grahame and Mat put paid to this but its back with a vengeance:
The very nature of conspiracies such as this though is that those involved play their part when necessary. There are only two options in this case really.
Either JB is innocent and was framed as part of a conspiracy or JB is guilty and the discrepancies and anomalies in the case are because police were duped by a manipulative and convincing psychopath.
There is no middle ground where Jeremy is innocent and his finding of guilt is down to honest mistakes.
If you believe that Bamber was framed then by extension you also believe that there were co conspirators involved and therefore that all of those involved in the conspiracy have much to lose should the truth ever be revealed.
Why cant it be a MoJ with flawed group thinking and herd mentality. The prosecution's case was built around the silencer and I agree the finding of the silencer and all that went with it leaves more questions than answers. The silencer as an exhibit would never get inside a court of law today. It was this and this alone that convicted JB. Without it he would have walked.
We all are aware of the destruction of much evidence in 1996 and how this prevented DNA testing of exhibits, coincidentally just at the time of great developments in DNA testing. This looks suspicious anyway but on it's own even more so. If you were amongst the conspirators then you would be afraid of this new development knowing that it would expose your plot and your role in the conspiracy.
Even if the exhibits hadn't been destroyed it's likely any evidential value would have been lost through contamination rendering any dna testing on other exhibits as useless
If however a couple of books and various newspaper articles preceded this destruction then the idea of a manipulative psychopath looking for loopholes and blaming police and relatives for framing him
becomes fixed in the mind of the public who largely believe whatever narrative is given to them by the media and the authorities.
Who would orchestrate the anti JB propaganda machine? Yes perhaps in the case of Julian Assange or some anti-establishment figure or something or someone that could damage national interest, but JB...Why? I think the public are little more sceptical and discerning than you give them credit for.
The destruction of evidence can then be portrayed in a different light. Instead of the conspirators covering up their plot, it can now be portrayed as Bamber the arch manipulator, with one failed appeal and the COLP investigation already behind him attempting to muddy the waters by suggesting the destroyed evidence would clear him. The conspirators are then able to trot out their meme about Bamber, the evil manipulative psychopath who duped the police into not investigating properly, as a malevolent puppet master controlling his gullible supporters.
Imagine for a moment that you are one of those involved in this gross perversion of justice believing that your work is done and that Bamber is now locked away with his appeal already failed and you are home and dry . With the great strides being made at this time in DNA testing, you would be well aware that the advances in forensic techniques would blow your conspiracy wide open if the evidence still held were to be tested, so it would be beneficial to you if this evidence were to be taken out of the equation.
See above re DNA
It would also be in your interests to have as much negative publicity as possible about Bamber in the public mind so as to propagate the idea that the evidence was somehow legitimately destroyed. Cue a couple of books and newspaper articles which tell of how those who "knew" him believe him guilty; throw in a few embellished accounts from the same sources of his inherent evil to fix in the public mind the picture of a controlling evil psychopath . Add in the failed appeal and COLP investigation and you are able to paint the picture of JB clutching at straws.
This makes it much easier for EP to claim that the evidence was not thought relevant anymore hence it's destruction . Instead of disposing of incriminating evidence against themselves , EP have now managed to convince enough people that there was no relevance in the evidence destroyed and that JB is just using whatever he can to win his freedom and get away with murder. Without the books and negative reporting many more people would have been suspicious of this action by EP .
EP would be keen to convince the public of Bamber's turpitude to divert attention from their own and other conspirators malevolence.
One need only think back to Hillsborough to see how police and press collude to protect their own interests and get their retaliation in first when events threaten to work against them.
Again this is another reason why knowing the background of a writer is important because for all we know Claire Powell could be a ghostwriter employed by EP . I am of the opinion that the books by Wilkes and the mysterious Powell did not happen in a vacuum and that there is nefarious intent behind them quite likely sponsored by those with an interest in hiding the truth.
As I said on another thread I read the books and was then even more convinced of JB's innocence. Powell was equally negative about Sheila.
Why cant it just be a perfect storm eg rellies not wanting estate going to a non-blood relly, scorned girlfriend given immunity from criminal past, shoddy police investigation, lazy media, bungling judiciary, incompetent expert witnesses, JB having no family support to support his MoJ, JB as scapegoat as he was adopted and went to boarding school and therefore he must have done it coz I don't know anyone who was adopted and went to boarding school and it sounds weird so he must be weird and must have dun it. The End.
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