Oh, sorry for the late reply. I've only just seen this topic.
Yes, Jeremy had a deal with the NOTW which pre-dated JM's deal. His deal was for £40,000 which was given because the NOTW didn't believe him to be guilty and thought it would be a big scoop for them to have the story of a someone who had faced trial on a case that had gotten a great deal of attention, the deal was put together by David Montgomery but then something happened. The higher ups at the NOTW realised Bamber was guilty, they'd been saying this in their paper that Bamber was guilty for some time previous but there was always a belief that there was a great chance that Jeremy would get away with it, even if he was guilty due to the evidence.
But then when the belief changed, they realsied that they wouldn't be paying £40,000 and wanted to have a story to print, an exlcusive - so who was the next best thing? Julie. Her agreement was signed AFTER Jeremy's which is somethnig most people don't know, in fact most people do not know Jeremy had a deal in place, he did. Montgomery worked with Julie too on her deal and found her to be much easier to deal with as Jeremy would often make phone calls to the news team in the lead up to him isnging his agreement and he would bitch and moan about the sum of £40,000 - he wanted more. Lotsd more.
I posted all of this and more on the other forum a few days ago - and it dissappeared.
So, the facts are:
Jeremy Bamber was the first person to approach the newspapers demanding £20K for Sheila’s nude photographs, just a few weeks after shooting them all dead
He also offered his “life story “ at the same time; asking for £100K
Both were turned down by The Sun and instead they published what Jeremy had tried to do, and Jeremy didn’t even squeak, moan, deny, lie — he just hid like a coward
After his arrest & being charged, he signed a contract with the News Of The World that if he was found innocent he’d sell his story for £40,000, but was angry they wouldn’t give him £100K & kept pestering them to increase it. THIS PRE-DATED Julie Mugford’s deal much, much later when the press APPROACHED HER after realising he’d probably be found guilty, and which she was offered the much smaller amount of £25K.
So this £120,000 he tried to get by selling his life story despite being a nobody, and debasing Sheila just weeks after killing her; putting Colin through even more pain; having no thought for the six-year-old twins memory had their mother’s photos been plastered all over the press for people to gawp at; the pain for her extended family, friends — including Sheila’s biological mother and Sheila’s uncle...this extra £120,000 (now worth about treble) would have been ON TOP of the inheritance: the farm, caravan park, Nevill’s properties and business interests, Goldhanger, Sheila’s Maida Vale flat, a half share of Granny Speakman’s estate, all of Granny Bamber’s estate plus antiques, paintings, jewellery and ALL contents of properties.
Has anyone pointed out to him his hypocrisy when he complains about Julie accepting £25K for her story, when it was HE who FIRST tried to extort money out of the newspaper by trying to sell Sheila’s nude photos including his story — which would have been all lies?
After all, he hardly had an interesting life to tell — unless he was going to tell them about his trip to New Zealand, his gay affair, him being ripped off for $5,000 trying to buy & supply Heroin; him growing marijuana on WHF behind Nevill’s back & selling it for easy money; his cheating on various women; his promiscuity; his “daft but fun” cruel tricks getting June to put her hand in his pocket containing live rats; his two Cartier watches he couldn’t afford which he either stole or were fakes to try and impress, his deep desire to be a playboy, buy a Porsche, live in London, dine in expensive restaurants, drink Champagne, travel to Australia & settle there with his only friend, Brett, who was gay... so, what I wonder, was he going to say about his life?
