Should Jeremy Bamber ever be released?

[Angelo222]

I know we have touched on this subject previously but I feel the time is right to explore the issue properly given the refusal on Friday by the High Court to refer the case back to the CCRC for a further review.

Is this crime so dastardly and heinous that Jeremy Bamber should never be eligible for parole or is 30 years sufficient punishment for slaying five innocent people including two 6-year-old boys?

Should LIFE mean life for people like Jeremy Bamber?

[Tim Invictus]

Until Bamber confesses in detail I say let him rot.

I would accept a deal allowing Bamber to be considered for parole after he has done 50 years (in 24 years time) subject to that full confession and he works everyday from now until then doing something worthwhile. He also agrees to shut up in the media so we don't hear hhim whinging for another 24 years and he isn't allowed to write a book or retract any confession upon release.

That's my opinion today because the sun's out and it's warm, lots of things are happening and I am well looking forward to the winter snows. Perhaps I wouldn't be so lenient if I was in a bad mood!

 

 

[puglove]

Until Bamber confesses in detail I say let him rot.

I would accept a deal allowing Bamber to be considered for parole after he has done 50 years (in 24 years time) subject to that full confession and he works everyday from now until then doing something worthwhile. He also agrees to shut up in the media so we don't hear hhim whinging for another 24 years and he isn't allowed to write a book or retract any confession upon release.

That's my opinion today because the sun's out and it's warm, lots of things are happening and I am well looking forward to the winter snows. Perhaps I wouldn't be so lenient if I was in a bad mood!

 

He should be granted the same opportunity to enjoy the rest of his life as he allowed Daniel and Nicholas.

[Milly]

He should be granted the same opportunity to enjoy the rest of his life as he allowed Daniel and Nicholas.

I can sympathise with that view and rightly so that he be deprived of his liberty as he so callously took that liberty from those two little souls but sometimes we have to look further for an answer.  The telling bit for me is that even with so mauch evidence against him that he continues to plead innocence.  I must therefore agree with Tim and say that as long as he denies his gult he must never be released.

[Tim Invictus]

Nice posts Shona and Milly. Don't get me wrong, I am still saying Bamber must do 20 plus more years so he will be well into his 70's before release and that's if he admits his crimes now and behaves like a saint until that time.

 

[John]

Nice posts Shona and Milly. Don't get me wrong, I am still saying Bamber must do 20 plus more years so he will be well into his 70's before release and that's if he admits his crimes now and behaves like a saint until that time.

We know as does Jeremy Bamber that the minute he admits to his crimes that his support will evaporate.  Even Tesko wouldn't dare support a mass murderer publicly.  The other issue of course is Bamber"s safety.  If he came clean he would end like Ian Huntly and be more or less segregated for his own personal security...an awful existence.

[Matthew Wyse]

Nice posts Shona and Milly. Don't get me wrong, I am still saying Bamber must do 20 plus more years so he will be well into his 70's before release and that's if he admits his crimes now and behaves like a saint until that time.

We know as does Jeremy Bamber that the minute he admits to his crimes that his support will evaporate.  Even Tesko wouldn't dare support a mass murderer publicly.  The other issue of course is Bamber"s safety.  If he came clean he would end like Ian Huntly and be more or less segregated for his own personal security...an awful existence.

I thought it highly amusing when he wrote in his latest blog on the official site that he enjoys translating test to braille.  Quite appropriate really as it amounts to the blind leading the blind where his actions and the blue forum are concerned. Looks like he will become quite an expert on it if the recent court ruling is anything to go by.

[ActualMat]

Jeremy Bamber should never be released.


Firstly, the victims never get a second chance at life. The two little boys in particular were robbed of their lives simply because Jeremy Bamber is greedy.

Secondly, over the last 27 years Jeremy Bamber has continued to haunt, taunt and threaten the Bamber relatives. The pain, suffering and grief he has caused should ensure that that he never tastes freedom again.

[Matthew Wyse]

Jeremy Bamber should never be released.


Firstly, the victims never get a second chance at life. The two little boys in particular were robbed of their lives simply because Jeremy Bamber is greedy.

Secondly, over the last 27 years Jeremy Bamber has continued to haunt, taunt and threaten the Bamber relatives. The pain, suffering and grief he has caused should ensure that that he never tastes freedom again.

Sheila's real mother lives in Canada I believe.  She must often wonder what could have been had she not given her daughter up for adoption.  Does anyone know if June's sister Pam is still alive?

[frank50]

I agree with everything Mat says. Bamber and his team's behaviour throughout his incarceration has been disgusting, particularly the threat they made to track down and summons poor Julie Mugford - they're sick the lot of them.

Jeremy Bamber should never be released.


Firstly, the victims never get a second chance at life. The two little boys in particular were robbed of their lives simply because Jeremy Bamber is greedy.

Secondly, over the last 27 years Jeremy Bamber has continued to haunt, taunt and threaten the Bamber relatives. The pain, suffering and grief he has caused should ensure that that he never tastes freedom again.

[Dillon]

Jeremy Bamber should never be released.


Firstly, the victims never get a second chance at life. The two little boys in particular were robbed of their lives simply because Jeremy Bamber is greedy.

Secondly, over the last 27 years Jeremy Bamber has continued to haunt, taunt and threaten the Bamber relatives. The pain, suffering and grief he has caused should ensure that that he never tastes freedom again.

Sheila's real mother lives in Canada I believe.  She must often wonder what could have been had she not given her daughter up for adoption.  Does anyone know if June's sister Pam is still alive?

Pam is still alive. Bamber has caused a great deal of unhappiness to the family over the years . He is still a relatively fit, vengeful and potentially dangerous man who IMO should be kept under lock and key for the foreseeable future.   

[Myster]

Jeremy Bamber should never be released.


Firstly, the victims never get a second chance at life. The two little boys in particular were robbed of their lives simply because Jeremy Bamber is greedy.

Secondly, over the last 27 years Jeremy Bamber has continued to haunt, taunt and threaten the Bamber relatives. The pain, suffering and grief he has caused should ensure that that he never tastes freedom again.

Sheila's real mother lives in Canada I believe.  She must often wonder what could have been had she not given her daughter up for adoption.  Does anyone know if June's sister Pam is still alive?

 Pamela will be above 88 years now, as June who was the younger sister was born in 1924.

[Dillon]

My last post somehow got incorporated into the quotes. Pam is a lovely lady and one of the least materialistic people you could imagine . She lives in a lovely old farmhouse lacking most of the comforts most people expect these days. The wiring harks back to the 1950's. Anyone who thinks that Pam and her late husband Bobby benefited from the massacre at WHF have no knowledge of  the real ordinary, decent hardworking people who have suffered at the hands of the revolting childkiller, Bamber . Let him rot in gaol as he so richly deserves.

[Myster]

My last post somehow got incorporated into the quotes. Pam is a lovely lady and one of the least materialistic people you could imagine . She lives in a lovely old farmhouse lacking most of the comforts most people expect these days. The wiring harks back to the 1950's. Anyone who thinks that Pam and her late husband Bobby benefited from the massacre at WHF have no knowledge of  the real ordinary, decent hardworking people who have suffered at the hands of the revolting childkiller, Bamber . Let him rot in gaol as he so richly deserves.

If what you say about the electric wiring is accurate, I would imagine it's overdue for re-wiring especially if the sheathing is rubber as over time it does become hard and brittle, and not too safe. It reminds me of the old switch at the top of the stairs in the WHF photo.

[abs]

If Jeremy lived here (Denmark), I think he would have been out of prison ten to fourteen years ago. The maximum sentence is sixteen years. UNLESS you are given a life sentence because of extreme dangerousness, mental sickness or straight out psychopathy.
In average those "lifers" do 17 years. After 12 years, the minister of justice reviews the case and decides whether the convict should be eligible for parole. If that is not granted, the case will be reviewed once a year.
So, as you can see, it is much, much more lenient here, though some (a handful) actually serve a full life sentence.
That fact of course influences my stance. I think Jeremy has done enough time - if he is not deemed too dangerous to let out. To be honest, I just don't know. I don't think he will pose a danger, I am not sure he committed those murders in the first place, but I don't know.