Bamber would have thought Julie would not retract on her first WS she gave on the 7th August.
He would have warned her not to while simultaneously telling her he was 'watertight' & impressing her with holidays & gifts.
I agree Adam. Individuals like Bamber who think they can exert power and control over their victims slip up in the end.
"What I accept is Julie has been subjected to decades of abuse because of her involvement with Jeremy Bamber, as indeed have others, and this abuse has been rationalised by many in order to support there agendas. There has been much suggestion of her complicity into the murders which leaves me questioning why these suggestions are made in the first place.
Many people are unaware of the consequences of abusive partners in romantic relationships nor of the strategies employed by these abusers. Julie Mugford's witness statements clearly also demonstrates Bamber's strategies of entrapment and control and thankfully the police recognised this when she finally came forward. They are to be congratulated for this aspect of their investigations, not condemned imo.
She was not a scorned women as some have suggested she was a victim of psychological torture. There is a vast difference between the two.
And because of what she had been subjected to by Bamber it is understandable why she made the odd one or two mistakes whilst giving live evidence.
http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,8069.msg381801.html#msg381801"I believe it's highly likely he did say both to her. She was merely the messenger of the message. He knew if she repeated what he'd said it was unlikely she would be believed. Thankfully the police eventually recognised Julie was a victim of psychological manipulation at the hands of Bamber.
That's one of the ways men like him confuse their victims. It a mind control tactic. It helps them to deplete their victim of reality. What is left behind is cognitive dissonance. Holding 2 conflicting thoughts.
She most possible also suffered something akin to stockholm syndrome.
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