I have been amazed at the number of legal professionals who have contacted me to enquire about this latest application to the CCRC. Many of them saying that they are gobsmacked that this fiasco is being allowed to carry on some 26 years after the murders.
I can understand where they are coming from. This open ended system we have at the moment is wide open to abuse by killers like Bamber. Had he behaved himself and admitted his crimes he would be looking at the possibility of parole by now but that has been knocked on the head by his association with Tesko.
Bamber will need something remarkable to get anywhere near the CCRC again after the rejection we are expecting but I agree it's ridiculous that Bamber has been appealing non stop for 26 years now!
I am not sure why you say if Bamber had admitted his crimes he would be looking at parole now? His sentence was increased to a whole life tarrif in 1994, just 7 years into his minimum 25 years; perhaps you think Michael Howard wouldn't have increased the tarrif to whole life if Bamber had admitted his crimes?
I also think you give Tesko way too much credit. He hasn't helped or damaged Bamber at all in my opinion as he is way too insignificant to matter in the slightest. No one takes him seriously, least of all Jeremy Bamber!
The mad spinister Jackie Preece has been far more effectual in Bamber's cause. She found him Simon McKay and his sidekick Nelly 1006 and has been instrumental in getting the ITV documentary produced. Although I would say the programme did Bamber no favours, it did reraise his profile in the public's awareness. What's Tesko done for Bamber other than totally embarrase him at every turn?
The perverse thing is that Preece may have sealed Bamber's fate for good. By raising Bamber's profile with the TV show and McKay on radio, Twitter etc. a CCRC rejection will be all the more emphatic if/when it comes. No one is going to want to hear more 'new evidence' sagas again in 5 or 10 years time!
If the final rejection does come,we should all thank Jackie Preece for all her invaluable work ..... on behalf of the relatives, Essex Police and justice!