In the millions of pages disclosed to Jeremy Bamber over the decades, in his bid to prove his innocence of one of the 20th century's most notorious crimes, PC Nick Milbank is barely mentioned. But this week, new evidence emerged that the late police officer held an essential clue to what happened on the night of the massacre at Whitehouse Farm on 7 August 1985.
The massacre at Whitehouse Farm, in the summer of 1985, was one of the most infamous crimes in British history. A wealthy farming couple named Nevill and June Bamber were shot dead in the middle of the night in their country manor, along with their daughter, Sheila, and her six-year-old twin sons. The Bambers were regarded as gentry in the sleepy rural community of Tolleshunt D'arcy, in Essex, where they lived, and their murder obsessed the nation.
The Austin Police Department announced on Friday that they have, through "a wide range of DNA testing," identified a suspect in the murders covered in HBO's The Yogurt Shop Murders. According to the Austin American-Statesman, Robert Eugene Brashers has now been connected to the crime. He had no other connection to Austin besides these murders. Brashers has also been linked to three other murders in the 90s, as well as the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in 1997.
Even though it has taken almost 45 years for justice to prevail, Mr. Bossett never lost hope that his wrongful conviction would be overturned, his lawyer, Ron Kuby, stated.
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office conceded that parts of what jurors used to find Steven Buggs guilty of murder appeared to be plagued by evidentiary problems, amid allegations that Tran may have coerced a teenager into pointing the finger at Buggs during an unrecorded interview.
Osgur Breatnach stated that the Government is avoiding a public inquiry into his wrongful conviction to conceal a policy of torture used to extract false confessions.
