Blood Relations, Roger Wilkes
Blood Relations, Roger Wilkes
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Blood Relations
The Definitive Account of Jeremy Bamber and the White House Farm Murders

Author: Roger Wilkes

Narrator: Colin Mace

Unabridged: 13 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/09/2020


Synopsis

In the early hours of 7th August 1985, five members of the Bamber family were shot dead with a .22-calibre Anschutz rifle.

Sheila Caffell, who was known to have struggled with mental illness, was at first thought to have murdered her twin sons and adoptive parents and then to have turned the gun on herself. Forensic evidence, however, told a different story and raised such questions as how Sheila could have received two shots in an act of suicide. A year later it was Jeremy Bamber, the only survivor, who was convicted of the callous murders of his entire family. He is currently serving a life sentence, but continues to protest his innocence.

In this the first full account of the case, Roger Wilkes bases his story around specially commissioned forensic research, personal interviews with Jeremy Bamber and previously undisclosed accounts and witness statements. Extraordinary and shocking, it is a story that would defy the imagination of fiction writers.

About Roger Wilkes

ROGER WILKES is a journalist. Born in North Wales in 1948, he was educated in Shropshire and joined the BBC in 1972. He has worked in print, television and radio in Liverpool, London, Bristol and Manchester.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 08, 2016

The so-called 'true crime' genre is not one I would normally indulge in and I'm sure that I would never have read Blood Relations if it were not loaned to me by a relation of the family who were killed by Jeremy Bamber way back in 1985. I don't consider it a 'spoiler' to say that he 'did it' since i......more

Goodreads review by Lynda on April 19, 2010

Jeremy Bamber, the guy this book is about has to be one of the most vile murderers we currently have imprisoned in the UK. Well worth a read, especially for any bleeding hearts that might consider him for the release he's always campaigning for. An image that stays with me is him crying and wailing a......more