There is a website with a forum "miscarriage of justice forum" which goes heavily into the Bamber case and includes transcripts of the police interviews where Jeremy does not come across very well.
They have explored the hired hitman theory and rejected it but can't remember why.
Because Jeremy made the initial police call there can only be three possible scenarios.
- It was a murder/suicide
- Jeremy is guilty of all five murders
- Jeremy hired a hitman who carried out the murders.
No 1 was ruled out due to Sheila's blood being found in the silencer. Plus other bits of evidence.
However it's acknowledged that Essex Police mishandled the whole case at the beginning. This is the only reason I can see that Jeremy might one day walk free. Guilty or not. Then again every appeal has failed .
No 3 has a name linked to it as I recall and he was a close friend of Jeremy who now lives abroad. If No 3 is true Jeremy is guilty of arranging the murders but not carrying them out.
Julie Mugford was apparently a very credible witness in court through cross examination. However she's a similar age to me now and I still think her behaviour before and after the murders was very very strange. She should have been charged at the very least with aiding an offender because according to her testimony she knew he planned to do something. She says she thought it was all talk. If that's the case she must have been terrified when the family all turned up dead.
Personally I would have gone straight to the police and not been giggling with Jeremy, enjoying meals out and going on holiday. Only when he dumps her does she speak to police. Then again she might wonder at that point what he might do to her.
Odd woman anyway.