Locked-down Brits dream of Cornwall
» Bamber’s claim in bid to unlock evidence » Legal team pushes ‘2nd silencer’ theory
CORNWALL has topped a poll of the 10 most desirable places to live in the United Kingdom.
The county featured in TV’s Poldark was followed by neigbour Devon.
Yorkshire came third, the Lake District fourth and London fifth.
Online mortgage broker Trussle found more space made more than one in four of us consider moving.
Being closer to family is key for one in five, while one in eight want to be farther from others. One in 10 want a garden. Those aged 18-34 fancy heading to London.
Miles Robinson, from Trussle, said: “Lockdown has resulted in a desire for more rural living – especially as remote working becomes the norm for many.”
Sheila with six-year-old twins Nicholas and Daniel. Right, Bamber
THE senior investigating officer in the 1985 White House Farm murders destroyed evidence in his own home, a court heard yesterday.
Killer Jeremy Bamber’s legal team made the allegation against Michael Ainsley in an application to have the CPS release 27 documents he says could undermine his conviction.
Bamber’s team is challenging a High Court decision not to disclose evidence.
The 59-year-old’s parents, Neville and June, were shot dead in their Essex farmhouse along with his sister Sheila Caffell and her twins Daniel and Nicholas, six.
Bamber claims Sheila, a schizophrenic, carried out the killings – for which he is serving a life term. Joe Stone QC, for Bamber, said at Leeds adminis
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Discussing transparency in the case, Mr Stone said: “It’s a fact that the bloodbased exhibits from Sheila Caffell’s DNA were destroyed by Essex Police in 1996.
“And one can say that was arguably
White House Farm in Essex
JOE STONE QC ON CASE TRANSPARENCY
It isn’t simply a situation of one item being destroyed
the most important exhibit in the case. It isn’t simply a situation of one item being destroyed.
“The claimant was informed that… Michael Ainsley had taken back to his home address in 2010 more documents from the investigation and destroyed them. It’s significant given his position in the investigation and it’s significant bearing in mind he knew there were ongoing appeal proceedings.”
ITV dramatised the killings at Tolleshunt D’Arcy, near Maldon, Essex, in White House Farm earlier this year.
In the original trial, it was found Sheila could not have killed herself, as claimed by Bamber, because she was not tall enough to shoot herself in the neck with the silencer attached. It was found with her blood in it – but the court heard Mr Boyce has concluded there was probably a second one. Mr Stone said this would “fundamentally alter the way the prosecution case was put”. Annabel Darlow QC, for the CPS, argued the High Court decision in January should not be overturned. Mr Justice Julian Knowles said a decision will be given next week. Essex Police said they were “not in a position to comment until the judgement is made”.
Freddie Fox plays Bamber