Review body refuses to refer Jeremy Bamber case back to court of appeal

CCRC says the four grounds his lawyers argue undermine safety of conviction for 1985 murders fail to meet threshold

The Criminal Cases Review Commission has refused to refer the case of Jeremy Bamber, who was convicted of murdering five members of his family in 1985, back to the court of appeal.

The CCRC, whose chair Helen Pitcher resigned in January and whose chief executive resigned this week after successive justice secretaries declared the miscarriage of justice review body unfit for purpose, has spent four years examining just four of the 10 grounds Bamber's lawyers identified as undermining the safety of his conviction. It will continue to examine the other six.