About eighteen months ago journalist Heidi Blake of The New Yorker magazine published an article about the White House Farm murders and revealed that she had spoken to former Essex Police Constable Nicholas Milbank. He revealed that he received a 999 call from White House Farm at 06:09 am on 7 th August 1985. This telephone call had to have been made by one of the ‘dead’ victims as Jeremy Bamber was standing outside surrounded by policemen. If true, then Jeremy Bamber has a
Dame Vera Baird, interim Chair, CCRC Dear Dame Vera, My name is Michael Ward. My case reference is [Redacted] Set out below is a link to an Open Letter written by me which was published two days ago on Dr Michael Naugton’s CCRC Watch. The Open Letter comprises the contents of a letter I sent recently to Mr Malachy Bernard, the CCRC Case Review Manager on my case(s). [I requested Dr Naughton to leave blank the identity of the Case Review Manager and I am grateful to him th
Dame Vera Baird, interim Chair, CCRC Dear Dame Vera I understand that it would assist the CCRC if applicants restricted themselves to 10 points. I have reapplied to the Commission in respect of two sets of convictions arising in two criminal trials, each trial dealing with different matters. What I refer to below as “the first case” concerns allegations of conspiracy to defraud in the course of a takeover bid. What I refer to as “the second case” concerns allegations that
'The political class are in denial about having a criminal justice system that doesn’t work’ - Danny Barrs, APMI Since 2023, Drs Lucy Welsh and Amy Clarke at the universities of Sussex and Brighton, respectively, have been compiling their report into applicants’ experiences of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, or the CCRC. On a mid October evening in 2025, and along with representatives from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriages of Justice, they presented th
