We now have 1,678 people who have signed our petition and have reached £4,160. of our new Stretch Target of £10,000. for #BamberAid with @CrowdJustice. Originally we aimed to petition the Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, but have now had to change this to the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP. The reason being is that we received a letter in response to campaigner Trudi Benjamin's letter from Mrs Caroline Banjo who informed us that: "...unfortunately the issues raised do not fall to the remit of the Ministry of Justice but rather the Home Office." This means that the Justice Secretary will not intervene in Jeremy Bamber's case. Trudi has sent a letter to the Home Secretary and we are awaiting a response. Trudi's letter to the Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_AMpl4jeqWkcFRkV0YtWFY3ek0/view?usp=sharing Letter of response from Mrs Caroline Banjo, Ministry of Justice: https://goo.gl/photos/yMSjHFyym6DxK4FK9 - Update on #BamberAid through @CrowdJustice: https://www.crowdjustice.co.uk/case/appeal-fund/ "Let's keep going! Oct. 20, 2016 A huge thank you to everyone who donated to help us get to our first £4,000 target. We are now into our stretch amount and we only have 8 days left to make it count. Getting to £10,000 would be an incredible achievement and enable us to start work on a whole host of forensic analysis needs. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) can, where necessary, arrange for new expert evidence such as psychological reports and DNA testing. However, in reality this does not include any speculative testing and would only be done where they are sure it would assist an investigation. In order for a case to be referred back to The Court of Appeal, the CCRC has to be satisfied that there is a 'real possibility' that the court would quash the conviction. This benchmark is exceptionally high, particularly for historic cases such as Jeremy Bamber. You may remember that I recently attended the United Against Injustice Conference. Whilst there I sat and listened to the CCRC Commissioners speaking about how their budget had been slashed from £10 million to £5 million. I am sure you will agree this is a sad state of affairs given the continuing need for investigations into miscarriages of justice such as Jeremy's and the lack of legal aid to do so. Please, if you haven't donated yet, dig deep and help us raise as much money as possible. Without the funds it might be impossible to get the forensic testing done which we know will get Jeremy back into the Court of Appeal. Please share with your family, friends and colleagues the importance of this case and use the hashtag #BamberAid on social media. We can't do it without you. Thank you very much. Trudi & The Campaign Team" Thank you for your continued support. The Jeremy Bamber Campaign Official Website (JB Campaign Ltd)