Petition updateEssex Police: Release ALL Documents Withheld under PII to #JeremyBamber’s Legal DefenceHuman Rights Campaigner Peter Tatchell's letter in The Guardian: Essex Police & #JeremyBamber

Heidi HawkinsJersey, Jersey

Dec 22, 2017
Here is Peter Tatchell's letter in The Guardian regarding non-disclosure of evidence by Essex Police in light of the Liam Allan case, plus the Maldon Standards article:
Police non-disclosure should lead to reform | Letters - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/dec/19/police-non-disclosure-should-lead-to-reform?CMP=share_btn_tw
"The prosecution of Liam Allan on rape charges was only dropped after the police belatedly disclosed undermining evidence ('Urgent assessment' by Met Police after collapse of rape trial, 16 December).
This begs the question: When will Essex police disclose allegedly withheld evidence in the case of Jeremy Bamber? He was convicted in 1986 of killing five family members, jailed for life and decreed to never be released by the Home Secretary. Yet at his trial, and for 31 years since then, the police are accused of failing to disclose to Bamber's legal team over 100 of items of evidence.
I wrote to Essex Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh this year, listing the items. The reply from his spokesperson did not deny that they had them. Instead, I was told that Essex police were "comfortable that all relevant material has been disclosed."
The police have apparently abrogated to themselves the right to determine what evidence is "relevant." This defies a basic principle of British justice that the defence has a right to see all the evidence.
The Home Secretary must now press Essex police to hand over non-disclosed material. Until this is done, Jeremy Bamber's conviction will remain unsafe."
Peter Tatchell
Director, Peter Tatchell Foundation
Peter Tatchell's letter to Essex Police: "a tacit admission that they have withheld evidence and a reiteration of their refusal to voluntarily disclose it." - http://www.jeremy-bamber.co.uk/peter-tatchell
Human Rights Campaigner Peter Tatchell is an Official Supporter of Jeremy Bamber: http://www.jeremy-bamber.co.uk/patrons-and-supporters
Please take a look at the article in Maldon Standard:
Fresh calls for Essex Police to release alleged undisclosed evidence in Jeremy Bamber case in wake of Liam Allan rape trial collapsing: http://www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/news/15784692.Fresh_calls_for_Essex_Police_to_release_alleged_undisclosed_evidence_in_Jeremy_Bamber_case_in_wake_of_Liam_Allen_rape_trial_collapsing/?ref=twtrec
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