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Jeremy Bamber Convicted in 1986 Family Murder Case

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  • Jeremy Bamber was convicted of murdering his adoptive parents, sister and twin children on 28 October 1986.
  • The killings occurred at a remote Georgian farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex.
  • Bamber claimed his schizophrenic sister Sheila Caffell staged the scene as a murder-suicide and then shot herself.
  • The trial began a year after the murders and attracted nationwide attention.
  • The case has inspired TV shows, podcasts and books for forty years.