bbbITV’ssixpartfactualdrama,WhiteHouseFarm,producedbyNewPicturesrevolvesaroundonefatefulnightinAugust1985whenfivemembersofthesamefamilyweremurderedatanEssexfarmhouse;SheilaCaffell,hertwinsix-year-oldsons,DanielandNicholas,andherparents,NevillandJuneBamber. TheserieswillseektoprovidefreshinsightintothisfamilytragedyandthecontestedaccountsoftheeventsthattookplaceatWhiteHouseFarm.Basedonextensiveresearch,interviewsandpublishedaccountsincluding,‘TheMurdersatWhiteHouseFarm’byCarolAnnLeewithadditionalmaterialfrom‘InSearchofTheRainbow’sEnd’byColinCaffell,husbandofSheilaandfathertoDanielandNicholasCaffell. EssexPoliceinitiallybelievedthatSheila,whohadmentalhealthproblems,hadmurderedherownfamilybeforeturningthegunonherself.ButDetectiveSergeantStanJoneshaddoubtsaboutthemurder-suicidetheory,andaboutSheila’sbrotherJeremyBamber,whofirstcalledthepolicetothefarm.EventuallyitwasJeremyBamberwhowaschargedandconvictedofthemurdersofhisownparents,sisterandnephews.Bamberiscurrentlyservinglifeimprisonmentwithoutthepossibilityofparole.HeisoneofthefewprisonersintheUKsubjecttoawhole-lifeorder.Bamberstillmaintainshisinnocence.
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