Who is Jeremy Bamber and where is he now?
JEREMY BAMBER has been in jail since he was convicted of the White House Farm murders in 1985, in which he killed his parents.
Serving a whole life tariff for his crimes, Jeremy Bamber murdered three generations of his family in an inheritance grab.
A 2016 photo of Jeremy Bamber, he is one of only 75 UK citizens destined to die in prison
Who is Jeremy Bamber?
Jeremy Bamber was born in Kensington in 1961, to Juliet Dorothy Wheeler, a vicar's daughter who had an affair with army Sergeant Major Leslie Brian Marsham, a controller at Buckingham Palace.
He was put up for adoption through the Church of England's Children's Society.
Nevill and June Bamber, a wealthy family who lived in White House Farm near Essex, adopted him when he was six months old.
It was only after Bamber was convicted that his biological parents, who ended up marrying and working together at the palace, were told he was their son.
Despite attending a private prep school and a boarding school in Holt, Norfolk, Bamber left school with no qualifications - disappointing his dad who passed seven O Levels at sixth-form.
After school, Nevill paid for Jeremy to travel to Australia and New Zealand, but while he was there he broke into a jewellery shop and stole two watches.
Close sources also claimed that he smuggled heroin overseas and that he left New Zealand because his friend was involved in an armed robbery.
After his unsuccessful trip he came back to England and ended up working in a Little Chef on the A12, but later agreed to go home and work on his dad's farm.
A few weeks before the murders he trashed and robbed the family business at Osea Road Caravan Park.
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Did Jeremy Bamber kill his family?
Bamber, 61, was convicted in 1986 of gunning down June and Nevill as well as his sister Sheila and her six-year-old twins Daniel and Nicholas at White House Farm in Tolleshunt D'Arcy.
Sheila Caffell, who had schizophrenia, was initially suspected of killing her family.
Cops initially believed she had killed the four others before turning the rifle on herself - but Bamber's girlfriend, Julie Mugford, later told them that Jeremy had confessed to the killings following their break-up.
Forensics then realised the rifle used in the murders was too long for Sheila to use on herself, and that it was unlikely that she would have managed to shoot herself twice in the head.
Sheila's schoolboy sons Nicholas and Daniel were also slaughtered by Bamber.
Jeremy was caged for life without the possibility of parole in October 1986.
Bamber has maintained that it was his sister who shot the family before turning the gun on herself.
In an interview he said he had proof that detectives had framed him, citing earrings in crime scene photos as evidence of a fight between Sheila and their father Nevill.
What is Jeremy Bamber's prison sentence?
Bamber was jailed for life without the possibility of parole.
This means that he will die in jail unless he successfully appeals the conviction - which he hasn't so far despite several high-profile attempts.
That hasn't stopped him trying though. He has made several attempts to appeal - most famously in 2002.
This prompted a squad of Scotland Yard detectives to conduct a fresh investigation.
They came to the same conclusion as the original police team - the evidence against Bamber was overwhelming and even more conclusive than the that originally used to convict him.
The clincher was blood on the silencer of a gun used to pump 25 bullets into the victims.
Using new DNA techniques, it was established blood matched that of Bamber's sister Sheila.
The silencer was found in a DOWNSTAIRS cupboard. Sheila's body was UPSTAIRS - so she could not have been the killer.
In January 2019 he claimed there was new evidence available to prove that he didn't murder his family.
Where is Bamber now?
Jeremy Bamber is currently one of 75 prisoners in the UK serving a life sentence behind bars.
He's a category A prisoner in HM Prison Wakefield, Yorkshire.
He has worked as a peer partner, which involves helping other prisoners to read and write, winning several awards for transcribing books in the prison's Braille workshop.
However, the twisted mass murder has launched a second legal bid after claiming he has identified eight issues which would prove his innocence in the grisly crime.
A spokesman for the Criminal Cases Review Commission confirmed that his case had been submitted and would remain under review.
Though there is no official timescale on when that might be, Bamber has boasted of his confidence that he will be released – bragging that his freedom is “just around the next corner.”