CONVICTED killer Jeremy Bamber, who is serving life for the murders of his family, has won a new hearing at the European Court of Human Rights.
Bamber was jailed for life in 1986 for the murders of his parents June and Nevill Bamber, his sister Sheila Caffell and her twin sons Daniel and Nicholas, who were six.
The trial judge Mr Justice Drake imposed a life sentence with the recommendation he served a minimum of 25 years.
However, in 1995, former Home Secretary Michael Howard imposed a whole life tariff, meaning Bamber will never be freed.
Bamber, who is now 51 has been in jail for nearly 27 years and is the eighth longest serving prisoner in the UK.
He has always denied the killings at White House Farm, in Tolleshunt D’Arcy, claiming it was his schizophrenic sister Sheila who killed the family before turning the gun on herself.
His bid to have the whole life tariff overturned was thrown out by the European Court of Human Rights earlier this year.
However, Bamber has now won an appeal against the decision.
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