murders murders took place near village night august farmer magistrate wife june shot killed inside farmhouse adoptive daughter year old twin sons surviving member immediate family june adoptive son years old said home miles away shooting took place police believed diagnosed fired shots turned gun weeks murders girlfriend told police implicated prosecution argued motivated large inheritance shot family father semi automatic rifle placed gun unstable sister hands case appear murder suicide prosecution said rifle long argued fingers reach trigger shoot convicted october majority sentenced minimum years imprisonment informed released prison protested innocence extended family remain convinced guilt lawyers submitted unsuccessful applications argued killings crime scene damaged reconstructed crime scene photographs taken weeks murders time death key issue received father night gone gun said alerted police fired final shot officers standing outside house central prosecution case father reason lied way known alerted police killer known born june died farmer raf pilot local magistrate wife june née born june died married moved georgian pages lane set acres tenant farmland belonged june father described court tall good physical health point significant defence slim woman able beat subdue father prosecution contested unable biological children couple adopted babies children related wealthy gave children good home private education june intensely religious reportedly tried force children grandchildren adopt ideas poor relationship felt june disapproved june relationship troubled apparently stopped speaking court heard husband concerned effect june having sons apparently pray upset suffered depression treated psychiatrist later treat background born july died born daughter chaplain archbishop_of_canterbury adopted weeks old attended private schools sussex norfolk followed college london discovered pregnant boyfriend later husband arranged abortion relationship adoptive mother deteriorated significantly summer june found naked field june reportedly started calling devil daughter psychiatrist identified trigger paranoid having taken devil continued course trained briefly found work model agency included months work tokyo married suffered giving birth identical twins june birth led deterioration mental health increasingly erratic throwing husband pushing hands window cutting couple separated months birth divorced breakdown marriage bought flat london continued help raise children home nearby friendly group young women nicknamed later told reporters vulnerable desperately insecure complaining poor relationship adoptive mother said lot drugs particularly cocaine older men interested women wrong reasons brief modelling career ended birth boys lived welfare took low paying jobs including london restaurant traditional british menu served young women cleaning jobs episode nude photography regretted mental health mental health continued decline episodes head walls agitated point feared safety decided trace birth mother living canada help social services met airport brief reunion relationship develop boys briefly placed foster care arrangement cause problems august referred family doctor psychiatrist earlier treated june said agitated paranoid state admitted diagnosed disorder wrote believed devil given power project evil sons sex cause violence called devil children phrase june apparently said believed capable murdering getting kill spoke suicide court heard regard suicide risk discharged september continued treating diagnosed prescribed drug enthusiastic religion surprise friends apparently unaware came religious family admitted march months murders believing boyfriend time devil direct communication god discharged weeks later received monthly injection drug effect went stay obvious friends family mental health getting worse murders complained percent work boys drafted letter father late march early april sent asking persuade let twins live time according family discussed placing boys daytime foster care dinner night murders little response despite erratic mental state psychiatrist told court kind violence necessary commit murders consistent view particular said believe killed father children difficult relationship confined mother husband said despite tendency throw things hit harmed children sister testified violent person known use gun june niece told court know use disputed telling police night shooting stood outside house gone target shooting acknowledged later seen fire gun adult born january son vicar daughter affair married army sergeant gave baby society weeks old biological parents later married children working buckingham palace convicted reportedly unaware son reporters informed june adopted months old sent private schools preparatory school boarding school norfolk left qualifications attended sixth form college passed seven levels paid visit australia took diving course new_zealand friends alleged broken shop new_zealand stolen expensive watch boasted said involved smuggling heroin returned england work adoptive parents farm week set home rent free cottage owned head street cottage lay miles farmhouse minute drive car minutes bicycle father gave car use percent family company road camp sites ltd ran site supporters years included mps journalists victim britain justice guardian took case point guardian journalists interviewed called clever strategic wrote public handsome cruel way arrogance indifference like novel display appropriate emotions detractors group includes extended family regard long fight conviction declared unsafe clinical picture father secretary told documentary november provoke parents riding circles mother bicycle wearing public upset father allegedly hiding bag live rats mother car said father trust visited farmhouse arguments said tension increased weeks murders father said shooting accident underwent assessments prison according guardian indication mental illness found passed lie test extended family inheritance financial ties inheritance issues immediate extended family added layer complexity case prosecution argued killed family inherit farmhouse murders took place acres km2 land site conviction estate passed instead cousins found gun murders blood paint proved pivotal prosecution case conviction cousin mother moved cousin acquired ownership site argues set claim cousin dismissed absolute load launched legal actions secure share estate cousins said attempt harass murder weapon kept guns farm reportedly careful cleaning use securing murder weapon semi automatic rifle model purchased november sound sights rounds ammunition rifle loaded magazine round capacity shots fired killing assuming fully loaded begin twice court heard gun progressively harder load number increased loading tenth described exceptionally hard rifle normally sights attached shoot rabbits court heard needed remove sights usually left place time consuming nephew visited farmhouse july told court seen rifle sights attached gun ground floor office testified visited farmhouse evening august hours murders loaded gun thinking heard rabbits outside left magazine box ammunition kitchen table august visit august days murders boys arrived parents home spend week saw day noticed unusual seen day children farm workers said happy crime scene photographs shows possibly carved hate place doors bedroom twins sleeping visited farm evening tuesday august told court parents suggested evening boys placed day time foster care local family mental health problems said bothered suggestion simply said stay london boys foster care london near appeared cause problem psychiatrist told suggestion children removed care provoked strong reaction welcomed daytime help farm secretary farmhouse evening spoke said short wilson left impression interrupted argument june sister evening spoke said quiet june normal telephone calls telephone line normally farm phone memory recall feature kitchen digital phone kept kitchen blue digital phone floor office cream phone phone main bedroom phone sent away repair august night murders phones house phone normally main bedroom moved kitchen digital phone normally sat police found pile magazines found phone kitchen receiver hook according interrupted mid central issue murders gone crazy gun said receive line went dead middle consistent phone found hook prosecution said received claim setting scene blame said left phone hook key points jury asked consider trial judge lawyers highlighted police phone logs support application case referred question logs described police calls father telephone log police log timed august right entered evidence trial shown jury discusses telephone night local police station according prosecution log discusses known according defence team separate log headed daughter gone daughter aged years got hold guns adds message passed son phone went dead goes collection includes telephone number number time final entry says telephone operator checked phone line farmhouse confirm phone left hook log shows patrol car sent scene telephone log different police log shows direct line emergency number spoke west court accepted officer recorded log digital clock probably come time mentioned log said got help father said come sister gone crazy got gun line went dead said tried ring father reply log continues father age history mental illness dispatched scene informant requested attend scene police response west contacted civilian radio link conversation recorded having taken place west spoke apparently complained time police response taking said father sounded terrified told farm wait police sent police car telephone operator checked line farm according police log according phone hook line open dog heard explaining called local police station told police night thought difference terms fast arrived said spent time looking number father asked come quickly girlfriend london driven slowly farmhouse said called farm workers time considered early witness statements said police immediately receiving father later police interviews said called said confused sequence events scene outside telephone calls way farmhouse passing car way told court view driving slower cousin testified normally fast driver arrived farmhouse minutes police waited tactical firearms group arrive turned police determined doors windows house shut window main bedroom floor decided wait daylight eventually entered door locked inside sound reported house dog waiting outside police questioned said calm told phone father sounded cut said sister asked gone gun police said replied don know having treatment police asked called police replied father sort person want things family told police familiar guns gone target shooting said farmhouse hours earlier loaded rifle thought heard rabbits outside left kitchen table fully loaded box ammunition nearby bodies discovered doctor called house deaths testified occurred time night said appeared state shock broke cried doctor said told point discussion family possibly having sons placed foster care inside farmhouse police entered house found bodies multiple gunshot wounds shots fired close range found kitchen dressed lying overturned chair fireplace amid scene suggestive struggle telephone lying kitchen surfaces receiver hook shells police said chairs overturned broken broken sugar basin looked like blood floor ceiling light broken shot times times head face fired rifle inches skin remaining shots body occurred feet away based found kitchen stairs police concluded shot times upstairs managed struggle took place hit times rifle shot time fatally wounds right head probably resulted left lip wounded jaw fractured teeth neck damaged said difficulty speaking gunshot wounds left shoulder left elbow black eyes broken nose cuts head right circular burn type marks consistent having hit rifle pillars prosecution case strong inflict beating tall accounts good health june court heard bodies found upstairs june body heavily found lying floor master bedroom doorway bare wearing shot seven times shot forehead eyes right head caused death quickly shots right lower neck right injuries right chest right knee police believed sitting attack based pattern blood clothing shots occurred gun foot body shot eyes foot daniel nicholas boys found beds shot head appeared shot bed daniel shot times head times gun held foot head feet away nicholas shot times contact close proximity shots court heard found floor master bedroom mother bare bullet wounds chin throat said lower injuries occurred inches away higher contact injury higher killed immediately lower injury killed said necessarily testified possible person injury stand walk lack blood suggested believed lower injuries happened caused bleeding inside neck court heard immediately fatal wound happened bleeding occurred extent said pattern blood suggested sitting received injuries marks body suggestive struggle firearms officer saw said feet hands clean broken free blood dirt powder trace lead dust rifle magazine loaded twice killings usually leave material bullets hands scenes crimes officer said blood right hand hands clean blood feet debris sugar floor low traces lead found hands forehead levels consistent everyday handling things house scientist testified loaded magazine expect lead hands blood consistent trace discharge blood samples indicated taken anti drug days earlier rifle sights attached lying body pointing neck june bible lay floor right normally kept june identified including child police investigation criticism journalist attended trial writes common consent poor investigation trial judge justice drake expressed concern called thorough investigation wrote briefly police slang making mess case according officer charge jones deputy head told domestic went play golf jones convinced murder suicide theory ordered cousins office asked consider set thing evidence recorded preserved days killings police burned carpet apparently spare feelings opened august police gave evidence murder suicide scenes crime officer find found cousins days later took police days collect officer moved rifle wearing gloves examined weeks later bible found examined writes blade gain entry house lay garden months officers contemporaneous notes dealt wrote statements weeks later clothes examined month later bodies cremated years later blood samples destroyed unlike junior officers suspicious jones removed case began look closely jones died case came court falling ladder home behaviour funeral increased suspicion involved times reported immediately bodies found broke offered tea police apparently managed persuade burn inside house openly supported girlfriend flew amsterdam apparently tried buy drugs offered sell nude photographs tabloid newspapers invited friends expensive champagne behaviour served draw police attention rifle print right ring finger found right butt pointing downwards print right breech rear end barrel stock pointing gun said gun shoot rabbits prints insufficient detail identified day murders police searched gun ground floor office examine closely search sights rifle days later members extended family visited farm estate visit cousins found sights court heard people witnessed discovery father sister farm secretary family took sister home examine said found surface damaged red paint blood told police find police collected august days murders point police reportedly noticed inch long grey hair attached lost arrived family returned farmhouse search source red paint found said recent damage underside red painted kitchen scenes crime officer took paint sample august contained layers paint paint october casts taken marks marks deemed consistent having come contact february legal team submitted evidence said showed marks created crime scene photographs taken scientist found blood inside outside surface permit analysis blood inside found blood group mixture june firearms expert said blood caused close contact shooting tests lab indicated physically impossible reached trigger shoot attached allegations background month murders girlfriend changed statement result arrested started dating year old student london studying killings occurred admitted brief background cautioned friend obtain goods worth reported stolen said friend money bank acknowledged having helped march april steal office road site family owned said staged break appear strangers responsible admission added picture lack credibility submission lawyers found letter dated september showing assistant director public prepared case suggested prosecuted fraud offence selling subsequently testified trial october judge told jury convict testimony statements police supportive murders newspaper photographs funeral hanging arm day killings told police received telephone august shortly murders sounded worried said wrong home said tired asked position changed september rowed involvement woman threw twisted arm went police days later changed statement second statement said talked old father mad mother sister said live twins said disturbed denied having said things argued motivated jealousy witnesses offered similar testimony mother said told hated adoptive mother described mad friend testified said february parents kept short money mother religious freak fucking hate parents farm worker testified said going share money sister discussions said dismissed fantasies alleged said wanted parents set fire farmhouse reportedly said good alleged discussed entering house kitchen window catch broken leaving different window shut outside said spent weekend murders cottage dyed hair black said seen mother bicycle significant prosecution alleged bicycle cycle cottage farmhouse night murders told police august thinking crime day tonight hours later august said going wrong farm haven sleep night bye honey love lots evidence suggested come closer called later morning august tell gone mad police car coming pick bring farmhouse arrived said pulled said actor later evening august asked said friend named man family past allegedly said told friend enter leave farmhouse instructions friend telephone farm phones house memory facility police checked gone planned said fight friend angry shot seven times friend allegedly told lie shoot said friend placed bible chest appeared killed religious children shot sleep said said claimed paid friend arrest result statement arrested september friend said implicated solid released told police lying said loved parents sister denied kept short money said reason broken site prove security poor said occasionally gained entry farmhouse windows knife catches outside said seen parents left estate shared rifle told police gun fit case police station september went holiday leaving england returned farmhouse gaining entry bathroom window said left keys london needed papers house trip france entered window borrow keys farm lived nearby returned england september arrested charged murders trial october tried october justice drake jury trial lasted days prosecution led defence supported times wrote cut arrogant figure witness box point prosecutors accused lying replied got establish prosecution case prosecution case motivated hatred greed argued left farm august returned bicycle early hours morning route avoided main roads entered house bathroom window taken rifle attached gone upstairs shot june bed managed walk steps collapsing dying shot bedroom able fought kitchen shot times head shot main bedroom shot children beds bedroom slept argued set arranging scene appear killer discovered reached trigger attached removed placed placed bible body introduce religious theme removed kitchen phone hook left house kitchen window outside catch dropped position home shortly police received frantic father create delay bodies discovered called driven slowly farmhouse told police sister familiar guns reluctant enter prosecution argued received father badly injured shots spoken blood kitchen phone left called police calling prosecution position thing father shots fired dropped receiver line home remained open minutes able telephone police immediately let know father said line cleared time police disputed points played central role deemed rifle fired blood found inside prosecution said blood come head pointed expert evidence submitted given injuries shot shot placed run upstairs body found expert testimony traces gun oil despite shots having fired gun having twice prosecutors argued killed family discovered commit suicide fitted found reason returned gun carried killings discounted argued mentally time interest knowledge guns lacked strength overcome father evidence clothes body moved crime scene involved struggle defence case defence maintained witnesses said disliked family lying words lied confession said betrayed wanted stop seen cycle farm marks night suggested fight blood stained clothing recovered reason gone farm quickly father afraid argued killer know handle guns raised farm attended shoots younger mental illness said felt capable killing children loaded rifle left kitchen table recent family argument placing children foster care defence argued people carried called killings known engage behaviour killing placed changed clothes washed explain little lead hands sugar floor feet possibility blood defence said mixture june verdict judge said crucial points particular order jury believe sure killer committed suicide said question involved second fatal shot fired yes fired finally middle night undermined entirety story reason phone responsible murders jury found guilty october majority supported convicted judge told evil belief sentenced life terms recommendation serve years appeals leave appeal refused sought leave appeal november arguing judge jury application heard refused single judge april lawyer requested hearing judges arguing trial judge biased language forceful undermined defence advancing theory lawyer argued defence pressed dealings media soon trial story began appear newspapers judges rejected application march trial judge criticized police investigation held internal inquiry conducted detective chief alleged report confirmed evidence withheld police formal complaint investigated process uncovered documentation petition home secretary september refused july process declined expert evidence obtained applied judicial review decision november resulted handing expert evidence february essex police destroyed original trial exhibits informing lawyers officer responsible said aware case going court appeal established april review allegations justice case passed time referred case march grounds new dna testing constituted fresh evidence appeal heard lord justice justice wright justice october november decision published december prosecution represented brought issues attention court failure disclose evidence evidence points related dna testing point withdrawn defence issues reviewed court reason point discovery dna result test available evidence original trial came found human blood inside stated blood group consistent having come said remote possibility mixture blood june expert instructed defence team argued tests inadequate real possibility remote blood come june critical point prosecution case rested having gun shot length arms shot gun meant shot blood inside supported prosecution position blood belonged prosecution case collapsed defence argued new tests comparing dna sample biological mother suggested major component dna come dna sample june sister suggested major component come june argued court concluded june dna dna evidence dna male judges conclusion results complex incomplete meaningless establish june dna came years trial establish lead conclusion conviction unsafe point judgment dismissing appeal judges said conduct police prosecution adversely affected jury verdict examined details case thought jury right life trial judge recommended minimum term years december home secretary ruled remain prison rest life lost high_court appeal life justice upheld british life prisoners appealed france appeal rejected january prisoners appealed decision july ruled keeping prisoners jail prospect release review compatible article european convention human rights prohibits treatment punishment campaign campaign gathered pace years secure release march websites set discuss evidence websites offer reward evidence conviction case taken journalist argued shot family watched police gathered outside house shooting changed mind arguing evidence house convinced guilty launched fresh attempt obtain appeal new defence team included march sentenced years prison having presented lawyer clients applied unsuccessfully march refer case defence team fresh submission january defence arguments crime scene defence argues officers enter farmhouse inadvertently disturbed crime scene reconstructed crime scene photographs available original defence right arm hand slightly different positions relation gun lying body gun appears moved chief shown photographs guardian observer said january evidence shows portrays essex police having damaged scene having staged look like originally happened hasn disclosed body time death defence disputes location body police said found upstairs mother collins reported seeing window thought body woman inside kitchen door later police reports said found kitchen retired police officer worked case said police logs simply mistaken reporting woman body found lawyers argue images taken police photographer august blood wet killed prosecution said scratch marks defence commissioned report british forensic photographic expert asked examine kitchen taken day murders later report dated january argued scratch marks kitchen created crime scene photographs taken prosecution alleged marks struggle kitchen father attached rifle prosecution said paint chips identical paint found inside said scratch marks appeared photographs taken september days murders visible original crime scene photographs said failed find photographs paint carpet expected fall struggle asked examine red spot carpet visible photographs underneath said red spot matched piece nail missing toes concluded scratch marks created day murders police telephone radio logs police telephone logs entered evidence trial noticed lawyers new defence team said logs showed calling police night attack daughter gone guns detective sergeant worked case told person police way father suggest separate log police radio message shows attempt speak inside farmhouse night police waited outside enter response police officers simply mistake gun experts commissioned defence argued injuries consistent having absence explain burn marks body gun murders central prosecution case experts involved compiling report chief medical state maryland united_states chief medical oakland county michigan chief medical state virginia chief burn services arizona burn center british forensic scientist letter lawyers told press march found letter dated september assistant director public chief constable essex police discussing prosecution walker written suggesting considerable told prosecuted drugs offences fraud offences confessed police interviews lawyers said raised possibility persuaded testify hope charges pursued according guardian trial judge told jury convict based testimony response rejected submission february page document invited lawyers respond months extended deadline allow study crime scene photographs september granted indefinite period pursue additional line inquiry finally rejected application april page report said submission identified new evidence legal argument raise real possibility court appeal conviction according website defence team preparing fresh submission
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