Bamber murder appeal rejected

Jeremy Bamber's lawyer Simon McKay: "He is obviously very disappointed but remains determined to carry on the fight to clear his name.

"In my view the Commission have not applied the proper test for determining whether a case should be referred back to the Court of Appeal."

• Bamber, 51, is being held in Full Sutton prison in York, for shooting his wealthy adopted parents, June and Neville, his sister Ms Caffell and her six-year-old twin sons Daniel and Nicholas at their farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, on August 7, 1985.

• He was given a whole life tariff after being convicted of the murders in October 1986.
• In 2009 Bamber lost a Court of Appeal challenge against the order that he must die behind bars. He has twice lost appeals against conviction.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission said that despite a lengthy and complex investigation, it "has not identified any evidence or legal argument that it considers capable of raising a real possibility that the Court of Appeal would quash the convictions".

The notorious inmate, serving a whole life term for the 1985 killings, has always protested his innocence and claims his schizophrenic sister Sheila Caffell shot her family before turning the gun on herself in a remote Essex farmhouse.

Jeremy Bamber's convictions for murdering five of his relatives more than 25 years ago will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, the Criminal Cases Review Commission said in its final decision.