She took that to mean that the murders had been committed. He was making arrangements to meet her and Julie was furious. (11) Julie Mugford was never charged with any of these offences officially, but documents newly surfaced show that she was charged with burglary and this was withdrawn with permission from the DPP’s office, in the same document Julie is also advised she will be called as a prosecution witness. The court was aware of this, and unconvinced by her evidence the trial jury could not reach a verdict. The tragic tale of an infamous 1985 killing spree is the subject of ITV's latest TV drama, White House Farm. She said that when Jeremy rang he just said that there was something wrong at the farm. (12). After this she saw Jeremy only once more when he and Brett helped her move house in London and she described the parting as being on a “reasonable happy note.” Although clearly Julie had not felt happy about the parting at all. She instructed a solicitor months before the trial to negotiate a deal with the highest bidder which was the News of The World. Her story now shifted to say that Jeremy had called her at home after the hit man had called him to tell him he had committed the killings. She instructed a solicitor months before the trial to negotiate a deal with the highest bidder which was the News of The World. I have worked within the Travel Industry for over 22 years. Since moving from the UK, Mugford has worked as a teacher, a vice principal at a primary school, and as a manager in the Winnipeg Schools Division, according to the Mirror. Julie, a trainee school teacher, who had been working with children went and identified the bodies of 6 year old murdered children and said nothing. 9 mins Brendan Cowell Interview Brendan Cowell talks up the rivalry and respect between his character Allan Moffat and Peter Brock . Later in life, Julie married and moved away to Winnipeg, Canada, where she changed her name. Julie Mugford told the court that the hit man told Jeremy that Nevill Bamber had been shot 7 times.(8). Julie Smerchanski (nee Mugford) was Jeremy Bamber’s girlfriend at the time of the tragedy. Romsey, Hampshire, United Kingdom. We have found at least 200 people in the UK with the name Bamford. Julie was first thrust into the spotlight after the infamous White House Farm murders, which occurred on the night of August 6, 1985. If Julie Mugford had signed the contract before giving her evidence she would have been in contempt of court. The grammar used in many of the statements is well below the standard of a student doing a degree at Masters level which further suggests that Julie didn’t write all of the statements herself. Based on true events, the series revisits a murder that shocked the nation, in which five members of the same family lost their lives. Click here to find personal data about Bamford including phone numbers, addresses, directorships, electoral roll information, related property prices and other useful information. “I read” is clearly in the present tense and a general observation. (14), We will leave the reader to draw their own conclusions about the reliability of evidence supplied by Julie Mugford. (4). Collins was a Homosexual friend of Jeremy’s whom Julie disliked intensely. OUR COMMITTEE. She would have us believe that she still loved, slept with, ate with and took money off of a man who had murdered his whole family in cold blood and her excuse for this was that she “felt sorry for him” and that she “couldn’t believe it was real.” (7). At the 2002 appeal the Defence put forward the suggestion that Julie Mugford and her friend and co-fraudster Susan Battersby had been given immunity from prosecution as a trade off for Julie’s testimony against Jeremy Bamber but the documents relating to this were under Public Interest Immunity. She is not saying “today I have read”.’, The CPS maintains that the contract was NOT in existence in 2002 and that it could not be established when Julie signed the contract, indeed Julie herself says that she “couldn’t remember when it was signed.”. But where is Julie Mugford now? 71 talking about this. The statement was used as evidence in the case against her ex-boyfriend, and on October 1, 1986, Jeremy Bamber was found guilty of all five murders, and sentenced to life in prison. (1) After the shootings she even went to the mortuary to identify the bodies of Nevill, June, Sheila and Nicholas and Daniel Caffell on the 7th of August 1985. (3), In her 17th December 1985 statement she states that by the 1st September she had said to Jeremy; “I would really love to hurt him and told him that I tried to stab the teddy bear that he had given me as a present.”  Julie goes on to state that that night “We didn’t sleep well and at one point I got a pillow and put it over his head, I took it off and he asked me why I did it, and I said if he were dead he would always be with me.”, By the 4th of September 1985 the reality of the relationship ending had become all too real for Julie when she discovered Jeremy talking on the phone to another woman called Virginia, with whom he had planned to start a relationship with. For example she told police “Matthew done it.” (13)  During the period when Julie and her friend gave statements she was put up by police at their training centre and claimed expenses.Quite incredibly she was also seen by DS Jones the principal detective in this case no less than 32 times. At the heart of the investigation was Julie Mugford — the former-girlfriend of Jeremy Bamber, the man who was eventually found guilty of the murders in question. Feb 2018 – Present 2 years 8 months. Whatever you decide, there can be no doubt about how much financial benefit she gained from the conviction of Jeremy Bamber, money she would not have received had the jury’s verdict been ‘not guilty.’, 3) 09.09.85 & 01.10.85 Statements, 8.9.85 Interview, B Collins, 10) 12.04.02 & 11.04.02, J R Mugford Statement, 11) City of London Police file notes, Offences Admitted to by J R Mugford, 12) Appeal Judgement 2002 & Letter from DDP’s office June 1991, 13) Police Action report extract  Folder 1,000 – 1600 & 23.09.85, J R Mugford Statement, 14) DS Jones, Listings, J R Mugford Police meetings, THERE IS DOCUMENTAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT EACH STATEMENT ON THIS WEB PAGE IN FOOTNOTES OR IN LINKS ON EACH PARAGRAPH. Indeed the CPS had in their possession a file known as the “Confidential Crown Prosecution Service File relating to Julie Mugford and Trial preparation by Essex Police.” This file was passed to the Senior Crown Prosecutor known as Mr Stephen Swan. Paul Close of the CPS states in a letter on the 22nd of July 2002 to Jeremy’s Defence lawyer: ‘The witness is clearly saying that in 1986 she “skim read” the document but today (as she is no doubt older and wiser) she would always read the small print. According to iNews, Julie Mugford was dating Bamber at the time of the murders, and was initially very supportive of her then-boyfriend. Invoicing & Credit Control Manager Centrica Business Solutions UK & Ireland. She is currently Director of Assessment and instructional support services for the Winnipeg School Division. For a whole month Julie Mugford did nothing. The five victims were all part of the same family, and police initially concluded that a mentally-ill family member had carried out the shootings before killing herself. in the process claiming expenses from police, Assessment and instructional support services for the Winnipeg School Division. Collin’s believed that Julie wanted the relationship with Jeremy to move on to a commitment and that Jeremy had not felt the same way. Julie Mugford had been approached by various newspapers with offers of money for her story. Nevertheless, she made a statement to the police about this contract under her married name of Julie Smerchanski, and states “I clearly skim read the contract and missed a lot of the detail today I read all the small print.” This would be interpreted by you or I that on the day she wrote the statement she read a copy of the contract. Back in 1991 the City of London Police had investigated Essex Police they detailed a list of crimes which Julie had confessed to carrying out undetected These included, taking cannabis, selling cannabis, accessory to burglary at the caravan park, smuggling drugs back into the UK from Canada, and cheque book fraud. 3 mins Martin Sacks Interview How does Martin Sacks feel about playing the great Peter Brock's dad, Geoff Brock? Treasurer - Mark Baxter. Natalie Bassingthwaighte shares her feelings on portraying Julie Bamford in Brock. It shows that Mugford had pre-meditated to obtain money, and all but signed a contract for her story upon a guilty verdict this in an unsuitable action by a key prosecution witness.(10). Anyone can see that in this instance the media interfered with the judicial process as Julie’s money spinning deal was signed upon a guilty verdict. Centrica Business Solutions UK & Ireland. Rugby Club Captain - Chris Hodges. All rights reserved. At the time Julie was studying to be a teacher at Goldsmith’s college in London, during the summer she worked with young children on a nursery project. President - Miles Peckham-Cooper General Manager – Nick Li Chief Secretary - Emma Murray. As the Radio Times reports, the role of Julie Mugford is portrayed by Raised By Wolves star Alexa Davies in ITV's White House Farm, which takes viewers on a journey into one of Britain's most shocking crimes. But the CPS argued that this is not what she meant. The tone of the call had changed in Julie’s new description, and in this version the time of the call had now shifted from 3:30am in her original statement to 3:12am.