Convicted killer Jeremy Bamber has vowed to continue to fight to clear his name.
Bamber yesterday lost his appeal against his conviction.
The bid was thrown out by the Court of Appeal and the appeal court judges said they felt the jury at the original trial had reached the right verdict.
Bamber, 41, was jailed in 1986 for the murders of five members of his family his mother June, his father Nevill, his sister Sheila and her twin six-year-old sons Daniel and Nicholas.
They were all shot at White House Farm in Tolleshunt D'Arcy.
Bamber has always protested his innocence and, following yesterday's decision, the case may now be taken to the House of Lords or the European Court of Human Rights.
In a statement released by Bamber after the decision, he said: "The judgement has come as a devastating blow. I have always and will continue to protest my innocence. I did not kill my family.
"It is well-known that injustice cases return to the Court of Appeal on a number of occasions before justice is achieved.
"One only needs to look at the cases of the Birmingham Six, the Guildford Four and the case of Sheila Bowler, to name a few.
"It is now my fate to follow their example and continue to fight to prove my innocence. Let no-one doubt that in years to come, justice will be achieved and my conviction will be quashed."
Published Friday, December 13, 2002
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