Killer Jeremy Bamber's latest legal action in his long-running battle to overturn his convictions for murdering five relatives 27 years ago was thrown out by High Court judges today.
Bamber, 51, wanted to challenge a refusal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the independent body which investigates possible miscarriages of justice, to refer his case back to the Court of Appeal to be looked at again.
Today's hearing followed the rejection by a single judge, who studied the case papers in private, of Bamber's application for permission to seek judicial review of the CCRC's decision.
His renewed application was refused today by Sir John Thomas, president of the Queen's Bench Division, and Mr Justice Globe.
Sir John, announcing the decision of the court, said that having looked at the approach taken by the CCRC in the case he could not see "any way" in which a challenge could be made to the decision reached.
