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An Essex police "radio log" dated 7 August 1985, one of two police logs released by the police in 1985, showing that someone telephoned them to report the White House Farm murders. The log was created by Malcolm Bonnett, a civilian dispatcher.

What the logs say and who made the call has been much discussed by the courts and media. According to both the prosecution and the defence team of Jeremy Bamber, who was convicted of the murders, the logs constitute crucial evidence, although their interpretation of them is very different. This can't be conveyed in words alone, because every aspect of the logs is relevant. See White House Farm murders#Telephone logs.

For discussion, see, for example, Carol Ann Lee, The Murders at White House Farm, Pan Macmillan, 2015, 164–165. Also see Nick Collins, "Jeremy Bamber murders: new evidence could clear killer", The Daily Telegraph, 5 August 2010 (note that this describes the defence's interpretation of the radio log):

The document appears to show that Bamber's father called police on the night he died alongside his wife, daughter and two grandchildren, saying his daughter had gone "berserk" and stolen one of his guns.

The log, entitled "Daughter gone berserk", reads: "Mr Bamber, White House Farm, Tolleshunt d'Arcy – daughter Sheila Bamber, aged 26 years, has got hold of one of my guns."

It came ten minutes before a second emergency call from Bamber himself, who told officers his father had telephoned him in distress before describing an almost identical situation.

According to the second log, Bamber told police: "You've got to help me. My father's just phoned me, he said, 'Please come over, your sister has gone crazy and has got the gun'."

The judge told the jury – who were unaware of the first log – that whether the conversation between the two took place or not was a key point on which the case hinged.

Daily Mail, 5 August 2010 (webcite).

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