MUGFORD and Maxine Carr..both as guilty, Julie even more so, she knew of the murders before they happened, but Julies word alone did not convict Bamber, the silencer and proof of Sheils blood on it....also proving Sheila could not possibly have killed herself with the silencer attached. Therefore, did the police ever know it was Julie who handed the silencer to Ann Eaton, if in fact that is what she did do...was this knowledge kept among the family? the police in the dark, had the police known Julie would have spent many years in jail...so there was a deal among the family..proof that Bamber was the killer in exchange for Julies freedom ? Without the silencer police could not prove it was BAMBER.

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I am still struggling to believe the stories of Julie mugford

Let's just say she was telling the truth (and to confirm once again I do not believe her) Julie mugford apparently knew the murders were happening weeks before the event she knew about the murders the morning of the event and she believed Jeremy was responsible for the murders after they happened (it would be a billion to one Jeremy didn't carry out the murders if he had told her before on that morning). She showed no guilt in that month after.  No body could pull that off.  She faced no charges although her actions would almost definately stopped the police having the forensic evidence to prove conclusively how the family died. She was given immunity and became a teacher with children in Canada.  My believe is the police knew she was lieing all along or she would never have been allowed to teach.  She perverted the course of justice in 5 murders compared to another famous face Maxine Carr who perverted the course of justice in two murders.  Can someone explain why she was not charged please



Maxine Ann Carr
Born   16 February 1977 (age 33)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Conviction(s)   Perverting the course of justice, Benefit fraud & Deception
Penalty   42 months imprisonment & 36 month rehabilitation order
Status   Released
Occupation   Teaching assistant
[edit]Maxine Carr
Maxine Carr had initially provided a false alibi to police for Huntley, claiming to be with him at the time of the murders when she was actually in Grimsby. She was charged with perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender. She pleaded guilty to the first charge and not guilty to the second.
Her failure to expose Huntley's lies in the early stages of the investigation (before either of them was arrested) meant that police initially eliminated Huntley as a suspect. The police who investigated the disappearance and murder of the two girls later said they would have quickly established that Ian Huntley was the abductor (and ultimately the murderer) of the two girls had Maxine Carr told the truth about their whereabouts at the time the girls went missing. But, due to her lies, the police were left waiting nearly two weeks before finally being able to arrest and charge him[14]
The court accepted that Carr had only lied to the police to protect Huntley because she believed his claims of innocence and so found her not guilty of assisting an offender. She was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and was released on probation on 14 May 2004 after serving 21 months (including 16 months on remand). She was given a new secret identity to protect her from threats of attack from members of the public that had been made during her remand, as well as during and after the trial.

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 I know you've brought up the issue of Maxine Carr before, and I have to say I agree with you. Maxine said she was at the house when she wasn't, which was a lie, but she didn't cover up for Huntley knowingly - she was found not guilty of that. She didn't provide a false alibi as such, she just said she was there. She has been reviled by many people for that to the extent that she has to hide her identity now.

Julie Mugford did a similar thing in some ways - worse really as she claimed that she knew Jeremy had done it, and yet I've seen nothing about her getting a hard Stime in the press or from the police or general public. She was not prosecuted for any of it. One could say that the prosecution needed her as a witness, but then Maxine Carr also testified against Huntley and was not given immunity.