Britain's most dangerous criminals can be kept in jail for the remainder of their lives, according to a European ruling.
Jeremy Bamber, 51, who was convicted of murdering five members of his family in 1986 at White House Farm in Essex, launched an appeal against his incarceration with the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that life-sentences amounted to "inhuman or degrading treatment."
During his original trial, Bamber was sentenced to a minimum term of 25 years, however Home Secretary Michael Howard revised that ruling in 1994, increasing it to a whole-life tariff.
Bamber lost his High Court appeal against the increased sentence in 2008, a decision upheld by the Appeal Court in 2009.
On Tuesday, European judges agreed with the earlier sentencing, ruling that the whole-life tariff is not "grossly disproportionate", adding that the High Court in the UK had "decided that an all-life tariff was required, relatively recently and following a fair and detailed consideration".
Bamber has maintained his innocence throughout his 26 years in jail.
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