’Shock new Menendez brothers claim convinced me they must be freed’, says top investigator

It was the crime that gripped the world - the spoilt Beverley Hills rich boys who gunned down their wealthy parents in cold blood to get their hands on their millions. The story of the Menendez Brothers is now intriguing a whole new generation thanks to the hit Netflix drama Monsters which came out this week, 35 years after the deaths. But one man who has been investigating the case from the very beginning now believes that brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez could be the victims of one of the world’s biggest miscarriages of justice. Author and journalist Robert Rand has followed the story since it broke, interviewing both brothers over the decades. And he has now become one of their biggest advocates and has called for them to receive a new trial. Read more: The Sun delivers breaking news, latest gossip and incredible exclusives around the world with hubs in London, New York, Scotland and