Sam Corbishley
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Really enjoyed digging these out on the train to and from the Old Bailey last summer. Some absolute gems hidden on that shelf... @CourtNewsUK
Shifting stacks of dusty old sessions papers up to the new Old Bailey press room. Highlights from 1863-4 include the cases of Charles Johnson & Henry Page for 'feloniously wounding Charles Jackson by kicking him on his private parts' and Joseph Winford for stealing a dead turkey.
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@David_Challen Frank Mullane: ‘Victims of domestic abuse who survived suicide attempts or escaped before they got to that stage talk about the entrapment [of] coercive control. They could not see a way out. But I urge victims to always seek help. There are pathways to safety and a better life.’
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RT @David_Challen: Suicides after domestic abuse are not rare – they are the ‘tip of the iceberg’ 🔺 3 women die each week from suicide due…
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@FMullaneAAFDA: 'Domestic abuse is leading to more suicides than homicides, a fact supported by police, but the former are usually not being investigated anywhere near adequately and properly.'
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Man accused of driving partner to suicide with abuse drank prosecco after being charged with manslaughter via @MetroUK
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‘By still only using the aggravating factor route to potentially harsher sentences, the government are still saying that these murderers are not as dangerous as those who murder strangers outside.’ via @MetroUK
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One in five rape cases where there has been a charge are being dropped with complainants withdrawing rather than waiting years for their case to get to trial via @MetroUK
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‘The stories men tell about redemption are about bad men becoming good men. ‘But for women, the act of being saved comes from the way they care for and love one another in light of what men have done to them.’ via @MetroUK
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RT @jessaustin111: It is true that not all men will commit violence against women, but all men have a role to play in bringing about the en…
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RT @jessaustin111: Today, @MetroUK has launched This Is Not Right, a year-long campaign to address the relentless epidemic of violence agai…
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‘How do I look back on it? You know me, I’ve got no regrets.' Charles Bronson has recounted his most memorable jailmates - and the best bit of advice he has been given - across 50 years in prison. via @MetroUK
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RT @kirkkorner: A man from Birmingham loses his wife to cancer, then gets cancer himself Convicted in the fast-track Single Justice Proced…
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Banned ‘torture’ sentence has left my brother languishing behind bars for 15 years, says justice campaigner via @MetroUK
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RT @MetroUK: Tomorrow's Papers Today 📰 AFTER 33 YEARS, I'M INNOCENT 🔴 'One of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice' #tomorrowspaperst…
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