It’s not just British courts that hand out life sentences on Fridays. The kidnappers of Jaycee Lee Dugard had their widely reported sentences of 431 years (to “life”) for Philip Garrido and 36 years for his wife formalised overnight (this morning to UK readers). Dugard’s victim impact statement was read by her mother, with further…
Last Saturday The Guardian published one of its regular Experience columns, this time describing the husband’s reaction to his wife being raped. That piece is here. Normally we just link and let you read the article. This one is different. The Guardian has had a long history of op-ed columns from non-staff contributors such as…
The Guardian ran an article yesterday regarding an anonymous police officer who was raped and his reaction to colleagues and the system in general. You can read it here. – CBG
We don’t need to name the offender in question as his name and picture are in the newspaper article today. There’s the usual angry reaction at no jail time for having cybersex chats with a 13 year old and downloading child abuse images and videos. As is customary for the Daily Mail, there’s no deeper…
Neil Morrissey is a successful English TV and theatre actor firstly known for the sitcom Men Behaving Badly in the 1990s which transferred across two British network TV channels from Independent television (ITV) to the BBC, and more recently the BBC School drama series Waterloo Road and the voice of children’s character Bob The Builder….
Catching up with news following computer problems last week, US Jesuits have settled a class action lawsuit for the abuse perpetrated against Native American children over a 50-year time period. The BBC covered the story which you can read here. – CBG
