• Elkie Dee - mma Humphries was recently released from -prison, after appealing against a life sentence for killing a man whom she feared would otherwise have killed her.
Campaigners for the rights of women like Emma are hoping that Sara Thornton may also get a more sympathetic hearing. The Jordache family storyline In Brookside has drawn more attention to real cases. Helplines for women facing domestic violence reported an increase In calls as a result of the story. In a wonderful twist (for politico soap-addicts) scriptwriters have shown the women of Brookside Close launching a Free the Brookside Two defence campaign, though the story was also used to attack the left with the caricature "rent-amob" intent on causing violence who "caused" the Jordaches Get Active!
to be moved to another Contact: The prison. Campaign It's Important to rememAgainst ber that domestic violence isn't Just a problem Domestic for a few unfortunate Violence, women, Mandy Jordache, Justice For Sara Thornton or whoever. Women, or try Many women still live in your phone fear, others are still in directory to prison for killing in self-defence, whilst men are accontact local quitted on the grounds of groups.
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