Everybody, Nobody, Somebody, Anybody

We’ve probably all heard the hackneyed tale of Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody — There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, […]

A TurpitUdinous Act

In 2017, Alexander Lewis-Ranwell (ALR) killed three men in their own homes and was prosecuted for murder. He was subsequently found not guilty by reason of insanity at Exeter Crown Court and in 2020, he launched legal action against four organisations for negligence. In the days prior to the killings, ALR had been arrested twice […]

Unduly Lenient

You will recall last month’s sentencing in Nottingham following the killings Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in June 2023. A number of reviews are ongoing in to various aspects of mental health care, policing and decision making during the criminal proceedings. One aspect of this has been subject to an announcement this morning […]