This post involves a number of hyperlinks to the website of Guardian Australia – you may need to register to be able to access them, but it is entirely free to do so. “As useless as udders on a bull”. This is the way the current “system” was described by Neil Wilkins, whose stepson Todd […]

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Over 20yrs ago, a defendant was convicted of an offence under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, after sending a number of unusual, almost-incoherent and rambling letters to an MP which also contained threats that were disconcerting to say the least.  The MP had to make adjustments to their professional and personal life in order […]

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In September 2023, the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody published a new report, “More Than a Paper Exercise”, on a topic of particular interest to me – the publication, dissemination and use (or not) of Preventing Future Death (PFD) reports from Coroners in England and Wales.  A little background for those who may […]

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