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Gareeca Gordon conviction ~ a rare female horror killing?

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CallMeCleo · 04/05/2021 20:34

I can't remember ever hearing of a woman committing such a crime. I'm shocked, stunned, almost catatonic in disbelief.

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/phoenix-netts-murder-dismembered-gareeca-gordon-jailed-bristol-crown-court-b933139.html

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CallMeCleo · 04/05/2021 21:14

Incidentally I have searched the GRO online for Gareeca's birth (they say she was from London) and nobody of that name was born in the UK at any time. Change of name?

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CallMeCleo · 04/05/2021 21:05

@LastRoloIsMine

Women are as capable as men at committing atrocious crimes. Myra Hindley Rose West Beverly Allitt..however it is rare so when it does happen it comes as a shock. Women are raised to be kind, caring and none violent. So when we are it shocks us. However men are expected and almost given a free pass to be violent.

The female population will never murder in the numbers the male population does yet it always surprises me when Women kill it is a bigger deal even though we don't kill in the same numbers?

Two of the three you cite were the sidekicks of violent men. It is extremely unlikely that, had they never met those men, they would ever have killed.

The point about THIS case is not that a woman was violent but these aspects of it make it probably unique in the UK.

  1. Pestered the victim for sex
  1. Bought a circular saw and used it to dismember the victim into six parts

Name me even one other British female crime which incorporated these acts.

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LizziesTwin · 04/05/2021 21:05

I think that as Phoenix had led a complicated life & GG plead guilty the media have kept quiet. I saw that GG had attended an all girls’ secondary school. Her family are presumably devastated that their daughter has murdered someone.

BlowDryRat · 04/05/2021 21:01

I don't understand why there isn't more media coverage of this very unusual case. It's absolutely horrific. Poor Phoenix. Poor family.

EmbarrassingAdmissions · 04/05/2021 21:00

when Women kill it is a bigger deal even though we don't kill in the same numbers?

It attracts a lot of media coverage because it is comparatively so rare.

One substantial advantage of GG's plea is that Phoenix Nett's family does not need to endure a trial with all of the sensationalist coverage.

She was another COVID victim as without the pandemic she’d have moved out.

Yes. If there's an enquiry, I hope there is a report into the safeguarding resources in refuges. It's so difficult for staff to have the resources conduct risk assessment and provide everybody with the support that they need. (Is there a crossover here with govt. changes to housing benefit for supported housing like DV refuges?)

ChattyLion · 04/05/2021 20:55

There are no words. Phoenix and family. Flowers

LastRoloIsMine · 04/05/2021 20:55

I honestly think the silence on this is unnerving

Every other female murderer has been front page news. Why not this one?

OverByYer · 04/05/2021 20:47

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PamDenick · 04/05/2021 20:46

Completely shocked.
And a statement from her mother (Gareeca's) as she was a very unusual character to not have any social media profile. It seemed like she flew under the radar.
RIP Phoenix.

PatsArrow · 04/05/2021 20:46

What I don't get about this case is the sheer lack of reporting of it. It's so horrific, and yes so rare to have a woman engage in violence like this. that I would have thought the MSM, bbc, sky would have been all over it.

It just feels like......a footnote. It's feels weird.

LastRoloIsMine · 04/05/2021 20:43

Women are as capable as men at committing atrocious crimes. Myra Hindley Rose West Beverly Allitt..however it is rare so when it does happen it comes as a shock.
Women are raised to be kind, caring and none violent. So when we are it shocks us. However men are expected and almost given a free pass to be violent.

The female population will never murder in the numbers the male population does yet it always surprises me when Women kill it is a bigger deal even though we don't kill in the same numbers?

LizziesTwin · 04/05/2021 20:39

Poor Phoenix Netts & her family. She was another COVID victim as without the pandemic she’d have moved out.

RoseRedRoseBlue · 04/05/2021 20:37

It’s horrendous isn’t it? I am very suprised at the relatively minor media coverage.

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 04/05/2021 20:36

I’ve heard from a reliable source that this really is a woman.

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