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ihmlsnwidhks · 26/04/2022 11:58

I've followed this case as much as possible but it's not high profile as others.

A man has been charged with her murder as well as her toddler. A separate charge of rape of a child
truly awful case

Please remember her and her children.

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Georgeskitchen · 26/04/2022 13:32

I have also tried to follow this but there has been virtually no national coverage. Have they found their remains?

TheNewUpdateIsShit · 26/04/2022 13:40

How awful. I've not heard of this case at all. Was the 7 year old hers as well?

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ArnoldArnoldArnoldRimmer · 26/04/2022 14:19

Absolutely awful!

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ihmlsnwidhks · 26/04/2022 16:32

This case has upset me not only because of the horrific way they were killed but the lack of media attention and anger.

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scrivette · 27/04/2022 02:18

How strange that this has not been more widely reported. I wonder if it is to protect the identity of the older child?

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 27/04/2022 02:28

Georgeskitchen · 26/04/2022 13:32

I have also tried to follow this but there has been virtually no national coverage. Have they found their remains?

The story was all over Scottish regional media at the time, but Scottish stories not appearing in UK 'national' media is nothing unusual.

I'd imagine the lack of coverage since is simply down to there not being much in the way of developments to report before now, and the usual media reluctance to speculate and jeopardise a fair trial.

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ihmlsnwidhks · 27/04/2022 08:40

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 27/04/2022 02:28

The story was all over Scottish regional media at the time, but Scottish stories not appearing in UK 'national' media is nothing unusual.

I'd imagine the lack of coverage since is simply down to there not being much in the way of developments to report before now, and the usual media reluctance to speculate and jeopardise a fair trial.

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When does that normally stop the press? If they were white and British it would have been national news.

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VincaBlue · 03/05/2022 21:50

I remember it being reported in England at the time

AuntieStella · 03/05/2022 22:23

I remember the coverage at the time. It was about a fortnight before Sarah Everard was murdered, and there was far less reporting after that.

I'd lost sight of when the trial was due, and am glad that this thread has highlighted it.

Nicknacky · 03/05/2022 22:28

It has nothing to do with her colour and nationality. It’s sub judice and cannot be reported on.

Thats normal in criminal cases.

LemonJuiceFromConcentrate · 03/05/2022 22:35

Thank you for highlighting this OP, although I kind of wish I could un-imagine it.

But we have to know, and we have to pay attention.

RIP; and god help the surviving young victim of this man. I hope she gets the most sensitive support she possibly can.

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ihmlsnwidhks · 05/05/2022 19:55

Nicknacky · 03/05/2022 22:28

It has nothing to do with her colour and nationality. It’s sub judice and cannot be reported on.

Thats normal in criminal cases.

hmmm i dont think so

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CormoranStrike · 05/05/2022 19:59

Nicknacky · 03/05/2022 22:28

It has nothing to do with her colour and nationality. It’s sub judice and cannot be reported on.

Thats normal in criminal cases.

This

Nicknacky · 05/05/2022 20:01

Errr yes. Google it if you don’t believe me. It was reported on prior to the arrest and appearance in court of the suspect and then it cannot be reported on whilst court proceedings are active.

You won’t find an an example of a case that is widely reported on after arrest and before trial, no matter what reason you think is behind it.

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ihmlsnwidhks · 05/05/2022 20:40

Nicknacky · 05/05/2022 20:01

Errr yes. Google it if you don’t believe me. It was reported on prior to the arrest and appearance in court of the suspect and then it cannot be reported on whilst court proceedings are active.

You won’t find an an example of a case that is widely reported on after arrest and before trial, no matter what reason you think is behind it.

perhaps I'm not looking in the right places
Can you link? I genuinely would love to be wrong here.

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LizBennet · 05/05/2022 20:54

Look up recent cases like the little boy who was killed, Logan Mwangi... it was reported he had been killed and that his mother had been arrested, then there was nothing until court case. It's sub judice, as said.

Nicknacky · 05/05/2022 20:59

Except I clearly can’t do links 🤦🏻‍♀️

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ihmlsnwidhks · 27/04/2022 08:40

When does that normally stop the press? If they were white and British it would have been national news.

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I don't think so.

There's a phenomenon that occurs frequently in the UK media whereby events in England are reported nationally, whereas an identical or similar event that occurs in Scotland is only reported by exactly the same sources in their regional output.

The sort of thing I'm talking about happened yet again this week, with the violent murder of a 2 year old toddler in Edinburgh only appearing on BBC's regional pages, not the UK national page. The fact that child murders are so emotive that they invariably prompt a Mumsnet thread, and yet Lukasz Czapla's death hasn't been mentioned on here speaks volumes. People aren't discussing it because they aren't aware, because it simply hasn't merited UK-wide reporting thanks to having occurred in Scotland.

For a lot of people north of the border it would come as absolutely no surprise that the Bennlyne Burke story is barely raising a ripple outside of Scotland. It's not so much to do with race/nationality/ethnicity as it is location, and the fact that UK media is pretty much entirely preoccupied with events in England.

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It was 'widely reported' in Scotland at least, just not UK-wide because it happened in Scotland.

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AuntieStella · 03/05/2022 22:23

I remember the coverage at the time. It was about a fortnight before Sarah Everard was murdered, and there was far less reporting after that.

I'd lost sight of when the trial was due, and am glad that this thread has highlighted it.

Same here - I remember it being reported, but not as widely as the Sarah Everard case. I saw a BBC article when the trial started, but nothing since then. Obviously there is the issue of not prejudicing an ongoing court case, but I agree that it hasn’t been covered widely.