#113: Dying To Be Heard

Real Crime Profile

Real Crime Profile / Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, Documentary

4.2 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Laura Richards and Lisa Zambetti discuss Sally Challen's murder conviction and successful appeal on March 1st, the pioneering coercive control law and the lawyer, Harriet Wistrich, who is holding the state to account when they let women down.

This is a special episode to mark International Women's Day and pay tribute to Harriet and other leading advocates who tirelessly lobby, campaign and raise awareness of injustice on behalf of women who have lost their voice and been let down.

#IWD2018 #HerNameISSally

Notes

Justice 4 Women

https://www.justiceforwomen.org.uk/

Coercive Control Law and Statutory Guidance

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482528/Controlling_or_coercive_behaviour_-_statutory_guidance.pdf

DASH Risk Identification, Assessment and Management Model

www.dashriskchecklist.co.uk

Laura's 'Policing Domestic Violence' Book

https://www.laurarichards.co.uk/books/

Sign the petition for serial stalkers and domestic abuse perpetrators to be included on the violent and sex offenders register

https://www.change.org/p/rt-hon-theresa-may-mp-create-a-stalker-s-register

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to Real Crime Profile ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:07.8	In 2010, a woman named Sally Chalin beat her husband to death with a hammer.
0:13.1	In 2011, she was convicted of murder and given a life sentence with a minimum term of
0:18.1	22 years.
0:19.1	That was later reduced to 18 years on a pay.
0:23.0	Sally admitted to killing Richard Chalin in their home in Surrey, but as always denied
0:27.2	murder.
0:28.2	This was taken up for the feminist organisation, Justice for Women, and as due to be heard in
0:32.6	the Court of Appeal next week.
0:35.2	There was a change in the law, wasn't there, which gave more protection for people in relationships.
0:50.4	When it came to domestic abuse, which extended that to people who might not be suffering
0:56.5	physical abuse, but mental intimidation, coercion, and also accounting for the fact that
1:04.5	that is abusive and has an effect over years, are you hoping then in this appeal that that
1:10.4	would be retrospectively applied to your mother's case?
1:15.6	I think in this big knowledge, no one's taking away the fact that my mother killed my father,
1:20.9	that is recognising she is serving the time for it, but she needs to be justly tried.
1:25.5	I recognise this issue now, recognised the social issue in this country where mental abuse
1:30.0	needs to be taken more seriously.
1:32.9	Hello everyone and welcome to a special episode of Real Crime Profile.
1:37.8	I'm Laura Richards, author of the domestic abuse, stalking and harassment and on a based
1:42.3	violence risk model, also known as the Dash, the book policing domestic violence, and I'm
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