#36: Homicide Prevention - learning the lessons from the case of Zoe Dronfield

Real Crime Profile

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, Documentary

4.2 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2016

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Jim Clemente, Laura Richards and Lisa Zambetti are joined by special guest Zoe Dronfield. Zoe escaped and survived a serial abuser and stalker who brutally attacked her while she slept. As a result of the attack, Zoe sustained extensive injuries, including stab wounds to the neck. She describes what happened that night, her attackers history and what needs to change to protect other future victims. #VictimsVoice #Paladin #SerialStalkers #HerNameISZoe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	You're listening, Adfree, on Wondry Plus.
0:04.4	This was Zoe Dronfield in hospital in February last year after her on-off boyfriend stabbed
0:09.8	her and repeatedly kicked her in the head.
0:13.0	Seen here together before the attack, Jason Smith was jailed for 14 years, and Zoe has
0:19.0	become a campaigner against domestic violence.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to Real Crime Profile.
0:46.3	This is Jim Clemente, retired FBI profiler, former New York City prosecutor and writer
0:53.5	and producer on criminal minds.
0:56.9	And with me today is...
0:58.4	Laura Richards, I'm a founder and director of Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service
1:05.6	and also author of the dash, the domestic abuse stalking enhancement and on-off base violence
1:10.2	risk model and formerly a criminal behavioural analyst at New Scotland Yard.
1:15.0	And I'm Lisa Zambetti, I'm the casting director for Criminal Minds and I have a real interest
1:19.0	in real crime and the real minds that solve those crimes and the real survivors of those
1:23.4	crimes.
1:25.4	Well today we're joined by a very special guest and a very special guest from the UK.
1:32.2	And before I introduce Zoe Dronfield in a little bit more detail, I just want to say why
1:38.2	we're doing a special pod.
1:39.7	And I'm certainly very excited for Zoe to join us.
1:43.3	And this month in the US is domestic violence awareness month.
1:49.3	And in the UK a campaign that I spearheaded and worked in partnership with others was
1:55.2	a campaign for the new coercive control law which came in in December 2015.
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