May 2023

 

Hello and thank you all for coming to join us this evening.

This is the 21st time we have met here now, every month since September 2021.

 

Gruesome list for Monday evening - "some of the women reported killed since we last met" Marelle Sturrock, 35, a pregnant primary schoolteacher was found dead at her home in Glasgow. Her fiancée David Yates was the only suspect and was found dead a couple of days later. Marcia Grant, 60, was killed when she was struck by a car in Sheffield. A 12-year-old boy has been charged with murder Beryl ‘Bez’ Purdy, 86, was found with serious injuries at her home in Somerset after officers were called out to a reported burglary. Beryl died at the scene. A man in his 30s was arrested in connection with her death and is being held under the Mental Health Act Bernadette Rosario, 61, was found with serious facial injuries at an address near St Austell, Cornwall. She died at the scene. Michael Rowe, 36, has been charged with murder Sara Bateman, 50, was found dead at an address in Wolverhampton. Matthew Hyde, 41, has been charged with murder Susan Turner, 41, was found dead in a property in Ayr. Jason Bell, 49, Dee Black, 40, Ryan Hill, 25 and Michelle Ramage, 41, have been charged with murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. Holly Bramley, 26, was found dead in a river 12 miles away from her home in Lincolnshire. Her husband Nicholas Metson, 27, has been charged with murder Alesia Nazarova, 37, was found dead at her home in Portadown, NI. Kornelijus Bracas, 25, has been charged with Alesia’s murder and the attempted murder of her 12-year-old daughter. It is understood there is a familial relationship between the victims & the accused So, as we are here by the commemorative bench of Amelie Delagrange it now transpires that last week her murderer Levi Bellfield has now confessed whilst in prison to the killing of Lin Russell & her daughter Megan aged 6 in Chilenden Kent 1996, along with the family dog, leaving her other daughter Josie, then aged 9 with severe head injuries, but she survived. Bellfield has confessed to his Lawyer after engaging with prison psychologists & feels he needs to take responsibility so the families can have closure. Josie moved with her Father to Wales, she graduated from Coleg Menai in Bangor with a degree in Graphic Design in 2009 & is now a textile landscape artist & is now engaged to long term partner Iwan Griffen. Bellfield is currently serving x2 whole life terms for the murders of two young women 19 year old Marsha McDonnell in 2003, 22 year old Amelie Delagrange in 2004, as well as trying to murder 18 year old  Kate Sheedy in the same year, he was already serving his sentence when he went on trial for killing schoolgirl 13 year old Milly Dowler who was snatched whilst walking home from school in Walton on Thames in March 2002. Bellfield was found guilty of abducting & killing following a Trial @ the old Baily in 2011 Meanwhile, Michael Stone 62 is serving x 3 life sentences, a minimum of 25 years, for the killing of Lin & Megan Russell in 1998, for which he has always protested his innocence & has to date served 23 years. He has not sought parole until his conviction for the murders is quashed. Kent police says its position on the case remains unchanged. So again is this another situation of the police not doing the job properly? I don't want to go further into the negativity we are all experiencing with people not doing their jobs for whatever reason - but to take some joy in the success of our Sportswomen!! So, six Nations Red Roses rugby grand slam @ Twickenham last Saturday, England 38 France 33, 58,498 fans - Amazing! England were crowned Six Nations champions for a fifth successive year !! After 50 years since the first ever England Lionesses side was formed in the wake of the FA's ban on women's football being lifted, was the UEFA Women's Euro Germany 2-1     win over in front of 90,000 fans, & the most watched womens football match ever in the UK, reaching a peak audience on the BBC of 17.4 m & a further 5.9 m on digital streams, the country's first  major tournament for 56 years. The FA Council explained the ban by saying 'The game of football is quite unsuitable for females & out not to be encouraged'. Well I don't know about you but I find every aspect of the women's game far more exciting than the men's, & guess what, pay disparity @ club level something like 100% more for the male players, although they both receive the same appearance fee.

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