June 2024
Hello and welcome to our June vigil. We meet on the 1 st Monday of each month to highlight the issue of male violence against women and girls, and to honour the women killed by men. Here’s a quick update on the direction of my rage this month… This newspaper headline "A grandad who killed his wife and then went to Costa Coffee for a cup of tea has been jailed for six years after being found guilty of manslaughter." Costa gets three further mentions during the article... is it just me or is that really not the point? Stuart Robertson strangled his partner Dawn, 62, before placing a crucifix in her hands and boarding a bus to St Helens town centre and handing himself into the police. But first he paused 'for a cup of tea' at the coffee chain a jury heard during his trial at Liverpool Crown Court. The 69-year-old was unanimously cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter. Sentencing, the Honorary Recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Men