Second Chance

Michaela Booth was neglected by her heroin addict parents when she was a child. As a teenager, a sixty second act of violence led to her ending up serving a prison sentence in the same prison she used to visit her mother in. Her painful memory of  leaving her own daughter to be cared for by her heroin addicted mother tormented her. The stigma of her conviction and imprisonment propelled her to change her life and the cycle that threatened her daughter. As a criminologist with lived experience she now provides invaluable insight and direction that is changing the prison health care provision for female prisoners and is a powerful advocate and force for change.

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Drug addiction: getting help

Women in Prison

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Lennox Rodgers' brutal childhood shaped the violent person he became. The crimes he committed were sadistic and often unprovoked. Aged 12, he became a prolific thief. This  later led to his recruitment to organised crime groups. Some will think he doesn’t deserve a second chance. Some will think he was never given a first chance. However, he is now a reformed man and helps steer young people away from the crime and the Criminal Justice System. Lennox's book (Breaking Better) is available at www.breakingbetter.co.uk

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Garry Newlove died in 2007 after confronting a gang of youths he suspected of vandalising his wife's car. 

Three teenagers aged 19, 17 and 16 were convicted of his murder. 

Garry Newlove's death was one of a number of high profile, widely reported murders in England during the late 2000s which purported to highlight the rise of crime involving youth gangs. Other comparable murders around the same time which attracted national attention were the murders of Tom ap Rhys Pryce, Sophie Lancaster, Rhys Jones, Jimmy Mizen and Ben Kinsella, all of which were committed by teenagers.

In this episode Raphael speaks to the mother of one of the teenagers convicted of Garry Newlove murder.

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Garry Newlove: https://victimscommissioner.org.uk/baroness-newlove/

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On the morning of 26 April 1999, Jill Dando, an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader, was shot dead outside her home in London. It prompted the biggest murder inquiry conducted by the Metropolitan Police and the country's largest criminal investigation since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. A year later a local disabled man, Barry George, was arrested and later convicted and imprisoned for the murder. Eight years later, following a successful appeal against his original conviction, he was retried and acquitted. The case remains unsolved.

Michelle Diskin is the sister of Barry George. She campaigned tirelessly to prove her brother's innocence. Here she talks about what it is like to a relative caught in a high profile murder case of this kind and what it took from her and others to challenge the British Criminal Justice System.

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Michelle Diskin https://www.linkedin.com/in/diskinmichelle/?originalSubdomain=uk

Book: Stand Against Injustice : Michelle Diskin Bates, : 9781910786246

MOJ: http://www.mojuk.org.uk/

Appeal: http://appeal.org.uk/

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Andrew grew up on one of the toughest social housing estates in London. He smoked his first cannabis spliff to impress his peers. It was the start of his journey to becoming an alcoholic, drug addict and the inevitable convicted criminal and prisoner. Now he works for the major government department at the heart of the criminal justice system in the UK, The Ministry of Justice.

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The woman I spoke to in this episode doesn’t want to reveal her true identity. So we agreed that I would call her Racheal. Racheal describes the moment her son was killed by a stranger with one punch. The unprovoked attack led to one man losing his life and another being sent to prison. This is not gang related; the result of an argument or a premeditated attack. It is a tragic tale shared by a mother, who despite losing her son, believes the man responsible can stop the cycle of violence that infected his life spreading to his child and others. 

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John Crilly, a man described by the police, politicians and the media as a hero, helped stop a terror attack on London Bridge that took place in 2019. The attacker had already stabbed and killed two people and wounded three others with two kitchen knives. The terrorist, Usman Khan, was also wearing a fake suicide belt - but John who used a fire extinguisher to stop Khan before the police arrived and shot him dead - didn’t know it was fake. John was attending a offender rehabilitation conference having recently been released from prison, after serving 13 years of as life sentence for murder.

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Richard Pendelbury, a former police sergeant, was once commended for heroism. His career ended after he himself was arrested, although later acquitted of theft, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and two counts of perverting the course of justice. He was subsequently sacked for gross misconduct after being accused of hacking into police systems and leaking information about undercover operations that could have derailed serious investigations. In this Podcast he maintains he was fitted up by the same police force he served for more than 20 years and that his personal insight and experience is driving him to help the falsely accused.

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John-James Chalmers - AKA JJ Chalmers - is a former Royal Marine Commando, who suffered life changing injuries from a bomb blast that claimed the lives of two of his close friends in Afghanistan. 

Since his recovery, JJ went on to become a television Presenter, a public speaker and Invictus Games medallist. as well as being friends with Prince Harry he has recently been confirmed as one of the stars taking part on Strictly Come Dancing 2020.

This podcast is produced by Your Vision Media Ltd and the original music is created by JayRo Productions. 

The cover is designed by Studio Minerva and the host is Raphael Rowe.

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