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Attempted murder victim ordered to write to perp/ex/father

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 Morgan Woods 16 Feb 2015
Or face jail herself! Words fail me......is this just one of the unintended consequences of the UK blindly following the Brussels rights agenda:

"Hughes was jailed for nine years in 2012 for the brutal attack at the couple's home in Ross-on-Wye, Herefords., which was witnessed by their twin sons.
But now a judge has ordered Ms Allman must send three letters a year to Hughes, updating him on their five-year-old boys, including photographs, every Easter, September and December."

"On February 3, 2011, as Ms Allman lay in bed, Hughes launched the terrifying seven-hour attack on his ex, attempting to smother her with a pillow before repeatedly bludgeoning her with a dumb bell.
Ms Allman had told Winchester Crown Court how she had woken up to find Hughes sitting astride her hitting her with the weight.
He then used the blade from a mini-tool to slash a 20cm-long cut across her throat, narrowly missing her major artery by a few millimetres."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11414156/Victim-told-t...

Clauso 16 Feb 2015
In reply to Morgan Woods:

Utter nonsense.... If she is forced to comply, then her letters ought to simply state "We hate you. Rot." and the photos of the twins should feature them with their backs turned to the camera.
 Ramblin dave 16 Feb 2015
In reply to Morgan Woods:

> is this just one of the unintended consequences of the UK blindly following the Brussels rights agenda:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

Horrible case, but as far as I can tell from the story it's an oversight in the UK's Children Act of 1989 or an inappropriate application of it, and nothing to do with Brussels.
 Ridge 16 Feb 2015
In reply to Clauso:

> Utter nonsense.... If she is forced to comply, then her letters ought to simply state "We hate you. Rot." and the photos of the twins should feature them with their backs turned to the camera.

I suspect there's either been an overzealous application of the law or the story might have been embelished.

If not a single line of text stating 'They're doing ok despite you, you cock' and photos as you describe would be sufficient to comply with the law.

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