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Laura Linham - Somerset Live Online

Laura Linham - Somerset Live Online

Somersetlive.co.uk — Bringing you the latest news, sport and events updates from around Somerset. Including opinion, live blogs, pictures and video from the Somerset Live team.
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We asked a Somerset defence lawyer: How do you sleep at night?

We asked a Somerset defence lawyer: How do you sleep at night?

Somerset Guardian — His name appears alongside those who have committed some of the worst crimes imaginable. Patrick Mason could be the most prolific criminal defence barrister in Somerset. Day in and day out, he works with the dishonest and depraved, arguing for those who have been accused of everything from rape and child abuse to theft, violence and murder.
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A digital vigilante reveals how and why he stings paedophiles

A digital vigilante reveals how and why he stings paedophiles

Somerset Guardian — You might not have seen their faces, but chances are you've heard about what they do. Across the UK there has been a huge rise in the amount of vigilante paedophile hunting groups operating in recent years. These digital vigilantes are often ordinary people trying to do something to stop or catch sex offenders or criminals.
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The true story of the Bath killer who strangled children

The true story of the Bath killer who strangled children

Somerset Guardian — It is the summer of 1951 and terror reigns in Bath as an unseen killer stalks children, claiming three young lives within a month. Eventually caught, John Thomas Straffen then lived the rest of his life in prison, holding the record for the most time behind bars until being overtaken by Moors murderer Ian Brady.
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Dark history of Victorian jail where Britain's notorious criminals were hanged

Dark history of Victorian jail where Britain's notorious criminals were hanged

Daily Mirror — These historical newspaper cuttings reveal the disturbing final moments of some of Britain's most notorious murderers and rapists who were hanged in Victorian times. The criminals were put to death in Shepton Mallet Prison which is well-known for housing the Kray twins and other horrific killers, reports Somerset Live .
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Bath's 40 year old unsolved murder case

Bath's 40 year old unsolved murder case

Somerset Guardian — It was January 1978 when a brutal and seemingly motiveless murder occurred in the Widcombe Hill area of Bath. The victim was Beryl Culverwell, a 52-year-old welfare worker who was found stabbed to death in her home, called Woodholme.
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Experts re-examine evidence in missing wife murder case

Experts re-examine evidence in missing wife murder case

Somerset Guardian — A former Somerset resident is to be the subject of a BBC documentary that re-examines the evidence that led to his conviction for murder in 2003. Glyn Razzell, 57, who lived in Crewkerne , has always denied killing his estranged wife Linda.
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Head was determined to watch boys shower and visit their dorms

Head was determined to watch boys shower and visit their dorms

Somerset Live — It was the report that finally - after years of secrets, rumours and abuse - began the process that led to Robin Lindsay, head teacher at Sherborne Preparatory School to be thrown out of the teaching profession.
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Mum describes screaming for her life in brutal attack

Mum describes screaming for her life in brutal attack

Somerset Live — A woman who was victim of a brutal attack at Chard Reservoir last summer has been speaking to the BBC's Crimewatch Roadshow in the hopes that more witnesses will come forward and police can finally bring her attacker to justice.
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Frances Connelly: The first Yeovil woman to vote

Frances Connelly: The first Yeovil woman to vote

Western Gazette — A woman from Yeovil may stake a claim for being one of the first women ever to vote in England thanks to an electoral error. In 1911 a woman called Frances Connelly was mistakenly added onto the electoral roll, when someone assumed from the spelling of her name that she was a man.
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How TV show backfired for wife-killer's bid to clear his name

How TV show backfired for wife-killer's bid to clear his name

Somerset Live — A man convicted of murdering his estranged wife had his hopes of overturning his conviction dashed by a BBC investigation he hoped would prove his innocence. The BBC had been looking into the evidence that led to his conviction for murder in 2003 , as part of its Conviction series.
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Sex shame of former scout leader, councillor and football coach

Sex shame of former scout leader, councillor and football coach

Somerset Live — To almost everyone who knew him, David Byrne was an upstanding member of the community, but his public facade hid a dark secret and today he was found guilty of a series of historic sex offences against young boys and is facing a long stretch behind bars.
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'Paedophile' headteacher told abused pupil 'you're dreaming'

'Paedophile' headteacher told abused pupil 'you're dreaming'

Somerset Guardian — A recovered 25-year-old report reveals a sickening list of concerns raised by boarding pupils at a school run by a man later described as a "fixated paedophile". A report released from council archives last week documents deeply troubling behaviour by now-disgraced head Robin Lindsay.
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"What I remember is waking up, trying to open my eyes and my eyelids were actually frozen shut."

"What I remember is waking up, trying to open my eyes and my eyelids were actually frozen shut."

Somerset Live — Born in Zimbabwe, Craig Owles came to live in Taunton when he was around seven years old. At the age of 24, he was working for social services in the county town, in a high pressure job caring for vulnerable people. But just a few years later he was an alcoholic, sleeping on the streets and begging for money.
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