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Outlook: Helen Newlove: The voice of the victim

Baroness Newlove

21/08/2013

Helen Newlove: The voice of the victim

BBC World Service - Outlook, Helen Newlove: The voice of the victim

The British woman who's devoted her life to campaigning for the rights of victims

Helen Newlove tells Pooneh Ghoddoosi why she decided to devote her life to campaigning for the rights of victims after her husband was beaten to death in the street.

Baroness Helen Newlove describes how her husband Garry was murdered by three teenagers after confronting a group of vandals outside his home in Warrington in northwest England.  It was an event that shocked Britain, and inspired her to devote her life to campaigning against anti-social behaviour, and for the rights of victims of crime.  She has written a memoir about her experiences called It Could Happen to You.   

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Picture: Baroness Newlove
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