About this episode

The episode discusses the case of Perry Southall, a victim of stalking, and the implications of victim blaming in the justice system.

"Is it fair that a young lady who dresses to attract, the queen bee attracting the drones, the queen bee that dresses to kill... cries out foul because somebody finds her attractive?" Shockingly, those were the words of the defence barrister during the trial. Understandably, this sparked widespread outrage at the time and remains one of the most extraordinary examples of victim blaming in a British courtroom. A chance encounter with a stranger turned Perry Southall's life into a nightmare. What followed was a relentless campaign of stalking that left her living in fear and exposed serious flaws in the way the justice system dealt with dangerous offenders. Perry's courage in speaking out helped change the conversation around stalking in Britain, making this one of the country's most important stalking cases. Please join me for the next episode of the UK True Crime Podcast on Friday. Support me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Writing Credit: Chris Wood You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here:  https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117 Watch my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@Adam-uktruecrime/videos Get All The…

People in this episode

Host: Adam

Topics covered

• stalking
• victim blaming
• justice system
• courtroom
• personal safety
• legal issues

Keywords

• stalking
• victim blaming
• Perry Southall
• justice system
• courtroom
• Chris Wood
• UK True Crime

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