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Richard Garside

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Director @crimeandjustice | Law and justice | Materialist not idealist | Facts not feelings | My views, not my employer's

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Does it matter that the awful murder of Jorge Martin Carreno by a male offender - Scarlet Blake - is set to be recorded as a female crime?

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Over the ten-year period between the year ending June 2014 and the year ending June 2023, a total of 3,228 defendants were convicted of murder in England and Wales

Here's the breakdown by year: a low of 268 convictions in 2015, a high of 376 last year

Over the ten-year period between the year ending June 2014 and the year ending June 2023, a total of 3,228 defendants were convicted of murder in England and Wales Here's the breakdown by year: a low of 268 convictions in 2015, a high of 376 last year
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This is what happens when we add male murder convictions

Some 3,041 defendants classed as male were convicted of murder over the ten-year period: 94 per cent of all convictions

The numbers ranged from a low of 253 in 2017 to a high of 354 last year

This is what happens when we add male murder convictions Some 3,041 defendants classed as male were convicted of murder over the ten-year period: 94 per cent of all convictions The numbers ranged from a low of 253 in 2017 to a high of 354 last year
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