Emma Glasbey
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Social Affairs Correspondent at BBC Look North, Yorkshire. [email protected]
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02-02-2011 12:53:25
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2 teenage boys have been given life sentences for stabbing 17 yr old Harley Brown to death in Huddersfield. A 15 yr old will serve a minimum of 10 years, 3 months. A 17 year old will serve at least 14 years,
6 months. They chased & attacked Harley with machetes. BBC Yorkshire
Emma Glasbey has followed this case in Leeds Family Court for many months. A case that took far longer than it should have- 71 weeks! Mother paid for her own therapy to try to get her children back….
71 weeks in the family court is a terrible experience for parents and children; delay can also be determinative of outcomes. So good to see this reported by Emma Glasbey under the reporting pilot.
We can only report this story from the Leeds Family Court because of the transparency pilot.
A sex abuse survivor who says she spent years trying to access trauma therapy has regained custody of her children after 14 months apart. More on BBC Yorkshire
bbc.in/3RfLXWN
Story from Leeds Family Court.
“They didn’t give us the opportunity to do the therapy we’d asked for before taking the children.”
A sex abuse survivor has won her fight to have her children returned after receiving therapy for trauma. BBC Yorkshire
bbc.in/3RfLXWN
A 13 yr old boy who ran over and killed his foster carer in Sheffield has been sentenced to 2 years in youth custody for causing her death by dangerous driving. Marcia Grant was described as a “committed foster carer” & “pillar of her community.” BBC Yorkshire
A 13 year old boy has been sentenced to 2 years in custody for causing the death by dangerous driving of a woman in Sheffield. 60 yr old Marcia Grant was run over with her own car, driven by the boy who was aged 12 at the time. BBC Yorkshire
ICYMI: Earlier this week I spoke to BBC Yorkshire as part of their investigation into the lack of funding for behaviour change programmes to tackle domestic abuse.
Thanks to Emma Glasbey Hayley Brewer for their important work on this issue. Read more:
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Charities which run domestic abuse prevention programmes told BBC Yorkshire a shortage of funding was forcing them to cut down on already limited provision- putting survivors at risk. Produced by Hayley Brewer bbc.in/40K92oV
Andrew was a huge support to me when I first joined the BBC. He helped build confidence in so many of us when we were just starting out. It was a pleasure being your producer back in the day! Andrew Edwards
A man has pleaded not guilty to murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky during a robbery in Bradford in 2005. 74 yr old Piran Ditta Khan appeared at Leeds Crown Court this morning. He’s due to face trial in February. BBC Yorkshire
A 13 year old boy has pleaded guilty to causing the death by dangerous driving of 60 year old Marcia Grant by running her over with her own car outside her home in Sheffield. BBC Yorkshire