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Rosie Garland, Shaken Baby Syndrome and The Awkward Squad

Novelist Rosie Garland; The Awkward Squad - a new play about a group of feisty women in the North East; and a scheme to avoid Shaken Baby Syndrome. Presented by Jenni Murray.

Winner of the Mslexia Competition - Rosie Garland - talks about her novel 'Beast in All Her Loveliness.' A woman who accused her husband of rape, and then retracted the allegation, has failed in her attempt to get a conviction for perverting the course of justice overturned. The woman known as 'S' made allegations against her husband in 2010 but then took them back. She later said the retraction itself was false, rather than the rape allegations. She said she had made the retraction because she was under duress from her husband and his family. She was found guilty of perverting the course of justice and jailed - a sentence that was changed to community service. She's now failed in her bid to get that conviction quashed. Tomorrow Vera Baird QC and Alison Levitt Q.C discuss the implications of the case. We discuss a new scheme to avoid Shaken Baby Syndrome and 'The Awkward Squad' - a new play about a group of feisty women in the North East, Presented by Jenni Murray.

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Fri 16 Mar 2012 10:00
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  • Appeal Court Judgement on the Retraction of Rape Allegations

    To discuss the retraction of rape allegations and the recent legal case, Jenni talks to Vera Baird QC, and to Alison Levitt QC from the Crown Prosecution Service.

    Duration: 13:09

  • Rosie Garland - The Beast in All Her Loveliness

    Writer Rosie Garland talks about her prize-winning novel, The Beast in All Her Loveliness, and about her interest in people on the margins, and her alter-ego Rosie Lugosi.

    Duration: 08:23

  • The Awkward Squad

    To discuss the play The Awkward Squad, Jenni is joined by the writer Karin Young, and by Sheila Graham - a member of the Brenkley Miners' Support Group during the miners' strikes.

    Duration: 09:55

  • Shaken Baby Syndrome

    Jenni is joined by Joanne Senior – whose son is a victim of Shaken Baby Syndrome - and by Sally Knock from the NSPCC.

    Duration: 09:15

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  • Fri 16 Mar 2012 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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