Roll Call of Vulnerable Victims: so we don’t forget

STOP THE ABUSE

PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES MURDERED, RAPED, OR TERRORISED IN OUR COMMUNITIES

 Peter Lewis; a 68 year old stabbed to death outside his own flat in April 2012. Picture from BBC News South East Wales.

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picture from Mail Online

Gemma Hayter; murdered August 2010 after being made to drink her own urine.

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from St Albans Review

Samantha Backler: died of starvation in 2010. Samantha doesn’t quite fit this page but her death was avoidable and tragic and mediated by perceived helplessness among service providers.

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David Askew

 

David Askew Taunted and victimised for decades. Died in his garden after youths verbally abused him.

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Michael Gilbert

 Michael Gilbert Tortured, abused, and murdered by the family that took him in.

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Francesca Hardwick

 Francesca Hardwick Died with her mother in a blazing car in 2007 after years of abuse by local bullies.  Picture from the Mail on Line.