By Sion Jenkins,Bob Woffinden
ISBN-10: 1843582201
ISBN-13: 9781843582205
In February 1997 Billie-Jo Jenkins was once murdered at her domestic in Hastings, Sussex. In July 1998 her foster father Siôn used to be convicted and despatched to criminal for all times. After a enormous felony conflict, within which there have been an exceptional six courtroom hearings, Siôn Jenkins used to be eventually acquitted in February 2006 after a gross miscarriage of justice. Having already confronted 3 felony trials, Siôn Jenkins needed to suffer a fourth – a tribulation via media which maintains to this present day. Now, Siôn Jenkins places on checklist what truly occurred; the total tale from the start.
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I simply couldn’t take it in. When the verdict was delivered, the court erupted and the whole atmosphere immediately became heated and claustrophobic. In some respects, the court resembled a scene from a Brueghel painting. Men and women leant over the balcony of the public gallery, their faces distorted with anger and rage, shouting ‘Murderer’, ‘Evil bastard’, and worse. ’ Although I do remember the word ‘Guilty’, much of what was said afterwards simply did not reach me. I went into shock. I seemed to enter a dark tunnel and was not able to take in most of what was happening.
We had come back from a holiday in France in the summer of 1995 and, like virtually every other family, we’d brought back cheap bottles of French beer. A few days after the September term had started, we noticed a large bottle-opener sticking out of her schoolbag. We then found one of the bottles in her bag. So we learned that she had taken some of these bottles into school and distributed them amongst her classmates. We tried to tackle it calmly. I don’t think that’s abnormal or worrying behaviour for a teenager.
Certainly, they raised no objection and the Residence Order was uncontested. Lois and I were called in individually to see the judge in his chambers. He asked me just general questions, such as how long had I been considering it, and was I happy with the situation. He also asked whether we would be able to offer a home without any support at all from social services. I replied it was something that Billie wanted, that we loved her, that she was very much part of the family and that we could offer her a home until such time as she wanted to leave.