A Manchester Arena bombing survivor who had to have a finger amputated after it was hit by a flying steel nut from the explosion is trialling a ‘first of its kind’ prosthetic which she hopes will eventually become widely available for future amputees. Lisa Bridgett was at the arena waiting to meet her 17-year-old daughter […]
A woman who suffered extensive injuries after being viciously attacked has been awarded £48,000 damages by a Government scheme to compensate victims of violent crime – but only after lawyers stepped in to challenge an initial offer of just £1,800. The victim was left with a split palate and a fractured jaw and has suffered […]
A woman who was awarded £16,500 compensation as a child for being a victim of sexual abuse has now been awarded a further £59,000 by the Government after her case was reopened as an adult. Her case was reconsidered by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) after lawyers acting on her behalf appealed for a […]
A man who suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain when the victim of an unprovoked assault has been awarded damages by a Government scheme which provides compensation to people who are the victims of violent crime. The man, who asked not to be named, was attacked by a group people whilst waiting […]
A woman who was abused by her partner for more than a decade has been awarded damages by a Government scheme to compensate victims of violent crime – even though he was never convicted of any offence against her. The woman, of Northamptonshire, was left devastated after being told charges against her partner for coercive […]
The mother of a man who died after being restrained in Manchester Victoria Station says she has had to fight for two years to ensure the circumstances of his death ‘come under the full scrutiny of the criminal courts’. Jack Barnes, a 29-year-old father from Hull, died after being chased and restrained by staff working […]
A 53-year-old woman who suffered a lifetime of mental health injuries after being sexually abused as a child says an award from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) will go to her children. The woman who was repeatedly assaulted by a family member from the age of eight has received a criminal injuries award of […]
A victim of a serial sex offender who was convicted of offences against nine people has been awarded £77,000 damages through a Government scheme which compensates victims of abuse. The man, now 42, was sexually abused between the ages of 13 and 15 by Colin Waterfield, of Norwich. He who jailed, at the age of […]
A man who was attacked after leaving a nightclub and struck in the face with a belt buckle has been awarded £19,300 compensation after losing most of his sight in one eye in the criminal assault. The man, who was 19 at the time, was enjoying an evening out with friends in Swindon in the […]
Survivor Ruth Murrell says life for her family has been ‘forever changed’ after being involved in the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017. Ruth and her daughter Emily, who was 12 at the time, were both badly injured in the attack, spending weeks in hospital afterwards and needing to undergo numerous operations to remove shrapnel from […]
A woman who was amongst those who stood closest to the Manchester Arena bomber when he detonated the device says she was left feeling ‘abandoned and left to die’ as ‘an eternity’ passed without emergency services coming to their aid. Janet Senior, of West Yorkshire, had been waiting in the foyer at the end of […]
“I just shut down and kept quiet because I felt like I wasn’t listened to.” Aged 15 and studying at school our client began a relationship with a boy of her own age which was to last for three years. During that time she experienced violent physical and sexual assaults and emotional abuse. When she […]
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