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Murder of Angela Wrightson, the Glossary

On the night of 8–9 December 2014, 39-year-old Angela Wrightson was beaten to death in her home in Hartlepool, County Durham, England.^[1]

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Age of consent

The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts.

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems.

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Batten

A batten is most commonly a strip of solid material, historically wood but can also be of plastic, metal, or fiberglass.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Brian Leveson

Sir Brian Henry Leveson (born 22 June 1949) is a retired English judge who served as the President of the Queen's Bench Division and Head of Criminal Justice.

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Caregiver

A caregiver, carer or support worker is a paid or unpaid person who helps an individual with activities of daily living.

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Children and Young Persons Act 1933

The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Cleveland Police is a territorial police force in England responsible for the policing the boroughs of Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire and Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham within North East England.

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County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England", commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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Darlington

Darlington is a market and industrial town in County Durham, England.

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Diminished responsibility in English law

In English law, diminished responsibility is one of the partial defenses that reduce the offense from murder to manslaughter if successful (termed "voluntary" manslaughter for these purposes).

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DMG Media (stylised in lowercase) is an intermediate holding company for Associated Newspapers, Northcliffe Media, Harmsworth Printing, Harmsworth Media and other subsidiaries of Daily Mail and General Trust.

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Foster care

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family member approved by the state.

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.

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Hartlepool

Hartlepool is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England.

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Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett

Heather Carol Hallett, Baroness Hallett, (born 16 December 1949), is a retired British judge of the Court of Appeal and a crossbench life peer.

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Henry Globe

Sir Henry Brian Globe (born 18 June 1949), styled The Hon Mr Justice Globe, is a British judge and barrister.

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High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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Leeds Combined Court Centre

Leeds Combined Court Centre is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, and a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Oxford Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Legal drinking age

The legal drinking age is the minimum age at which a person can legally consume alcoholic beverages.

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Lorraine Thorpe

Lorraine Thorpe (born 1994) is a British woman who is Britain's youngest female double murderer. Murder of Angela Wrightson and Lorraine Thorpe are British female murderers and murder committed by minors.

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Manslaughter in English law

In the English law of homicide, manslaughter is a less serious offence than murder, the differential being between levels of fault based on the mens rea (Latin for "guilty mind") or by reason of a partial defence.

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Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in North Yorkshire, England.

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Murder of James Bulger

On 12 February 1993 in Merseyside, two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson (born 23 August 1982) and Jon Venables (born 13 August 1982), abducted, tortured, and murdered a two-year-old boy, James Patrick Bulger (16 March 1990 – 12 February 1993). Murder of Angela Wrightson and murder of James Bulger are murder committed by minors.

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Northern & Shell

Northern & Shell (holding company name Northern and Shell Network Ltd) is a British publishing group, founded in December 1974 and owned since then by Richard Desmond.

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Public interest

In social science and economics, public interest is "the welfare or well-being of the general public" and society.

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Reach plc

Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher.

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Safeguarding

Safeguarding is a term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia to denote measures to protect the health, well-being and human rights of individuals, which allow people—especially children, young people and vulnerable adults—to live free from abuse, harm and neglect.

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Self-harm

Self-harm is intentional conduct that is considered harmful to oneself.

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Serious case review

A serious case review (SCR) in England is held after a child or vulnerable adult dies or is seriously injured under circumstances where abuse or neglect are thought to have been involved.

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Sharon Carr

Sharon Louise Carr (born 1979), also known as "The Devil's Daughter", is a Belizean British woman who, in June 1992, aged 12, murdered 18-year-old Katie Rackliff after picking her out at random as she walked home from a nightclub in Camberley. Murder of Angela Wrightson and Sharon Carr are British female murderers and murder committed by minors.

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Sky News

Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.

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Snapchat

Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.

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Social care in England

In England, social care is defined as the provision of social work, personal care, protection or social support services to children or adults in need or at risk, or adults with needs arising from illness, disability, old age or poverty.

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Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Angela_Wrightson

Also known as Angela Wrightson.

Murder of Angela Wrightson, the Glossary

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See also

2014 murders in the United Kingdom

History of Hartlepool

Murder in County Durham

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