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4th anniversary of Gilly Mundy’s death

compiled from various sources: 4WardEver UK
published: 13th March 2011

17 March 2011 will mark four years since the death of one of the stalwarts of the campaign movement against deaths in police custody and abuse by police and prison officers in the United Kingdom. Gilly saved three lives and restored the sight of two others when he donated his organs after his death in March 2007.

Friend and colleague Kevin Blowe said: “As a campaigner and activist, Gilly managed to cram so much into his own life and touch the lives of so many others that it is almost too painful to imagine what more he could have achieved.

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Leicestershire’s police chief told to show lessons learned after woman’s death

originally by: This Is Leicestershire
5th March 2011

Leicestershire’s chief constable Simon Cole has been ordered to show lessons have been learned after a mentally-ill woman was bludgeoned to death despite calling police for help. Joanne Butler, 38, made four calls to police in 11 minutes the night before her body was discovered – three of them were 999 calls. No officers were ever sent to her Earl Shilton home.

Ms Butler, who had a history of mental health issues, was found dead after a fire at her flat in January 2006. She had been murdered by 13-year-old Ashlea Wilson and his father Sean. In January, the Mercury revealed the findings of an investigation into the police by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

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‘Kidney sisters’ leave Mississippi prison

originally by: BBC News
7th January 2011

Two imprisoned sisters whose sentences were dropped on the condition that one donate her kidney to the other have been released from jail in Mississippi. The pair, who had been in jail for 16 years, are moving to the US state of Florida, where their family lives.

Jamie Scott requires daily dialysis, which costs the state roughly $200,000 (£129,000) per year, officials said. She and her sister Gladys Scott were convicted in 1994 of taking part in a robbery that netted a mere $11 (£7).