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On Sunday, August 15, 2010, police were alerted to a situation on the cliffs of Beachy Head (Part 1 of 2).
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COURT DOCUMENTS and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: BBC NEWS, THE GUARDIAN, SKY NEWS, INDEPENDENT, CHANNEL 4 NEWS, DAILY MAIL, ITV NEWS, MIRROR, EXPRESS, THE SUN, STANDARD, THE ARGUS and METRO NEWS.
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MUSIC:
Time's Up by Loopop
Collapsing All Around by Amulets
Length of Light by Amulets
Crystalline by Amulets
Subharmonic Bliss by Loopop
Resolver by Amulets
Tundras by Amulets
Nocturnally by Amulets
Figments of Color by Loopop
The Bardo by I Think I Can Help You
Devoid by ELPHNT
Subterranean Howl by ELPHNT
Through and Through by Amulets
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
[2011] EWCA Crim 2919
[2019] EWCA Crim 916
CPS
https://www.cps.gov.uk/south-east/news/accepts-sally-challens-manslaughter-plea
DIGITAL ARTICLES
BBC NEWS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11005332
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11007250
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11010791
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-11111184
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-11969018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-13746751
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-13785862
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-13798004
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-13875500
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-13877131
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-13892154
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-surrey-13892154
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-15881902
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-41750589
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-43243310
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46111655
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-47381476
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47407204
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-47826786
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-47845450
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-48556644/sally-challen-i-just-wanted-to-say-how-happy-i-am
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-48554239 - Sally Challen: No fresh trial over husband murder
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-48561920/sally-challen-it-s-been-a-long-road
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-48556645/it-s-been-a-long-road
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/48561920/sally-challen-it-s-been-a-long-road
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-48566504
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cglkv3nvv48t/sally-challen-murder-case
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-49767633/sally-challen-i-m-sorry-i-killed-my-abusive-husband
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07p3q1j
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008p54
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07wwkhb
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-50673081
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000c65v/sign/the-case-of-sally-challen
THE GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/aug/16/woman-suspected-killing-beachy-head
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/aug/18/beachy-head-woman-murder-arrest
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/01/surrey-woman-who-killed-husband-can-challenge-conviction
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/29/devoted-wife-who-killed-husband-with-hammer-sally-challen
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/feb/17/sally-challen-sons-fear-led-mother-to-kill-our-father-court-appeal
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/feb/20/davids-mother-killed-his-father-but-he-wants-her-freed-podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/27/new-coercive-control-laws-under-spotlight-in-hammer-killing-appeal
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/feb/28/sally-challen-wins-appeal-against-conviction-for-murdering-husband
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/05/sally-challen-released-from-jail-before-retrial-for-husbands-death
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/06/sally-challen-first-day-freedom
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/07/sally-challen-will-not-face-retrial-for-killing-husband
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/08/my-mother-sally-challen-killed-my-father-finally-justice
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/jun/08/sally-challen-sons-justice-system-smeared-our-mother
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/10/sally-challen-release-prison-husband-murder-appeal
SKY NEWS
https://news.sky.com/story/beachy-head-wife-charged-with-husbands-murder-10492497
https://news.sky.com/story/sally-challen-court-hears-murder-coercive-control-appeal-11649617
https://news.sky.com/video/could-sally-challens-lawyer-change-history-11649527
https://news.sky.com/story/sally-challen-wins-appeal-against-murder-conviction-11650949
https://news.sky.com/story/sally-challen-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-of-her-husband-11684716
https://news.sky.com/story/sally-challen-pictured-with-her-sons-after-being-granted-bail-11686608
https://news.sky.com/story/sally-challens-story-driven-to-murder-after-years-of-abuse-11553940
https://news.sky.com/story/sally-challen-no-retrial-for-killing-abusive-husband-in-hammer-attack-11736847
https://news.sky.com/story/sally-challen-ruling-gives-hope-to-other-abused-women-jailed-for-murder-11737867
https://news.sky.com/story/coercive-control-how-do-you-spot-it-what-are-your-legal-rights-and-how-do-you-get-help-11737008
https://news.sky.com/story/sally-challen-i-wish-i-could-turn-the-clock-back-11816779
INDEPENDENT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/murder-suspect-held-at-beachy-head-2054629.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/beachy-head-woman-remanded-over-husbands-murder-2055952.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/woman-denies-beating-husband-to-death-2156452.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/sally-challen-court-case-women-abusive-relationships-coercive-control-precedent-a8234991.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/david-challen-sally-challen-appeal-case-murder-domestic-abuse-a8797526.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sally-challen-appeal-murder-richard-case-verdict-a8801636.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sally-challen-appeal-husband-killed-david-court-a8799681.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/sally-challen-case-appeal-murder-david-husband-domestic-violence-a8804276.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sally-challen-richard-challen-murder-manslaughter-trial-old-bailey-a8856171.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sally-challen-murder-trial-richard-husband-hammer-attack-court-latest-a8948726.html
CHANNEL 4 NEWS
https://www.channel4.com/news/groundbreaking-coercive-control-appeal-gives-hope-to-wife-convicted-of-murdering-husband
https://www.channel4.com/news/sally-challen-challenges-murder-conviction-for-killing-husband
https://www.channel4.com/news/murder-conviction-for-woman-who-killed-husband-overturned
https://www.channel4.com/news/sally-challen-son-says-murder-retrial-would-be-an-absolute-injustice
https://www.channel4.com/news/sally-challens-son-its-one-of-the-worst-cases-of-coercive-control-ever-heard
https://www.channel4.com/news/sally-challen-will-not-face-retrial-for-killing-abusive-husband
https://www.channel4.com/news/sally-challen-on-being-coercively-controlled-by-the-husband-she-killed
DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1303481/Sally-Challen-Beachy-Head-suicide-threat-killing-husband-hammer.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003027/Richard-Challen-killed-jealous-wife-Sally-rang-1471-trace-lover.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003563/Richard-Challen-post-nuptial-demands-Dont-interrupt-quit-smoking.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003931/Mother-bludgeoned-husband-death-hammer-planned-jump-Beachy-Head-together.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004360/Jealous-wife-Sally-Challen-trapped-husband-counting-viagra-pills-killing-him.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007368/Mother-guilty-murdering-husband-frenzied-hammer-attack.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5448989/Sally-Challens-son-calls-retrial.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1638718/Video-Son-describes-situation-leading-mum-killing-father.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6270961/Son-reveals-decades-psychological-abuse-suffered-mother-battered-husband-death.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6714081/Sons-Sally-Challen-killed-husband-Richard-speak-ahead-conviction-appeal.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5431429/Surrey-woman-appeal-conviction-murder-husband.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6750977/Protesters-call-woman-bludgeoned-husband-hammer-freed.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6753563/Wife-65-killed-husband-hammer-inspired-appeal-Archers.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6756499/Wife-65-killed-husband-hammer-freed.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6758095/Legal-landmark-mother-65-killed-husband-hammer-wins-appeal-against-murder-conviction.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6758129/Sons-BACKED-mothers-appeal-against-murder-conviction-killing-father.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1872008/Video-Sally-Challens-supporters-demonstrate-outside-Royal-Courts-Justice.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1873176/Video-David-Challen-speaks-mothers-murder-conviction-overturned.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6889909/Woman-murder-conviction-quashed-admits-manslaughter.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6894303/Suzy-Challen-pictured-sons-released-bail.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7115431/Wife-conviction-husbands-murder-quashed-arrives-court-fresh-trial.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7117787/How-wife-spent-eight-years-jail-killing-husband-mentally-abused-him.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1941492/Sally-Challen-end-long-road-admitting-manslaughter-husband.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1941408/Video-Sally-Challen-says-loves-husband-press-conference.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7462091/Sally-Challen-tells-story-save-fate.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7466541/Sally-Challen-bravely-speaks-victims-coercive-control-partners.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7470567/Far-leaving-prison-Sally-Challen-going-help-victims.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1873308/Video-Sally-Challens-son-reacts-murder-conviction-quashed.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1872040/Video-Society-let-David-Challen-mothers-landmark-case.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1941492/Sally-Challen-end-long-road-admitting-manslaughter-husband.html
ITV NEWS
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-02-20/son-of-sally-challen-jailed-for-life-for-killing-his-father-hopeful-her-murder-conviction-will-be-overturned-on-appeal/
https://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/news/weve-let-her-down-son-of-wife-who-bludgeoned-morally-corrupt-husband-to-death-calls-for-justice
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-02-28/sally-challen-coercive-control-domestic-violence-court-ruling/
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2019-03-09/sally-challens-son-calls-for-ni-coercive-control-law/
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-05/woman-pleads-guilty-to-husbands-manslaughter-after-murder-conviction-quashed/
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-05/woman-to-launch-bid-for-bail-in-coercive-control-murder-case/
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-06-07/sally-challen-will-not-face-retrial-for-killing-her-abusive-husband-judge-rules/
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2019-07-16/westminster-to-extend-coercive-control-offence-to-ni/
MIRROR
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hammer-murder-suspect-sally-challen-241911
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/beachy-head-arrest-woman-sally-242153
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/divorce-due-weeks-after-hammer-242171
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/death-boss-richard-challen-in-brothel-242974
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-killed-estranged-husband-with-hammer-134692
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/killer-wife-tells-court-how-181552
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/georgina-challen-found-guilty-of-bludgeoning-181920
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sons-mum-who-murdered-dad-13810372
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/tearful-david-challens-final-plea-14059544
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sally-challen-supporters-call-husband-14059687
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-sally-challen-hammer-killer-14066231
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sally-challens-sons-welcome-quashed-14070215
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sally-challen-campaigners-fight-free-14074894
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-sally-challen-mum-pleads-14239000
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-sally-challen-released-prison-14242168
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-sally-challen-woman-jailed-16462233
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/abused-wife-sally-challen-says-16470938
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/twisted-demands-abusive-husband-before-20060297
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/emotional-sally-challen-close-tears-20095345
EXPRESS
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/193621/Wife-killed-husband-and-threatened-to-leap-off-Beachy-Head
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/193772/Woman-faces-court-on-murder-charge
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/193969/Woman-in-court-over-murder-charge
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1110202/sally-challen-georgina-richard-challen-murder-court-case-manslaughter
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1110740/mother-georgina-challen-battered-bullying-husband-freed-prison
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1110945/sally-challen-killed-husband-richard-challen-manslaughter-relief-freedom
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1138026/sally-challen-freed-victim-of-abuse-killed-husband-richard-challen
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1179880/ITV-GMB-Sally-Challen-husband-killed-coercive-control-interview-video
THE SUN
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/602914/jealous-wife-denies-hammer-murder/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/604267/hammer-wife-in-suicide-dash/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/626475/hammer-killer-wife-jailed-for-22-years/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5648177/son-says-his-mum-is-the-real-victim-after-murdering-abusive-dad/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5707232/mum-who-was-jailed-for-life-for-bludgeoning-her-husband-to-death-with-a-hammer-wins-first-stage-at-court-of-appeal/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7485160/sally-chillen-murder-conviction-abusive-husband-murder/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8048367/woman-appeal-husband-murder-conviction/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8116199/sally-challen-richard-challen-hammer-murder-sons-released/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8519996/abused-mum-son-killed-dad-hammer-begs-release/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8513512/woman-appeal-husband-murder-conviction-won/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8798791/wife-who-killed-abusive-husband-sobs-as-she-is-freed-on-bail-ahead-of-retrial/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9242889/wife-bludgeon-husband-fresh-trial/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9926583/sally-challen-killed-controlling-husband/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9958805/wife-killed-controlling-husband-left-note-body/
STANDARD
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/wife-killed-husband-with-hammer-then-tried-to-jump-off-beachy-head-6503464.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/newsheadlines/woman-faces-court-on-murder-charge-6504015.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/sally-challen-admits-manslaughter-of-husband-who-she-killed-in-hammer-attack-a4109916.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/sally-challen-pictured-at-home-with-sons-after-husbands-murder-conviction-quashed-a4111376.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/sally-challen-to-go-free-as-murder-retrial-dropped-a4161771.html
THE ARGUS
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9080269.woman-arrested-at-beachy-head-in-court-accused-of-husbands-murder/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9103521.jealous-wife-who-threatend-to-jump-from-beachy-head-convicted-of-murder/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/16058672.woman-wins-bid-to-challenge-conviction-over-husbands-hammer-murder/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/16058999.woman-given-go-ahead-to-challenge-conviction-over-husbands-hammer-murder/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17466872.court-of-appeal-due-to-rule-in-sally-challen-murder-conviction-case/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17467401.conviction-of-sally-challen-for-murder-of-husband-quashed-and-retrial-ordered/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17467822.sally-challen-to-face-fresh-trial-after-murder-conviction-quashed/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17542358.victims-son-welcomes-fantastic-new-domestic-abuse-act-in-scotland/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17553289.woman-pleads-guilty-to-husbands-manslaughter-after-murder-conviction-quashed/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17553409.woman-accused-of-killing-husband-granted-bail-ahead-of-fresh-murder-trial/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17552734.woman-to-launch-bid-for-bail-in-coercive-control-murder-case/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17555161.mother-accused-of-hammer-attack-murder-freed-on-bail-ahead-of-retrial/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17553670.sons-overjoyed-at-release-of-mother-accused-of-hammer-attack-murder/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17691640.retrial-of-sally-challen-for-killing-husband-in-hammer-attack-scrapped/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17691840.sally-challen-family-overjoyed-at-decision-she-will-not-face-retrial/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17692770.sally-challen-at-end-of-long-road-after-admitting-manslaughter-of-husband/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17692213.sally-challen-walks-free-from-court-after-admitting-manslaughter-of-husband/
METRO NEWS
https://www.metro.news/wife-who-killed-controlling-husband-with-a-hammer-wins-murder-retrial/1455479/
https://www.metro.news/need-to-know-woman-freed-from-prison-ahead-of-murder-retrial-over-husbands-death/1505692/
https://www.metro.news/need-to-know-sally-challen-retrial-for-husband-murder-is-scrapped/1589633/
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