Season 4 - Episode 36

DESCRIPTION:

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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