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@Selena_Tuohy @fionagoddarduk It's called "Grooming Gangs: Fiona's Story". You'll find it on Open Justice UK's channels on YouTube and Spotify: @OpenJusticeUK" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@OpenJusticeUK

Please take the time to watch and share this podcast. In this episode, I speak more openly and honestly about grooming — how it started, how it slowly escalated, and how it took hold of my life. This isn’t my whole story, and it never could be in one conversation, but it is a deeply personal look at the abuse connected to the men who were sentenced in relation to my case. Court transcripts only ever show fragments. They don’t capture the fear, the manipulation, the confusion, or the impact it has on your life. In this podcast, I try to fill in some of those gaps and give a fuller, more human picture of what really happened. Sharing this isn’t easy, but it matters. If you can, please listen and help share it.

@GrantqSall4777 @bindelj @fionagoddarduk @aswren @meIisactu @TomDavenport It's been an honour to be part of the team.

@bindelj @fionagoddarduk @aswren @meIisactu @innesbowen @TomDavenport Once again Julie Bindel you are amazing!!! Much love to you and Fiona.

I want to thank @aswren @meIisactu @bindelj @innesbowen @TomDavenport and everyone else who has been involved in this. This process has been incredibly difficult for me, both emotionally and mentally, and I truly couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to have around me during that time. Your support has meant more than I can put into words. This podcast is being released in three parts, with Part One coming out today. I sincerely hope you’ll take the time to listen. My hope is that it helps people better understand how this type of abuse works, how it happens. The systemic failures, and how so many people end up becoming victims. If any good can come from what I went through, I hope it’s that it brings awareness, understanding, and maybe even comfort to someone who needs it. This isn’t my full story—just a deeper insight into what happened. I’ve already begun working on the next chapter: writing a book. It will be the first and only time my story is told from beginning to end, in my own words, wrote by me. I’m grateful to have some truly wonderful people supporting me through that process.

Today we’re publishing the full trial transcripts of Fiona Goddard (@fionagoddarduk). Available to read now on transcripts.openjusticeuk.org. This is a landmark moment, the first publication of much of a full trial transcript in modern British legal history. There are sections redacted that fall broadly into three areas: -Discussion of Victim B, who had an allegation against one of the men and has not waived her anonymity in the way Fiona has. -Discussions of admissibility of evidence that wasn’t used, & discussions about personal details that were spoken when the jury wasn’t present. -Discussions amongst the legal counsel of other cases or things not pertaining to this case. The general approach was to publish everything that was said while the jury was sitting, and legal discussions around precedent and process that didn’t deal with personal information while the jury was absent. We think it’s an incredible insight into how trials, particularly grooming trials are conducted.

I live in Epping, home of The Bell Hotel. This podcast is based on a forthcoming article I have written for The Observer. I’ve tried to remain true to the newspaper’s name: watching and listening rather than taking sides.

Today I listened to this podcast from start to finish in one go whilst doing Sunday jobs like walking the dogs. I couldn't stop because I knew the story but not the details.A gripping listen Audible.co.uk/iamnotnicholas Brilliant journalism by @JaneMacSorley

@clairestruma @JaneMacSorley @helenclifton @radioemma Thanks Claire. We’d love it if you wrote this as a review on Audible.

Just out! It’s been some year working on this incredible story along with top colleagues @innesbowen @helenclifton @radioemma amongst others at BBC Studios. Go on have a listen! The sample that you can hear when you click on link might tempt you. audible.co.uk/iamnotnicholas

@StephenPaulStew @Sunday_Post There’s a podcast serial just out about the case too: audible.co.uk/pd?asin=B0BTZ7…

The latest twisted chapter of a sinister conman's lives and lies... @Sunday_Post #buyapaper #TomorrowsPapersToday

Gripped by this! And honoured to have a bit part alongside its stars: @jimbooth10 @richardwatson1 @masoodkhan and ofcourse @shivmalik

Watch the full report tonight on #newsnight Read John Sweeney’s article: bbc.in/2RAwO2f 22:30 @BBCTwo | @johnsweeneyroar

Fair enough. Recently I have done stories for @BBCNewsnight on Khashoggi, Chinese state brainwashing and bad housing in UK. I have a rule that if you do grim stuff, it’s OK to gently mock power. I do both.

Watch the full interview with Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee here: bit.ly/2qia2Qx #newsnight

TONIGHT: Hospital staff who saved the lives of poisoned Russians Sergei and Yulia Skripal have revealed they did not expect the victims of the nerve agent attack to survive. Full report from @markurban01 22:30 @BBCTwo bbc.in/2GY73mk #newsnight

This is a fascinating interview, and whatever you may think of Bannon, contains a cogent attack on globalisation and the "global elites." twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/s…

Sources: Sergei Skripal has been discharged from hospital. A remarkable job by the doctors and nurses who looked after him given his critical condition after being poisoned #NHS #Skripal

"FBI director Comey was serving at the discretion of the president. If the president decided to fire me after 11 days you dust yourself off and get back in the game," @Scaramucci on James Comey #newsnight

"I don't dislike him, I actually feel sorry for him as a person." James Comey on @realDonaldTrump. Full interview here: bbc.in/2vtDE2U #newsnight

Billionaire energy tycoon Oleg Deripaska is one of several Russian oligarchs hit by US sanctions today. Watch @johnsweeneyroar’s film on Deripaska’s links to the UK here: bbc.in/2GC5Wxe #newsnight

TONIGHT: It's @EvanHD presenting - join us at 22:30 on BBC Two #newsnight

The Times reported today that Russian factory Shikhany was the source of the novichok chemical used to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Here is the exclusive footage obtained by #newsnight of the factory. twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/s…