Para 507: while pregnant with Ellie’s sibling, the mother committed benefit fraud. Para 344: …’other than the injuries found in Ellie’s head …she was a well cared for infant …If that was the scenario, then there is no culpability, it was a reaction to a frightening situation and event’. NB No mention is made of findings that parents threatened MGP, other than to record that this finding was made. Para 51: ‘I have not read the judgments of HHJ Atkins dated 29th January and 28th April nor the summing up to the jury of HHJ Stow in March 2009 as I did not wish to be influenced in any way by another Judge of first instance’ Seeing the case through a lens – ‘a tragedy for a loving couple’ See further Some features of the evidence to consider Paragraphs from 2012 court judgment.And just how much weight the ‘balance of probabilities’ can bear – is it ever wise to ‘exonerate’ on the balance of probabilities?.How those facts should be analysed – but Judges also bring their own interpretations to the facts.What facts we put before the court – Judges can only decide the case in front of them.Accepting that principle, we need to be clear: The courts can only decide the case that is put in front of them. In fact what is now obvious is that both the mother and father were being untruthful about the nature and quality of their relationship” “Hogg J denied as she was of the text messages and an understanding of the violence endemic in the relationship, found the evidence of both parents to be impressive and truthful. “Good practice would suggest that when parents are considered to be threatening or hostile, any presumption that they are different with their children should be rigorously tested” The dangers inherent in imposing our own ‘narrative drive’ upon the facts we know may lead us to ignore other facts or see them through the particular lens of our own confirmation bias. “You are a self-absorbed, ill-tempered, violent and domineering man who, I am satisfied, regarded your children and your partner as trophies, having no role other than to fit in with your infantile and sentimentalised fantasy of family life with you as the patriarch whose every whim was to be responded to appropriately.” Why were such different views held about Ben Butler? woke up in a rage already… been in place so many times… My hands r shaking… One more mistake I am going to lose it. She saw the look of love in his eyes and face…” His manner can be seen by some as rude and aggressive but the mother says there is a much softer side to him. He came through as a reflective, thoughtful individual who at times over-reacts through frustration.
#UNHERD BIAS FREE#
“Once free from the shadow of blame… they are going to change” The changing perceptions of the nature of Ben Butler. Sarah concludes that we all need to be aware of the dangers of confirmation bias and how much we need to tell ourselves stories to make sense of difficult and painful issues. Further notes of the contributions given by Lucy Reed and Andrew Pack, along with discussion with the audience, will be available shortly on the Transparency Project website. These are the notes of a talk given by Sarah Phillimore to the London Resolution group on 3rd October 2016.
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