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Jamie Roberton
@jamieroberton.bsky.social
Journalist, Channel 4 News | Long-suffering West Ham fan
🚨Exclusive: The scale of the mental health emergency inside UK policing.

Our investigation has revealed at least 100 police suicides in just three years.

“This is a tragedy that policing must confront,” sources warn

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Exclusive: At least 100 police suicides in three years, investigation uncovers
At least 100 police officers and staff have taken their own lives in three years, a Channel 4 News investigation has uncovered.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🚨Exclusive: A grieving mother is being threatened with prosecution unless she deletes a damning review into police failings in her daughter's case.

We reported on Danielle Charters-Christie's story last year - police conduct since has raised alarm

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Exclusive: Mother told to delete review into daughter’s death or risk prosecution
A grieving mother who believes her daughter died in suspicious circumstances is now being threatened with possible prosecution unless she deletes a highly critical official review into police actions.
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April 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Exclusive: Domestic abuse victim was told to kill herself while in a psychiatric hospital.

As @jamieroberton.bsky.social reports, Ashleigh Inskip went on to take her own life - just one of a number of domestic abuse victims driven to suicide.

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Exclusive: Domestic abuse victim received messages in psychiatric hospital telling her to kill herself
Reporting of Ashleigh Inskip’s case comes as the National Police Chiefs’ Council said figures showed that the number of suicides following domestic abuse continue to be higher than killings in relatio...
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March 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚨 Exclusive: The Crown Prosecution Service says it is “actively” assessing “a number of cases” similar to Kiena Dawes’.

One of the country’s most senior prosecutors tells me that domestic abusers will be pursued if their victims take their own lives

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Kiena Dawes: Domestic abuser Ryan Wellings cleared of manslaughter
Ryan Wellings was convicted of subjecting Kiena Dawes to prolonged domestic abuse and assault, but acquitted of the more serious charge
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January 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Deserved recognition for Steve Mallen in the New Year’s Honours List.

It’s nearly 10 years since he lost his son Edward to suicide and he’s fought for change ever since.

“I dedicate this to my lovely lad,” he says.

Our 2017 interview:

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https://www.itv.com/news/2017-11-15/edward-mallen-zero-suicide-grieving-father-who-wants-to-eradicate-suicide-in-the-uk
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December 31, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Our reporting on a historic day for France and the fight against sexual violence.

We witnessed Gisèle Pelicot - a new global icon - walk into court once again with her head held night as her rapists are jailed

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Gisèle Pelicot: feminist icon lauded as rapists are jailed
Gisèle Pelicot insisted upon waiving her right to anonymity to make the four-month trial public and force a debate on problematic attitudes towards sexual violence.
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December 20, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Morning breaks outside the courthouse in Avignon.

Quite incredible scenes as #GisèlePelicot’s supporters gather to sing her name.

All while dozens of rape suspects file pass, covering their faces with masks or balaclavas - bags packed ready for prison 🧵
December 19, 2024 at 8:27 AM
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Further youth service cuts will put young people at increased risk, campaigners say.

The warning comes as a new study shows youth clubs play a vital role for children affected by violence.

@riachatter.bsky.social and @jamieroberton.bsky.social explain:

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Council funding crisis risks further explosion in knife violence, campaigners warn
New research, shared with Channel 4 News, suggests that children directly affected by violence are twice as likely to regularly attend youth clubs as those who have not.
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December 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Sara Sharif is not the first to be murdered by those meant to love and protect - just the latest smiling young face to be held up as a symbol of this country’s child protection failings.

What chance the “lessons will learned” rhetoric will actually mean something this time?

My piece:
December 13, 2024 at 12:52 PM
An absolutely devastating account of Sara Sharif's case.

A short life defined by extreme violence at the hands of those who should have loved her

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Behind Sara Sharif’s smile was a life of violence and torture
Sara Sharif was sassy, bubbly and dreamed of being on X-factor - but behind closed doors she was brutally beaten.
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December 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Exclusive: Harshita Brella sent WhatsApps in distress before she was killed.

We’ve seen one threatening message sent by her husband - the murder suspect - to Harshita, saying: “If you have the courage, talk back to me - see what happens”

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Exclusive: Harshita Brella sent WhatsApps in distress before she was murdered
The 24-year-old was found dead in the boot of a car in east London on 14 November, with her husband Pankaj Lamba named as the prime suspect in her killing.
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November 28, 2024 at 6:17 PM
First post here and on a critical but hidden issue - the sheer scale of economic abuse in the UK.

The government has been urged to go further in clamping down on how abusers are able to trap women by financial means.

Very grateful to Rebecca for sharing her horrendous ordeal

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https://www.channel4.com/news/financial-abuse-leaves-nearly-one-million-women-trapped-in-uk
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November 27, 2024 at 5:13 PM