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Case By Concept

Case By Concept

By: Tiggy Howells and James Green
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A true crime podcast with a focus on psychology!

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  • Diminished Responsibility and Mark Golds
    Aug 22 2025

    This case covers a domestic violence case and how a whole family can blow up at the hands of one person. Tiggy also educates James on the law of diminished responsibility.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M'Naghten_rules

    https://askewslegal.co/insights/criminal-law/the-defence-of-diminished-responsibility/#:~:text=The legal defence of diminished,consideration of mental health factors.

    https://www.britannica.com/science/mental-disorder

    https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1111/1556-4029.13789

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22879041

    https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/familys-heartbreak-beloved-harlow-mum-9531224

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2340134/Mark-Golds-Let-finish--Murderer-demanded-police-let-stab-girlfriend-arrested-moments-fatal-knife-attack.html

    https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/story/2013-06-12/harlow-killer-gets-life/

    https://vlex.co.uk/vid/r-v-golds-792604053

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-20115446

    https://www.lawteacher.net/cases/r-v-golds.php

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-18868258

    https://supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc_2015_0053_judgment_4d36e99af2.pdf

    https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2015-0053

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    22 mins
  • Secondary Victimisation and Omar Best
    Oct 16 2025

    Tiggy and James discover that a serious violent offence case can start within the prison walls itself. We explore the consequences for both the victim and the perpetrator of the crime and James goes on a rant in this seasons final episode.

    Definition:

    https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/thesaurus/terms/1248?language_content_entity=en

    In academia:

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372049228_Bringing_injustice_back_in_Secondary_victimization_as_epistemic_injustice

    https://uorth.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/orth_2002_sjr.pdf

    In a criminal case:

    https://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/24/justice/woman-blamed-for-her-rape/index.html

    https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/court-oks-life-sentences-for-inmate-who-raped-prison-clerk/

    https://www.pennlive.com/news/2015/12/inmate_who_raped_female_prison.html

    https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/crime/article42853008.html

    https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/crime/article42841938.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_–_Rockview

    https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2023/08/17/violent-impact-of-light-sound-prison/#:~:text=by David Annarelli, Prison Journalism,my ears to my spine.

    Photos:

    https://sociologysaviour.wordpress.com/tag/secondary-victimisation/

    https://centrehistory.org/article/sci-rockview/

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    35 mins
  • Conspiracy and Matthew Coleman
    Oct 10 2025

    Today we cover the very recent case regarding Matthew Coleman and his family. As always, listeners may find the details graphic. How can a conspiracy theory go too far? And at what point could this have been stopped, if at all?

    Definition:

    https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/

    In academia:

    https://philarchive.org/archive/PIGPRO#:~:text=According to Popper, the 'conspiracy,the conspiracies of the gods.

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131857.2021.1917364

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/conspiracy-theory

    In a criminal case:

    https://www.aol.com/matthew-coleman-qanon-dad-charged-124313246.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABFaIXNG6CBF3rkBYOq5yL_rk4ibZBeRSWv_6PME2pgVvPq10j3puigO3SJCJDRShVVSLIdkjhegrqNvzOAesM202I8esKELnCrqjh8q2sxuwA7dAvMLblPgopk4zYblJB6XFK8IYNRuvbH6Dmg19iNUjumBhHiUdtCYa_o7xFV1

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/santa-barbara-man-indicted-san-diego-killing-his-children-mexico

    https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21040988-matthew-taylor-coleman-fbi-docs/

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-dad-killed-kids-serpent-dna/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1gpet92/on_august_9th_2021_it_is_alleged_that_matthew/

    Photos:

    matthew-coleman-b2106286.html

    https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/arraignment-postponed-for-santa-barbara-man-charged-with-murdering-his-children

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-21/qanon-the-conspiracy-web-creeping-into-u-s-politics-quicktake

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    26 mins
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