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I Am Emma Humphreys

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Last broadcast on Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4.

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Dramatisation by Shelley Silas of the true story of Emma Humphreys, who in 1985, aged 16, murdered her pimp, Trevor Armitage, who had found her homeless on the streets of Nottingham.

Emma's case changed the law and may yet contribute to further controversial changes in the defence laws for murder.

Emma Humphreys ...... Joanne Froggatt
Trevor Armitage ...... Stephen Critchlow
Stuart ...... Delroy Brown
Vera Baird ...... Susan Jameson
Harriet Wistrich ...... Lynne Verrall
Lord Justice Hirst ...... David Hargreaves
Nottingham Judge ...... Stephen Hogan

Directed by Claire Grove.

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  1. Fri 25 Sep 2009
    21:00

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