Parents of Christopher Edwards, who having been arrested in 1994 for breach of the peace was murdered in in his cell by a schizophrenic cellmate. Their statement to the Inquiry was to place on record that all journalists and news outlets they had had contact with in the aftermath of this event were more sympathetic and supportive than the official bodies with whom they had had to deal.
Voluntary group set up in 1993 for "victims of media abuse", supported by concerned journalists, media lawyers and Clive Soley MP. Soley had sought to establish an independent body to defend press freedom and adjudicate on complaints against the press with his proposed bill, Freedom and Responsibility of the Press.
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Organisation providing a befriending service to members of families and close friends bereaved by murder and manslaughter. Chief executive Rose Dixon submitted written evidence concerning the trauma experienced by the bereaved when reading graphic accounts in the press and calling for restraint by the media.
Group consisting of Jacqui Hames, Max Mosley, Mary-Ellen Field, Mark Thomson, Bob Dowler, Hugh Grant, Evan Harris, Gerry McCann and John Prescott identified as the initial victims of the phone hacking scandal.
