GUILTY UK - Richard Challen, 61, Killed by Wife in Hammer Attack, Surrey, 14 Aug 2011

[Joolz1975]

Thanks so much LB for the updates didn't realise their was a thread on this until just now.

Been following on Twitter.

I would have thought she would have got bail to be honest.

 

[Alyce]

Bail hearing tomorrow for Sally



David Challen‏ @David_Challen 2h2 hours ago


Tomorrow at 09.30 our mother’s bail and plea hearing will be heard at The Old Bailey, Court 1. For the first time in 9 years our mother could be released and with us. The @cpsuk are fighting her release. Come support our mother’s continued fight for justice!

 

[jessie]

Sally got bail !

Sally Challen admits killing husband
A woman accused of killing her husband in a hammer attack has been granted bail after pleading guilty to his manslaughter.

Sally Challen, 65, admitted killing 61-year-old Richard on 14 August 2010, but denied a charge of murder.

She was found guilty of murder in June 2011, but the conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal in February.

Challen, of Claygate in Surrey, appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link and was granted bail.

Mr Justice Edis set a trial date for July 1 "if necessary".

 

[Alyce]

This is just brilliant news, I am so pleased for Sally and her children, first step towards justice

 

[JerseyGirl]

Woman accused of killing husband granted bail ahead of fresh murder trial

Sally Challen granted bail as she awaits new trial for murder of husband

 

[jessie]

This is just brilliant news, I am so pleased for Sally and her children, first step towards justice

Very encouraging also as Judge Edis has set a trial date "if necessary". I am hoping time Sally has served will be adequate for her admittance of manslaughter, and she will be free.

O/T maybe but imo always seemed a great disparity in judgement between cases of men killing their partners and women committing the same.

 

[jessie]

Wife home after murder conviction quashed
Sally Challen at home after murder conviction quashed
snipped......*
Mr Challen, 31, posted a photograph of himself with his mother and brother James, 35, on Twitter on Saturday.

He wrote: "First day home with our mother after 9 years in prison."

Speaking outside the Old Bailey on Friday, he said he was "overjoyed" about her release, adding: "Our mother now rejoins our family."*

 

[Alyce]

Breaking...........

Just seen that Sally will not face a retrial ! Great news

 

[Alyce]

Press Association‏Verified account @PA




#Breaking Sally Challen, 65, who spent nearly a decade in jail for killing her abusive husband in a hammer attack will not face a retrial, a senior judge at the Old Bailey has announced

 

[Alyce]

Ms Challen was facing a murder retrial but the case was dropped altogether in a hearing at the Old Bailey after prosecutors accepted her manslaughter plea.





Sally Challen to go free as murder retrial dropped

 

[Alyce]

Sentencing later today for the manslaughter charge -

 

[Legally Bland]

Sentencing later today for the manslaughter charge -

I can't think of anything other than time served.

 

[Alyce]

I can't think of anything other than time served.

I agree Legally, she has done almost 9 years, surely they will go with that.

 

[Alyce]

They are back in court now, Sally’s defence outlining her case

 

[Alyce]

Ruling due at 3.15pm....

20 minutes time

 

[Legally Bland]

1. Rachael Venables‏Verified account @rachaelvenables 1m1 minute ago
   BREAKING: Sally Challen is free to go. Judge tells her he's going to give her a "substantial determinate prison sentence which you have already served." @LBC
   
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   Julian Druker‏Verified account @Julian5News 1m1 minute ago
   #BREAKING Sally Challen won’t have to return to prison
   
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[Alyce]

Excellent news, hope she can now rebuild and enjoy her life

 

[Kasmeer]

Looks like there'll be a programme about this one on Monday:

"The Case of Sally Challen is on BBC Two on Monday 9 December at 9pm"

'Mum killed Dad but we get to be happy again this Xmas'

 

[JerseyGirl]

The Case of Sally Challen review – inside the trial that changed everything for women

 

[Mrs Marple]

Very interesting documentary. Both of them displayed intolerable behaviour imho. The extent that her stalker like behaviour was a result of his treatment of her is an interesting thought. I'm not sure the evidence presented in the programme was enough to convince me she heard an existing personality disorder.

I totally understand how someone could just flip after all this years. Awful for the whole family.