Emma, I never see any other true crime channel or outlet pointing out the issue with blaming horrific, violent behavior on drug addiction. As an opiate addict with 11 years clean and also having lost my very sweet, gentle older brother and younger sister also to opiate addiction, I really appreciate you saying how most addicts are not violent and it’s not a reason for someone to commit this type of act. I wish more channels would take up this advocacy for addicts because it’s a very harmful yet largely untrue stereotype that prevents addicts from getting the help and support they so desperately need.
Absolutely agree. Not all addicts will rob their granny for dru§ money, not all addicts will lose all their morals to the addiction. From my personal experience and IMHO. Oh and well done on 11 years opiate free. That's quite an accomplishment - the slang term "devil's dandruff" is 100% fitting and accurate to describe the most popular street opiate. It's a subtle and insidious substance in how it gains control over a person and I'm very sorry you lost your loves ones to the awful stuff 😔
@@WakeyWakeyEggsandBakey thank you for the kind words! I won’t say I never did anything illegal during my addiction- just taking my drug of choice every day was illegal but I will say I have zero criminal record and both of my siblings died also with zero criminal record. Most addicts do have criminal records at some point but the large majority are for petty theft and possession, not violent crimes. Thanks again for your insight and empathy 💖
Addiction is a hell of a disease… but I agree with you. Many props to you for pulling out, standing for yourself and your siblings (now that they can’t, so sorry for your loss), and being honest about the dark. I hope you know that you ARE and prove the light. Stay strong. For every one of us SAYING we support you, there are 100 others who read this and are silently supporting. Don’t forget that when you might need a reminder….
I’m sobbing already and haven’t even started watching yet 😢 I worked with Claire, she was such a beautiful person and so devoted to little Robbie. Thank you for covering her story and showing what an evil rat that monster is! ❤
I had a friend murdered and her husband was a suspect...yeah, he got away with it. Living his best life free as a bird. She was beaten to death, 2 little boys left in the house to find her body. I would give anything to see a judgement like this. I'm sorry for all in this, except him, all of you who have lost her. Keep her safe in your heart.
As a woman affected by domestic violence from 3 husbands and men friends with several attempts to take my life, I understand completely how easy it is for a woman in particular, to be manipulated and sucked in at the beginning with 'love bombing'. I didn't die, but through one of my husband being a 'narcissist', I have been abandoned by my three children. I ran away overseas only to have more abuse from Nigerian men who conned me out of all my money ($120,000+). Because I didn't lie and was always honest, I thought everyone else was too, especially if they were Vietnamese or African. I am now out of dreamland, but now suffering the consequences of PTSD, in many ways. However, I am now at peace and it will not happen again, as I cannot really walk now and so do not have friends and keep to myself. My joy in life is studying Creative Writing and use my experiences in fictional stories and poetry etc. Thank you for your expertise and sensitivity in your podcasts. You are my favourite. Cheers, Elizabeth.
This was a hard one. At 18, I was Claire. You described perfectly how abusers lure in people who only want their love to change and help. By the time the blinders come off, they are living in a hell they have no clue how to leave, isolated from anyone who wants to help them. I got really lucky and managed to get out, but it cost me years of my life in therapy finding the person I was again. Your advice to look beyond your feelings and into their actions is spot on! There were so many red flags that I ignored thinking I was the one who could change everything for the better. Please, if anyone reading this is in this type of relationship, get out as quickly and safely as you can!! You will not change them and it will cost you more than you have in you if you stay and could cost you your life. 😢
Oh sweetheart, I'm sorry you went through this. I've had a relationship that quickly turned violent but I was lucky in that his friends made sure he'd stay away and then I had another relationship and had a baby with someone who was very abusive though would push and shove me and keep me from leaving the room to attend to our baby. Unfortunately he was in our lives for a few years and made our lives hell. I really hope you are in a good place now and know that he was a predator and you are a good person who just believes in the good of people and absolutely did not deserve any of that. ❤
@@anniej1834 Thank you! It was a long time ago, I am 59 now and went on to find an amazing man who has been my husband for 28 years, and have a son and a bonus daughter that are now amazing adults in healthy relationships. I still get so very sad hearing about those you did not have that outcome. I have volunteered over the years helping in women’s shelters. It is such an awfully hard road to escape and so misunderstood by those who haven’t experienced it. Merry Christmas to you also and have a very blessed New Year!
@@mystifiedmargot1970 thanks! I am now 59, happily married to an amazing man for 28 years and have 2 amazing kids and their partners! It’s been a great life after therapy and perhaps it all had to happen to get where I am now. I help DV victims and have for years as I know exactly how it feels and that has blessed me probably as much as those I have been able to help. He was a predator and he knew how to pick his prey well! I am grateful I didn’t have children in the mix, that had to be even more terrifying as I can’t imagine my children in danger also!!
Emma thank you for explaining coercive control in such an easy to recognise way. I wish I had heard this at 21 - you are bob on and I recognised my younger self. I still hadn’t understood how insidious the controller was until I watched this, 30 years later. Claire’s parents remind me of my own and I didn’t realise how they were seeing the situation. You’re saving lives Emma ❤❤
Like I’ve said Emma doesn’t get the sponsors like other lazy UA-camrs give Emma her flowers she’s constantly putting work in and only just had a baby and still giving us this amazing in detail content amazing Emma
Abusers don't change! Their violence only escalates until you're either murdered or are certain your going to be! I left mine after five horrible years back in 2005 and I'm safe, happy and loved. Don't Stay! You deserve happiness and kindness! TY Emma, you are awesome as usual! I love you all!❤
This one was so very hard for me to get through. I had to repeatedly rewind over and over because this story was so close to what I went through in my early 20s. No one understands that this doesn't happen overnight. Men like him have a way of even after hitting and hurting you making YOU feel sorry for HIM. What he did and how he was was so close to my abuser. The difference was that a 12 year old boy that lived close to me called the police the night I needed it most. It was bad. He got 20 years for what he did to me it was really bad. He only actually did 12 years and they let him out without telling me and he showed up at my home. I was supposed to be told if and when he got out but I wasn't and was blindsided. He sent some woman to my door to try and get me out thank God I recognized him sitting in the car . The police couldn't do anything because my protective order was only good for five years. I didn't know he was out. He never came back but I still after 26 years have nightmares. They just sneak up on me. Poor Claire. My granddaughters name is Claire. This brought back painful memories.
Thank you for the extra episode! But seriously, don’t overwork yourself. You are amazing and your work is fantastic, but I hope you’re getting rest too.
Damn Emma Marie, putting in overtime all over the place. Have you gone and cloned yourself? Excellent, AS ALWAYS. Thank you for being the best educated, best researched, with the best skillset, to deliver the quality your deliver week after week. You hard work never goes unnoticed. Sorry I have been absent from KCC recently, CRPS and Oregon winters are most unpredictable. You are appreciated. XX
I watched your video Emma and can I just say of all the videos out there this one was accurate and done so well . Thank you for taking the time to make this and get the message out to people . Maybe just maybe someone will watch this and recognise themselves or someone in their lives and get help before something dreadful happens to them It is too late for Claire but people like yourself Emma we are eternally grateful to for highlighting her case and just how quickly a perpetrator can change someone's life around Yes he should never walk the streets again he is a danger to women and was a time bomb waiting to go off RIP Claire 💜💜
really struggled with this one, horribly close to home, well done again Emma, your'e such a natural story teller, and your compassion for the victim always shines through. xx
You're the biggest Empath I have ever had the pleasure to listen to..some things hit home hard but I am grateful 🙏 My heart breaks for the whole family 💔💔
Absolutely tragic story. I broke down when I first heard about this as I used to live next door to Claire. My son is a few months older than hers, when we lived there we had regular garden play dates. She was such a pleasant lady, an amazing mum and just a really nice person. When I think about what she went through, my heart breaks even more. Thank you for covering this story, Emma, I’m just so sad that you had this story to cover. I am very glad that scum is behind bars, where he deserves to be. I know her little boy will make his mummy proud as he grows up ❤
I worked with a vile woman; two faced, judgmental, loved to gossip, etc. it was written all over her face. She once told us an anecdote where she was flying somewhere. As the guards checked her passport, one nudged the other and they looked at her photograph and started laughing. Those people see literally thousands of passports, yet they actively laughed at her. Of course, I’m so stupid, I thought the best of her. Silly me 🙄!
I remember watching the drama Merdered by My Boyfriend that you mentioned. Very powerful drama and I know of a couple of girls who left their relationships because of it which very likely saved their lives. You did Claire justice Emma. ❤
This was hard to listen to, thank you for the real anger, sadness you show us and all emotions that this has provoked in you, you give the victims a voice that is fair and just - the judge was f’kin amazing, his insight, and words must have helped her parents, friends and relatives. May every day of his 23 years contain, pain, torture, humiliation, hard beatings and abject fear to even leave your cell. I’m so sorry Clare and Clare’s family, especially your little boy 😢
Nice to see you covering this, I live nearby and it's such a tragic case. Minor point of correction I don't think Stirling is Scotland's smallest city anymore as Dunfermline was recently given city status.
Thanks for bringing coverage to this case! I’ve never heard about Claire before ❤ May she rest in heaven and only have peace from now on. Not enough is done anywhere around the world for domestic abuse/violence
I love your channel I rarely miss an episode. I’ve had a couple of narcissistic relationships (obv I am still alive) but they cause absolute devastation that I wouldn’t wish in anyone. You explain really well how these relationships work and it’s really educational for the people who have not experienced it and validating for the people that have. I’m pretty sure I’d never fall into this horrific trap with anyone else.
Your way of covering horrific cases is so respectful and satisfying. Standing up for victims including their loved ones is beautiful. I also ALWAYS agree with your ideas of possible ways to sentence/punish the low life perpetrators! I just wanted to add a little comment to this particular perpetrator. The image of him in the water in his bathing suit with his arms up like he has something to brag about, I think this might bring some insight into why he was so angry and had to pick on people that couldn’t defend themselves against him. He’s a tiny man and it really shows in that swimsuit pic…..barely. I’ll just leave it at that. 😉 Rest in peace, beautiful Claire .
Two way conversations...like when shes talking to herself ? 😅 im just joking..Miss Em is amazing and gives me a giggle when she has these two way conversations lol
Emma, I wish I'd known about coercive control 55yrs ago when I met my bully. He was 6'1" and I was 4'11" so I didn't stand a chance against him . The threats and bullying started within 2wks of meeting him. I was 18 and very naive, still a kid really, and out fear I married him. Had 2 lovely kids and became really submissive and afraid. Eventually started drinking to cope and addicted to tranquilizers, and after 16yrs was able to leave him, but because I was so unwell I had to leave the kids with him. Oh the agony!! I'm now 70 and clean and sober for 37yrs. 😊 . My son and daughter have nothing to do with him, haven't for yrs, and the bully is now on his 3rd marriage and from what I've heard he's controlling her too. My heart hurts for all the women in these terrible situations. RIP Claire and much love to her grieving family.❤
I realize this is an old post but it touched me so much! Great job Emma! This is such a horrible example of a male-centric society who put so little value on the lives of women that acts like this happen over and over! It's such important information to get out to teenage girls because these kind of men can come into a girls life at any point! I sent this link to my 17 year old granddaughter. I can't imagine her becoming involved with such a man! Thank you so much for doing this work❤
It's very disheartening that Claire knew all she knew & felt a foreboding but still went on to have a relationship with this being..it's VERY difficullt not to victim blame her a bit.. especially her bringing this" guy" around her son!!😨 if despite all the alarm signals this happened what hope do we have for the safety of our kids??😥😥😵💔
My heart goes out to Claire, her baby boy and family 💔🙏🏾 R.I.P Claire❤️ glad this evil b&stard got life and justice has been served! I hope he never gets out It's sad that there will be more cases of these awful abusive killers😓
You really gave this poor girl legacy Emma ..thank you for all the hard work you put in.My heart is broken for Claire and her family ..i hope that vile excuse for a human never sees the outside world again
I really appreciate your composure in this case Emma. I'd have been much worse. Thank you for covering this case I haven't heard of it before. Rest in peace Claire ❤️
Thanks again. Emma ❤Hope he rots behind bars! RIP Claire. You deserved to live life & feel safe. I am so sorry the vile monster took your life 💔thoughts & prayers go to your family & loved ones 🙏🏻
'you can't judge someone based on your feelings towards them, you have to judge them based on their actions' 👏👏 Very well put. I wish someone had told me this when I was younger. It is so difficult, especially when you are young and a good person, but you have to let your logic take a front seat in those situations bc predators, abusive people use your emotion as a weapon against you. It shouldn't be that way, but it is, and putting your feelings aside to assess the real life situation could literally save your life.
Every time I watch one of your videos, it helps heal another small piece of me, it helps me realise what I've survived. Thank you for helping me heal. Xx
Emma you are so professional and compassionate at what you do I always find my self looking away when you show the defendant I will definitely see you again on Sunday
Thank you for giving this case the spotlight needed. So many women and men are living in coercively controlling relations and they might just recognise themselves here. ❤
Well I had a terrible childhood, I didn't drink or take drugs, and I certainly haven't killed anyone. NO EXCUSE for being a total evil selfish scumbag. This makes my piss boil !!!! Please excuse my language, Emma I don't know how you keep your cool x
@@HiNickCares I once sold it too I dated dealers. We were as addicted as our friends who bought it. We are both clean now ..me and my ex. i went to college got my degree and I work as a paralegal, i have a 6 yr old and my life is amazing now. It was once hell. Your past doesn't always dictate your future. It's easy to judge if you've never been there
The law in Scotland around protecting women from violent men is beyond a joke. It was while living in Glasgow my ex beat me unconscious & called for ambulance admitting to it but he never had any punishment. I was told no action could be taken because in Scotland they need a witness... So I suppose they argued I could have stamped on my own head as the evidence pointed on top of punching my own eye shut etc 🤦♀️. The message that sends to these peices of shit is terrifying & this poor woman was a victim of Scotlands woeful lack of providing adequate protection & also strong enough deterrents. The fact they sent this reckless violent parasite to live with a new gf speaks volumes about how little the system there gives a shit about keeping women safe. I was taken aback by how spot on the Scottish judge got it tho, reassured me there is logic somewhere in the system, but sadly it seems it takes committing a murder to get to it. My heart breaks for this family, it would have been different if he wasn't allowed to live with her xx
Around 1943 about a week after my adoptive mother's wedding in Herreid, South Dakota (population 414) her husband hit her. I didn't hear how bad. Her father immediately had the marriage annulled. She moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where she worked as a waitress while pregnant with her daughter where they met my adoptive father who never hit them or me. Fast forward to Tucson, Arizona now. I live alone, don't go out after dark, don't commit crimes, and see my friends only during the day when witnesses and I have a clear view. This is Scottish-smart so I've heard. If I was married, raising children and living in a council flat in Britain I'd at least have separate beds and try for separate bedrooms. Also, be with friends and family as much as possible. Bottom line: Distance is my best friend (forever, BFF).
I'm in Scotland and was being stalked by a guy who had just got out the jail for breaking a policeman's jaw and when I called because he was creeping round my house in the middle of the night, wherever I went there he was and the police said they couldn't do anything to him unless he physically hurt me so yeah I got a big dog.
A coercive controlling relationship is so hard to understand the workings. You don't see it when you are in it. You don't see the red flags. If you could, it wouldn't succeed.
I haven't got to the end yet, but I remember the case in the news. Firstly, why was this man allowed out in the first place, and secondly, he should NEVER be let out EVER.
I Love the way that you approach each and every tragic case. You humour is also Brilliant, tinged with Entertaining sarcasm! You are Simply The Best! ❤️
Thank you for your efforts, dear Em. I wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas time. The most beautiful present lies kicking beside the tree, your Christmas angel Etta-Blue with big shining eyes. Merry Xmas ❤❤❤🎄🎁🌟🎄🎅
I love your attitude towards these animals,rugby team 👍 I like it ! Me and my daughter came to see your show in Leicester,you are amazing,and teach us a lot ,thank you 💗
12.33 am here. Super excited for another brilliant deep dive. Will listen as i fall asleep. Then again tomorrow morning ❤. Thanks beautiful Em for working so hard on your content. ❤
This case chills me to my core, the perpetrator reminds me so much of my ex, painter and decorator, drugs, violent, a coercive controller, abusive both mentally and physically. He actually injured me so bad in one assault, that our then 9 yr old son witnessed, my back was seriously injured I was partially disabled and that's when the abuse really started. I finally left him when I knew I would be killed. I put a restraining order on him for 4 years and divorced him. His next victim he slit her throat in front of her young kids. They saved her life, she got 150 stitches and a week in hospital, she left him. He has never been charged and is not in jail. He ruined my life, I lost my 7 yr job because of my injury and almost 15 years later I still have days when I'm bedridden in tears from pain. It also ruined our son's life witnessing all the abuse.
Emma, we so so so appreciate you. Your efforts to go into full detail and how so truthful you are on your own feelings are amazing! I’ve been watching you for many many years including tv. I grew up wanting to become a lawyer helping victims including children. You make that even more important in my life! Thank you so much for amazing content and such full explanations on everything you cover! Wish you a fantastic 2024❤️❤️❤️
She seems like the sort of soul who thought and saw the best in everyone she met...this is such a hard thing to happen to such a beautiful girl who had everything to live for and he destroyed her.. so sad for her family and her friends and mosty her poor son...what avway to lose such a wonderful mother 💔
I agree. She saw the best in people & was incredibly loyal & forgiving. Exactly the qualities in a woman that those sort of reprehensible violent bastards are attracted to.🥺
There is no way he should be let out. He is a real danger to society 100%. What I think of this is that poor child has now lost two parents, so hopefully his grandparents will take him in and give him a loving home. RIP Clare ❤
We have Kinship of her son and he is living his best life as he can without her we are making sure of that and Claire's sister and her partner love him so much as well and he loves them too
I read about this, in the local news, as I am a few miles from Stirling. Thanks for covering it. It's something that should have received more national coverage, as it's an education for people, who are in these controlling relationships, male or female. This area is very much still in an era, where men are the bosses. Not making excuses for him at all but there's still loads of this attitude about. Time that changed!
I am so glad you called out the FM of Scotland and SNP on this they recently made it law that anyone who committed a crime under the age of 24 their sentence has to be towards rehabilitation and not jail regardless of the severity of the crime, meaning recently a man who at the age of 17 raped a 13 year old in a park got off with community service in the area where he and his victim lives much to the frustration of the judge. SNP are loosing support for passing some crazy laws like this as now they have taken away serious consequences to serious actions it is putting a lot of people at risk to these predators
The SNP are so busy giving "Trans" women and self ID people rights, they've forgotten about real women and their now reduced view in social settings, sports, and government accountability.
If she lost her kids' dad, her fella in a sudden death, that would have caused her to go into survival mode... while in survival mode, we dissociate from reality. We make terrible decisions cause survival mode can lead to confusion. We can end up in situations that they don't even like. Dissonance. I don't judge, I understand.
Oh how easy it is to judge with hindsight and from the sidelines. The worlds a better place with all you perfect ascended masters of humanity who never made a mistake or bad choice 🤦🏼♀️
This absolutely hits hard for me I lived around the corner from Claire such a genuine gentle lassie I hope he rots for what he did absolute monster he always had evil in his eyes !
I know psychopaths can be very convincing in putting on a front but I struggle to understand what she saw in him. A victim of her own goodness. Terrible for the parents to see this play out.
@@WakeyWakeyEggsandBakey yes. Classic "I'm the one that can save him' thinking that some women do. But people have to be determined to change - at the very least.
Yes, I’m struggling to see how she changed her opinion of him, and then took him in when he came out of jail!! She’d only been going out with him for two months, and a month of that he was incarcerated. Why was she not more careful about having him around her son? If she really were putting her son’s needs before her own, she wouldn’t have done that.
12:40 Emma, I have watched every single one of your videos and I want to thank you. You helped me to realize that I was in a coercively controlling relationship and I am out of it now ❤ thank you.
I was in a relationship like this for 6 years I ended up on a ventilator for 3 months .. I got out but had to go back to my Rez to keep him away .. rest in absolute peace Claire fly high beautiful girl ❤❤❤
Thank you for this video Emma - quality as always! I know you are always on the look out for new deep dive cases to research and investigate. The tragic case of Darcey Freeman, an innocent little girl, who's ' Father ' threw her off the 70 metre high, Westgate Bridge, in Melbourne Australia, to punish the mother! Beyond human, Beyond belief. I thought this very worth, mentioning to you. Kindest thoughts 👍
Very sad 😢 case heartbreaking. I am so relieved that her son was staying with Claire's parents that night. Hopefully he was never physical abused by him. Heartbreaking 😢 hopefully her son gets the support he needs from the Grandparents & extending family.
I think this man was a murderer just waiting for a victim. As the mother of a daughter (who I adore, and consider a gift from God) this case horrifies me. This EVIL POS should NEVER walk the streets again.
Very sad case , just goes to show how beautiful young ( an older ) woman can be controlled, despicable! I also agree that not all people who have traumatic childhoods murder .. such a compassionate delivery Emma for this beautiful young woman thank you 💜
I wanted to stop watching this multiple times. It was so painful to listen to and to know what Claire went through is extremely heartbreaking. Her child is now an orphan and that monster has robbed a whole family of something irreplaceable. How can someone do something like this? & then for him to laugh? It's enraging and beyond disgusting. There is no excuse for doing that to another person, that man is simply an evil soul. I'm so sorry for Claire, I'm so so sorry this happened to her. May she rest in eternal peace.
Hi Emma, i just read about the case of David Stutt, of Wade Street, Bristol. He has just been sentenced for life after decades of sexually abusing his victims. Are you going to cover his case? I am especially interested as i live in Bristol, but somehow, i never heard of him till now. Love your videos, you do an amazing job at giving a real feel of the individuals and their families too on top of all the facts. Keep up the great work you do ❤
Thank you for this Emma you truly show the standards to set and the behaviour to be aware of and tolerate for woman as a whole. This will serve so many young woman I commend your so talking about this horrific case with such passion and dignity. I wish I had seen this type of video as a young woman. Thank you again and my deepest sympathy with the family.
Having been a victim of coercive control and multiple physical assaults due to domestic violence in 2022 this rings home a lot. If I hadn't managed escape out my sitting room window this could so easily have been a video of how my psycho ex killed me like he had sworn he was going to do. My heart goes out to Claire's family and friends. May she rest in peace.
It’s so very sad how girls/women find and stay with their abusers… Often makes me wonder if the said mentioned had a Dad who would swing for them. Also, when will the law change, that family and friends can press charges against abusers, without permission from the abused. It’s frustrating let alone dangerous, seeing and hearing what abuse someone goes through, just being there for them, really doesn’t help ….. To all women/MMEN watching, you are not the one who can these monsters, speak out and get out ❤
I would love to have you as my therapist, Emma. i dont have any, cos i am actualy afraid that i will find them stupid and not understanding.. You are very good in understanding human minds. No one can understand fully, as there is no way as per my opinion only. but you are good. I enjoy your videos and appreciate your consistensy. ) Thank you
You are amazing Emma and husband! You are so inspiring to all at your work ethics! Thank you for all you do esp for the voiceless and telling their stories! I now am proactive and my children as well. I am very careful esp with new people who love bomb! I watch a lot! I observe a lot! Due to you and husband and these cases! 🙏🙌🏼🥰
@@fionainglis603So very sorry for your loss. I hope your grandson is doing as well as he can be. Sorry for what you’ve been put through. Sending big love 💗 🙏🏽
A heartbreaking story, but sadly one that we hear more and more often. My heart goes out to claire's family and son. Our system needs changing, too many violent offends are allowed to be out in society to abuse and kill. TIME FOR CHANGE
Emma, I never see any other true crime channel or outlet pointing out the issue with blaming horrific, violent behavior on drug addiction. As an opiate addict with 11 years clean and also having lost my very sweet, gentle older brother and younger sister also to opiate addiction, I really appreciate you saying how most addicts are not violent and it’s not a reason for someone to commit this type of act. I wish more channels would take up this advocacy for addicts because it’s a very harmful yet largely untrue stereotype that prevents addicts from getting the help and support they so desperately need.
Absolutely agree. Not all addicts will rob their granny for dru§ money, not all addicts will lose all their morals to the addiction. From my personal experience and IMHO.
Oh and well done on 11 years opiate free. That's quite an accomplishment - the slang term "devil's dandruff" is 100% fitting and accurate to describe the most popular street opiate. It's a subtle and insidious substance in how it gains control over a person and I'm very sorry you lost your loves ones to the awful stuff 😔
My condolences for the loss of your siblings.
Congratulations to your sobriety 🎉 I'm so sorry for the loss of your siblings ❤❤
@@WakeyWakeyEggsandBakey thank you for the kind words! I won’t say I never did anything illegal during my addiction- just taking my drug of choice every day was illegal but I will say I have zero criminal record and both of my siblings died also with zero criminal record. Most addicts do have criminal records at some point but the large majority are for petty theft and possession, not violent crimes. Thanks again for your insight and empathy 💖
Addiction is a hell of a disease… but I agree with you. Many props to you for pulling out, standing for yourself and your siblings (now that they can’t, so sorry for your loss), and being honest about the dark.
I hope you know that you ARE and prove the light. Stay strong. For every one of us SAYING we support you, there are 100 others who read this and are silently supporting. Don’t forget that when you might need a reminder….
I’m sobbing already and haven’t even started watching yet 😢 I worked with Claire, she was such a beautiful person and so devoted to little Robbie. Thank you for covering her story and showing what an evil rat that monster is! ❤
Peace, love and prayers sent to you and her family💔💔
I had a friend murdered and her husband was a suspect...yeah, he got away with it. Living his best life free as a bird. She was beaten to death, 2 little boys left in the house to find her body. I would give anything to see a judgement like this. I'm sorry for all in this, except him, all of you who have lost her. Keep her safe in your heart.
Sorry for the loss of your friend.
Heartfelt sympathy 2 all who knew Claire ❤
She picked him.
As a woman affected by domestic violence from 3 husbands and men friends with several attempts to take my life, I understand completely how easy it is for a woman in particular, to be manipulated and sucked in at the beginning with 'love bombing'. I didn't die, but through one of my husband being a 'narcissist', I have been abandoned by my three children. I ran away overseas only to have more abuse from Nigerian men who conned me out of all my money ($120,000+). Because I didn't lie and was always honest, I thought everyone else was too, especially if they were Vietnamese or African. I am now out of dreamland, but now suffering the consequences of PTSD, in many ways. However, I am now at peace and it will not happen again, as I cannot really walk now and so do not have friends and keep to myself. My joy in life is studying Creative Writing and use my experiences in fictional stories and poetry etc.
Thank you for your expertise and sensitivity in your podcasts. You are my favourite. Cheers, Elizabeth.
This was a hard one. At 18, I was Claire. You described perfectly how abusers lure in people who only want their love to change and help. By the time the blinders come off, they are living in a hell they have no clue how to leave, isolated from anyone who wants to help them. I got really lucky and managed to get out, but it cost me years of my life in therapy finding the person I was again. Your advice to look beyond your feelings and into their actions is spot on! There were so many red flags that I ignored thinking I was the one who could change everything for the better. Please, if anyone reading this is in this type of relationship, get out as quickly and safely as you can!! You will not change them and it will cost you more than you have in you if you stay and could cost you your life. 😢
Oh sweetheart, I'm sorry you went through this. I've had a relationship that quickly turned violent but I was lucky in that his friends made sure he'd stay away and then I had another relationship and had a baby with someone who was very abusive though would push and shove me and keep me from leaving the room to attend to our baby. Unfortunately he was in our lives for a few years and made our lives hell. I really hope you are in a good place now and know that he was a predator and you are a good person who just believes in the good of people and absolutely did not deserve any of that. ❤
First off well done 4 getting out keep living your best life your a warrior ❤️ and merry Christmas
@@anniej1834 Thank you! It was a long time ago, I am 59 now and went on to find an amazing man who has been my husband for 28 years, and have a son and a bonus daughter that are now amazing adults in healthy relationships. I still get so very sad hearing about those you did not have that outcome. I have volunteered over the years helping in women’s shelters. It is such an awfully hard road to escape and so misunderstood by those who haven’t experienced it. Merry Christmas to you also and have a very blessed New Year!
@@mystifiedmargot1970 thanks! I am now 59, happily married to an amazing man for 28 years and have 2 amazing kids and their partners! It’s been a great life after therapy and perhaps it all had to happen to get where I am now. I help DV victims and have for years as I know exactly how it feels and that has blessed me probably as much as those I have been able to help. He was a predator and he knew how to pick his prey well! I am grateful I didn’t have children in the mix, that had to be even more terrifying as I can’t imagine my children in danger also!!
Don't stay for money. don't stay for kids sake. Just get out get the courts involved if you yave to. Just get out.
Emma thank you for explaining coercive control in such an easy to recognise way. I wish I had heard this at 21 - you are bob on and I recognised my younger self. I still hadn’t understood how insidious the controller was until I watched this, 30 years later. Claire’s parents remind me of my own and I didn’t realise how they were seeing the situation.
You’re saving lives Emma ❤❤
Like I’ve said Emma doesn’t get the sponsors like other lazy UA-camrs give Emma her flowers she’s constantly putting work in and only just had a baby and still giving us this amazing in detail content amazing Emma
I don’t sub bc Emma going on as though she’s talking to a 3rd person . If there is nothing else in YT or Netflix I watch .
Abusers don't change! Their violence only escalates until you're either murdered or are certain your going to be! I left mine after five horrible years back in 2005 and I'm safe, happy and loved. Don't Stay! You deserve happiness and kindness! TY Emma, you are awesome as usual! I love you all!❤
Inis look like already died this is combo meal deal murder? 😭
This one was so very hard for me to get through. I had to repeatedly rewind over and over because this story was so close to what I went through in my early 20s. No one understands that this doesn't happen overnight. Men like him have a way of even after hitting and hurting you making YOU feel sorry for HIM. What he did and how he was was so close to my abuser. The difference was that a 12 year old boy that lived close to me called the police the night I needed it most. It was bad. He got 20 years for what he did to me it was really bad. He only actually did 12 years and they let him out without telling me and he showed up at my home. I was supposed to be told if and when he got out but I wasn't and was blindsided. He sent some woman to my door to try and get me out thank God I recognized him sitting in the car . The police couldn't do anything because my protective order was only good for five years. I didn't know he was out. He never came back but I still after 26 years have nightmares. They just sneak up on me. Poor Claire. My granddaughters name is Claire. This brought back painful memories.
Remember ur a survier your so brave ❤ don't let that bastard take anymore sending lots of love❤
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Thank you for the extra episode! But seriously, don’t overwork yourself. You are amazing and your work is fantastic, but I hope you’re getting rest too.
This is in my community. Absolutely shocking so it was. Well done Emma, you’ve done it justice xx
Falkirk?
Damn Emma Marie, putting in overtime all over the place. Have you gone and cloned yourself? Excellent, AS ALWAYS. Thank you for being the best educated, best researched, with the best skillset, to deliver the quality your deliver week after week. You hard work never goes unnoticed. Sorry I have been absent from KCC recently, CRPS and Oregon winters are most unpredictable. You are appreciated. XX
And then she also has a baby And she always looks beautiful too
And she's a new mum at 50 am fucked after a days work tda 37
Hi Sara, I echo your every words. Emma is amazing and very much appreciated. What a great channel. ❤
Being a total pedant... Did you see on the opening credits that it had Shanti's name at the bottom... You just can't get the staff Emma 😂❤
Literally she always delivers yet she’s working on a book raising a baby and her boys and a wife she’s so amazing
Very good episode this Emma , so sad , poor woman , and her little boy left with no parents , I hope he never has a days peace in jail that vile man
I watched your video Emma and can I just say of all the videos out there this one was accurate and done so well .
Thank you for taking the time to make this and get the message out to people .
Maybe just maybe someone will watch this and recognise themselves or someone in their lives and get help before something dreadful happens to them
It is too late for Claire but people like yourself Emma we are eternally grateful to for highlighting her case and just how quickly a perpetrator can change someone's life around
Yes he should never walk the streets again he is a danger to women and was a time bomb waiting to go off
RIP Claire 💜💜
really struggled with this one, horribly close to home, well done again Emma, your'e such a natural story teller, and your compassion for the victim always shines through. xx
You're the biggest Empath I have ever had the pleasure to listen to..some things hit home hard but I am grateful 🙏 My heart breaks for the whole family 💔💔
Absolutely tragic story. I broke down when I first heard about this as I used to live next door to Claire. My son is a few months older than hers, when we lived there we had regular garden play dates. She was such a pleasant lady, an amazing mum and just a really nice person. When I think about what she went through, my heart breaks even more. Thank you for covering this story, Emma, I’m just so sad that you had this story to cover. I am very glad that scum is behind bars, where he deserves to be. I know her little boy will make his mummy proud as he grows up ❤
I know this is very judgemental, but I swear, sometimes people DO actually look the way they are inside on the outside.
That's all the time.
Well said. It's true in some cases.
@@gailhickman743 Some cases?
I worked with a vile woman; two faced, judgmental, loved to gossip, etc. it was written all over her face. She once told us an anecdote where she was flying somewhere. As the guards checked her passport, one nudged the other and they looked at her photograph and started laughing. Those people see literally thousands of passports, yet they actively laughed at her. Of course, I’m so stupid, I thought the best of her. Silly me 🙄!
I remember watching the drama Merdered by My Boyfriend that you mentioned. Very powerful drama and I know of a couple of girls who left their relationships because of it which very likely saved their lives. You did Claire justice Emma. ❤
Not heard of this case! Thank you for the informative video Emma 😊
This was hard to listen to, thank you for the real anger, sadness you show us and all emotions that this has provoked in you, you give the victims a voice that is fair and just - the judge was f’kin amazing, his insight, and words must have helped her parents, friends and relatives. May every day of his 23 years contain, pain, torture, humiliation, hard beatings and abject fear to even leave your cell. I’m so sorry Clare and Clare’s family, especially your little boy 😢
This is one I knew of but not in as much detail as Queen Kenny tends to give on every case. Thank you for the content ❤
Nice to see you covering this, I live nearby and it's such a tragic case. Minor point of correction I don't think Stirling is Scotland's smallest city anymore as Dunfermline was recently given city status.
Actually, Scotland's smallest city is Kirkwall, in Orkney. So small its always forgotten about, but it has indeed got City status.
@@joygowland7810thanks, that wouldn't have occurred to me, got to admit I was thinking of the mainland only
Such a sad case,rip Clair. Thank you Emma for doing these videos 😊
Thanks for bringing coverage to this case! I’ve never heard about Claire before ❤ May she rest in heaven and only have peace from now on. Not enough is done anywhere around the world for domestic abuse/violence
Wow, Emma, you did serve her well with your passionate detail, I hope he gets justly dealt with in prison.
I love your channel I rarely miss an episode. I’ve had a couple of narcissistic relationships (obv I am still alive) but they cause absolute devastation that I wouldn’t wish in anyone. You explain really well how these relationships work and it’s really educational for the people who have not experienced it and validating for the people that have. I’m pretty sure I’d never fall into this horrific trap with anyone else.
Your way of covering horrific cases is so respectful and satisfying. Standing up for victims including their loved ones is beautiful. I also ALWAYS agree with your ideas of possible ways to sentence/punish the low life perpetrators! I just wanted to add a little comment to this particular perpetrator. The image of him in the water in his bathing suit with his arms up like he has something to brag about, I think this might bring some insight into why he was so angry and had to pick on people that couldn’t defend themselves against him. He’s a tiny man and it really shows in that swimsuit pic…..barely. I’ll just leave it at that. 😉
Rest in peace, beautiful Claire .
Once again, great content.
Not heard of this case but you definitely have gave it justice! As always love your sarcasm and two way conversations xx
Two way conversations...like when shes talking to herself ?
😅 im just joking..Miss Em is amazing and gives me a giggle when she has these two way conversations lol
How awful, 😞 . Cheers for the special upload! Been scrolling for the past twenty mins just before the upload on what to watch . Emma K it is xx
Emma, I wish I'd known about coercive control 55yrs ago when I met my bully. He was 6'1" and I was 4'11" so I didn't stand a chance against him . The threats and bullying started within 2wks of meeting him. I was 18 and very naive, still a kid really, and out fear I married him. Had 2 lovely kids and became really submissive and afraid. Eventually started drinking to cope and addicted to tranquilizers, and after 16yrs was able to leave him, but because I was so unwell I had to leave the kids with him. Oh the agony!! I'm now 70 and clean and sober for 37yrs. 😊 . My son and daughter have nothing to do with him, haven't for yrs, and the bully is now on his 3rd marriage and from what I've heard he's controlling her too. My heart hurts for all the women in these terrible situations. RIP Claire and much love to her grieving family.❤
I realize this is an old post but it touched me so much! Great job Emma! This is such a horrible example of a male-centric society who put so little value on the lives of women that acts like this happen over and over! It's such important information to get out to teenage girls because these kind of men can come into a girls life at any point! I sent this link to my 17 year old granddaughter. I can't imagine her becoming involved with such a man! Thank you so much for doing this work❤
It's very disheartening that Claire knew all she knew & felt a foreboding but still went on to have a relationship with this being..it's VERY difficullt not to victim blame her a bit.. especially her bringing this" guy" around her son!!😨 if despite all the alarm signals this happened what hope do we have for the safety of our kids??😥😥😵💔
Can't agree more.
My heart goes out to Claire, her baby boy and family 💔🙏🏾 R.I.P Claire❤️ glad this evil b&stard got life and justice has been served! I hope he never gets out
It's sad that there will be more cases of these awful abusive killers😓
You really gave this poor girl legacy Emma ..thank you for all the hard work you put in.My heart is broken for Claire and her family ..i hope that vile excuse for a human never sees the outside world again
I absolutely adore you Em!! I never get notified this soon!! Yayyyy ❤
Struggling to see what she saw in him looks wise but add in his criminal past makes him even WORSE especially as she had a little boy at home 😢
Thanks so much Emma for all your hard work xx
I know this case well as it’s local to me, such an absolute devastating blow to the community and her family 💔
Yeeeeessss thank you Em, we appreciate you and your hard work so much ❤️ xxx
I really appreciate your composure in this case Emma. I'd have been much worse. Thank you for covering this case I haven't heard of it before. Rest in peace Claire ❤️
Thanks again. Emma ❤Hope he rots behind bars! RIP Claire. You deserved to live life & feel safe. I am so sorry the vile monster took your life 💔thoughts & prayers go to your family & loved ones 🙏🏻
'you can't judge someone based on your feelings towards them, you have to judge them based on their actions' 👏👏 Very well put.
I wish someone had told me this when I was younger. It is so difficult, especially when you are young and a good person, but you have to let your logic take a front seat in those situations bc predators, abusive people use your emotion as a weapon against you. It shouldn't be that way, but it is, and putting your feelings aside to assess the real life situation could literally save your life.
Thanks em. Stay safe everyone wherever you are in the world.
Every time I watch one of your videos, it helps heal another small piece of me, it helps me realise what I've survived.
Thank you for helping me heal. Xx
Emma you are so professional and compassionate at what you do I always find my self looking away when you show the defendant I will definitely see you again on Sunday
Thank you for giving this case the spotlight needed. So many women and men are living in coercively controlling relations and they might just recognise themselves here. ❤
Well I had a terrible childhood, I didn't drink or take drugs, and I certainly haven't killed anyone. NO EXCUSE for being a total evil selfish scumbag. This makes my piss boil !!!! Please excuse my language, Emma I don't know how you keep your cool x
Extra episode? Always a happy surprise. Thanks Em 💚
Members get first viewing on a Wednesday episode ;) xx
As an ex heroin addict, most dealers are addicts themselves and ive known many who are good people but got caught up in that lifestyle
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@@HiNickCares I once sold it too I dated dealers. We were as addicted as our friends who bought it. We are both clean now ..me and my ex. i went to college got my degree and I work as a paralegal, i have a 6 yr old and my life is amazing now. It was once hell. Your past doesn't always dictate your future. It's easy to judge if you've never been there
@@adrialee8149 You make a lot of bad decisions.
@@HiNickCareshow is this funny please la?
@@alfredwilson4224 it's like a snowball rolling down a hill of woman moments.
The law in Scotland around protecting women from violent men is beyond a joke. It was while living in Glasgow my ex beat me unconscious & called for ambulance admitting to it but he never had any punishment. I was told no action could be taken because in Scotland they need a witness... So I suppose they argued I could have stamped on my own head as the evidence pointed on top of punching my own eye shut etc 🤦♀️. The message that sends to these peices of shit is terrifying & this poor woman was a victim of Scotlands woeful lack of providing adequate protection & also strong enough deterrents. The fact they sent this reckless violent parasite to live with a new gf speaks volumes about how little the system there gives a shit about keeping women safe. I was taken aback by how spot on the Scottish judge got it tho, reassured me there is logic somewhere in the system, but sadly it seems it takes committing a murder to get to it. My heart breaks for this family, it would have been different if he wasn't allowed to live with her xx
Around 1943 about a week after my adoptive mother's wedding in Herreid, South Dakota (population 414) her husband hit her. I didn't hear how bad. Her father immediately had the marriage annulled. She moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where she worked as a waitress while pregnant with her daughter where they met my adoptive father who never hit them or me. Fast forward to Tucson, Arizona now. I live alone, don't go out after dark, don't commit crimes, and see my friends only during the day when witnesses and I have a clear view. This is Scottish-smart so I've heard. If I was married, raising children and living in a council flat in Britain I'd at least have separate beds and try for separate bedrooms. Also, be with friends and family as much as possible. Bottom line: Distance is my best friend (forever, BFF).
England isn't that much better... look at Damien Bendall case.
I'm in Scotland and was being stalked by a guy who had just got out the jail for breaking a policeman's jaw and when I called because he was creeping round my house in the middle of the night, wherever I went there he was and the police said they couldn't do anything to him unless he physically hurt me so yeah I got a big dog.
A coercive controlling relationship is so hard to understand the workings. You don't see it when you are in it. You don't see the red flags. If you could, it wouldn't succeed.
I haven't heard of that one 😮Thank you Emma, you are titan of work👍💪
I haven't got to the end yet, but I remember the case in the news. Firstly, why was this man allowed out in the first place, and secondly, he should NEVER be let out EVER.
I Love the way that you approach each and every tragic case. You humour is also Brilliant, tinged with Entertaining sarcasm! You are Simply The Best! ❤️
Emma, You know what I would love to see? How you do your research, how long it takes etc...
Thank you for your efforts, dear Em. I wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas time. The most beautiful present lies kicking beside the tree, your Christmas angel Etta-Blue with big shining eyes. Merry Xmas ❤❤❤🎄🎁🌟🎄🎅
I love your attitude towards these animals,rugby team 👍 I like it !
Me and my daughter came to see your show in Leicester,you are amazing,and teach us a lot ,thank you 💗
Emma I'm from Falkirk I know people who know this girl so sad thanks for covering ❤
12.33 am here. Super excited for another brilliant deep dive. Will listen as i fall asleep. Then again tomorrow morning ❤. Thanks beautiful Em for working so hard on your content. ❤
This case chills me to my core, the perpetrator reminds me so much of my ex, painter and decorator, drugs, violent, a coercive controller, abusive both mentally and physically. He actually injured me so bad in one assault, that our then 9 yr old son witnessed, my back was seriously injured I was partially disabled and that's when the abuse really started. I finally left him when I knew I would be killed. I put a restraining order on him for 4 years and divorced him. His next victim he slit her throat in front of her young kids. They saved her life, she got 150 stitches and a week in hospital, she left him. He has never been charged and is not in jail. He ruined my life, I lost my 7 yr job because of my injury and almost 15 years later I still have days when I'm bedridden in tears from pain. It also ruined our son's life witnessing all the abuse.
Emma, we so so so appreciate you. Your efforts to go into full detail and how so truthful you are on your own feelings are amazing!
I’ve been watching you for many many years including tv.
I grew up wanting to become a lawyer helping victims including children. You make that even more important in my life!
Thank you so much for amazing content and such full explanations on everything you cover!
Wish you a fantastic 2024❤️❤️❤️
She seems like the sort of soul who thought and saw the best in everyone she met...this is such a hard thing to happen to such a beautiful girl who had everything to live for and he destroyed her.. so sad for her family and her friends and mosty her poor son...what avway to lose such a wonderful mother 💔
I agree. She saw the best in people & was incredibly loyal & forgiving. Exactly the qualities in a woman that those sort of reprehensible violent bastards are attracted to.🥺
@@brendarigotti843Absolutely spot on, men like that are always on the lookout for women who are lovely like Claire.
Yes she saw the good in everyone .Just so sad that she even met this maniac .Claire is missed every minute of every day 💜
There is no way he should be let out. He is a real danger to society 100%. What I think of this is that poor child has now lost two parents, so hopefully his grandparents will take him in and give him a loving home.
RIP Clare ❤
We have Kinship of her son and he is living his best life as he can without her we are making sure of that and Claire's sister and her partner love him so much as well and he loves them too
@@fionainglis603really glad to hear this! :)
I read about this, in the local news, as I am a few miles from Stirling. Thanks for covering it. It's something that should have received more national coverage, as it's an education for people, who are in these controlling relationships, male or female. This area is very much still in an era, where men are the bosses. Not making excuses for him at all but there's still loads of this attitude about. Time that changed!
I am so glad you called out the FM of Scotland and SNP on this they recently made it law that anyone who committed a crime under the age of 24 their sentence has to be towards rehabilitation and not jail regardless of the severity of the crime, meaning recently a man who at the age of 17 raped a 13 year old in a park got off with community service in the area where he and his victim lives much to the frustration of the judge. SNP are loosing support for passing some crazy laws like this as now they have taken away serious consequences to serious actions it is putting a lot of people at risk to these predators
The SNP are so busy giving "Trans" women and self ID people rights, they've forgotten about real women and their now reduced view in social settings, sports, and government accountability.
I’m from Dunblane and know people who knew Claire, it’s such a tragedy! 😢💔
Imagine bringing someone like him around your vulnerable child. It's selfish parenting because now, he has lost both of his parents.
You can't judge her she was manipulated , I get what your saying but until you are in that situation ....
I totally agree. This was the first thing I thought of. And it's not being judgemental these are facts.
If she lost her kids' dad, her fella in a sudden death, that would have caused her to go into survival mode... while in survival mode, we dissociate from reality. We make terrible decisions cause survival mode can lead to confusion. We can end up in situations that they don't even like. Dissonance. I don't judge, I understand.
Oh how easy it is to judge with hindsight and from the sidelines. The worlds a better place with all you perfect ascended masters of humanity who never made a mistake or bad choice 🤦🏼♀️
@@Flash685.Really simple. Make the bad choice for yourself not your kid
Thanks for covering this case my lovely Emma thanks also for all your amazing hard work and superb videos .. u are a legend ..
This absolutely hits hard for me I lived around the corner from Claire such a genuine gentle lassie I hope he rots for what he did absolute monster he always had evil in his eyes !
I just found your channel toad and love it. I love your honest opinion on the criminal and your sense of humour
I know psychopaths can be very convincing in putting on a front but I struggle to understand what she saw in him. A victim of her own goodness. Terrible for the parents to see this play out.
A case of Saviour Complex, maybe? 🤷♀️
@@WakeyWakeyEggsandBakey yes. Classic "I'm the one that can save him' thinking that some women do. But people have to be determined to change - at the very least.
Women like to hang around with guys who are no good, it's called Bonnie and Clyde syndrome.
Women are just very gullible.
Yes, I’m struggling to see how she changed her opinion of him, and then took him in when he came out of jail!!
She’d only been going out with him for two months, and a month of that he was incarcerated.
Why was she not more careful about having him around her son? If she really were putting her son’s needs before her own, she wouldn’t have done that.
12:40 Emma, I have watched every single one of your videos and I want to thank you. You helped me to realize that I was in a coercively controlling relationship and I am out of it now ❤ thank you.
Love your work , respect🤜🏽🤛🏽💯
I was in a relationship like this for 6 years I ended up on a ventilator for 3 months .. I got out but had to go back to my Rez to keep him away .. rest in absolute peace Claire fly high beautiful girl ❤❤❤
Thank you for this video Emma - quality as always!
I know you are always on the look out for new deep dive cases to research and investigate. The tragic case of Darcey Freeman, an innocent little girl, who's ' Father ' threw her off the 70 metre high, Westgate Bridge, in Melbourne Australia, to punish the mother! Beyond human, Beyond belief.
I thought this very worth, mentioning to you. Kindest thoughts 👍
Who picked the father?
Very sad 😢 case heartbreaking. I am so relieved that her son was staying with Claire's parents that night. Hopefully he was never physical abused by him. Heartbreaking 😢 hopefully her son gets the support he needs from the Grandparents & extending family.
It tells me that this is why we have the death penalty here in the US!
I think this man was a murderer just waiting for a victim. As the mother of a daughter (who I adore, and consider a gift from God) this case horrifies me. This EVIL POS should NEVER walk the streets again.
She picked him.
@@HiNickCaresget a life. What's wrong, everyone hates you, can't get a woman??? 😅
@@HiNickCaresyour on the wrong side of the web, do you truly watch these videos to try find a way to victim blame? Quite worrying
@@cmae6 You're not a victim if you picked him, you're an accomplice. You have to be the change you want to see in the world.
@@HiNickCares I’ve seen all your comments, your obsessed with victim blaming. It’s quite vile, I hope you seek the help you need
Very sad case , just goes to show how beautiful young ( an older ) woman can be controlled, despicable! I also agree that not all people who have traumatic childhoods murder .. such a compassionate delivery Emma for this beautiful young woman thank you 💜
I wanted to stop watching this multiple times. It was so painful to listen to and to know what Claire went through is extremely heartbreaking. Her child is now an orphan and that monster has robbed a whole family of something irreplaceable. How can someone do something like this? & then for him to laugh? It's enraging and beyond disgusting. There is no excuse for doing that to another person, that man is simply an evil soul. I'm so sorry for Claire, I'm so so sorry this happened to her. May she rest in eternal peace.
Thank you 💜
Hi Emma, i just read about the case of David Stutt, of Wade Street, Bristol. He has just been sentenced for life after decades of sexually abusing his victims. Are you going to cover his case?
I am especially interested as i live in Bristol, but somehow, i never heard of him till now.
Love your videos, you do an amazing job at giving a real feel of the individuals and their families too on top of all the facts.
Keep up the great work you do ❤
The sad truth is that women prefer rogues over nice guys because the former are exciting while the latter are considered dull and rather plodding.
Thank you for this Emma you truly show the standards to set and the behaviour to be aware of and tolerate for woman as a whole. This will serve so many young woman I commend your so talking about this horrific case with such passion and dignity. I wish I had seen this type of video as a young woman. Thank you again and my deepest sympathy with the family.
Absolutely heartbreaking rip Claire. 😢 Thank you Emma 🙏💜
Having been a victim of coercive control and multiple physical assaults due to domestic violence in 2022 this rings home a lot. If I hadn't managed escape out my sitting room window this could so easily have been a video of how my psycho ex killed me like he had sworn he was going to do. My heart goes out to Claire's family and friends. May she rest in peace.
Emma is the best always ,so hardworking and caring giving a voice for the victims. Monsters like him need calling out..Rest sometimes Emmax
It’s so very sad how girls/women find and stay with their abusers… Often makes me wonder if the said mentioned had a Dad who would swing for them. Also, when will the law change, that family and friends can press charges against abusers, without permission from the abused. It’s frustrating let alone dangerous, seeing and hearing what abuse someone goes through, just being there for them, really doesn’t help …..
To all women/MMEN watching, you are not the one who can these monsters, speak out and get out ❤
I just LOVE you❤ You should have been an attorney….or maybe a Judge! Love Love Love your work in True Crime❤
Emma you are amazing ❤ make sure you give this lady a like 👍 she deserves it 😊
40 convictions, why wasn't he in prison for a 20yrs. for being a abitual offender
Because scotlands system is broken and full of corruption from high up to police 😊
I would love to have you as my therapist, Emma. i dont have any, cos i am actualy afraid that i will find them stupid and not understanding.. You are very good in understanding human minds. No one can understand fully, as there is no way as per my opinion only. but you are good. I enjoy your videos and appreciate your consistensy. ) Thank you
The fact that he had the audacity to disparage her looks when he looks like my big toe, is criminal in and of itself.
Emma always gets into the details and tells it how it realy iz!!!!!!
The end message is amazing 👍🏻👏 ,loud and clear 💚
I don’t think it’s ever a good idea to cut ties with a daughter or son when they are in a dangerous relationship.
You are amazing Emma and husband! You are so inspiring to all at your work ethics! Thank you for all you do esp for the voiceless and telling their stories! I now am proactive and my children as well. I am very careful esp with new people who love bomb! I watch a lot! I observe a lot! Due to you and husband and these cases! 🙏🙌🏼🥰
There is a programme on BBC IPlayer about this case I have now realised. Her parents are so lovely and so utterly devastated. 😞😥
Thank you
Our hearts have truly been ripped out .Claire was our daughter but she was just lovely 💜
@@fionainglis603So very sorry for your loss. I hope your grandson is doing as well as he can be. Sorry for what you’ve been put through. Sending big love 💗 🙏🏽
A heartbreaking story, but sadly one that we hear more and more often. My heart goes out to claire's family and son. Our system needs changing, too many violent offends are allowed to be out in society to abuse and kill. TIME FOR CHANGE
Again told with the upmost respect to Clair & her family & with great passion thank you Emma xx