This probably isn't the jolliest topic to talk about on here, and it will probably create some intense feelings among the community but the recent documentary about the Louise Woodward trial has made me cast my mind back to that time. First of all I can't believe it's been almost twenty five years. Like a lot of things, it feels like only yesterday.
I was in my mid twenties at the time so I remember how big this trial was and how we all followed it. You couldn't pick up a newspaper (and yes it was proper newspapers at the time - we didn't go online to read the papers!) without seeing Louise or something about the trial on the front page. I was a nanny at the time so the trial was of real interest to me, and I remember that the whole case raised a lot of questions, not to mention fears, among my peers. Everyone had an opinion on what had happened and everyone - yours truly included I have to say - did play judge and jury. We all felt we knew what had happened even though we were obviously not there! But what I remember so clearly was how the whole of Britain got behind Louise and her family. There was even a campaign to wear a yellow ribbon in order to show support.
What are everyone's thoughts here? Who was following the trial from start to finish?
We were all aghast for so many reasons. Nothing was particularly clear cut or black and white. But at the time - and I know that this still goes on when anyone ever talks about the Louise Woodward trial - we were all talking about who was or wasn't guilty. Even the baby's parents didn't escape unscathed and there was a lot of blame levied at them. But I do feel that in the midst of all this, justice for a little baby was overlooked as the focus was very much on Louise and the child's family.