Alison Morrison murder trial begins

Alison Morrison, a former children's publisher and chair of Book Trust’s board of trustees, died in a ferocious attack by her neighbour after a dispute over noise from her son's skateboard, the Old Bailey has heard. Neighbour Trevor Gibbon is on trial for the murder of Morrison, who was killed on her way to work last December. Gibbon has denied murder but admitted the killing on the basis he was "suffering from an abnormality of mental functioning". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alison Morrison murder trial begins

Alison Morrison, a former children's publisher and chair of Book Trust’s board of trustees, died in a ferocious attack by her neighbour after a dispute over noise from her son's skateboard, the Old Bailey has heard. Neighbour Trevor Gibbon is on trial for the murder of Morrison, who was killed... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gibbon convicted of Alison Morrison murder

Satellite engineer Trevor Gibbon has been found guilty of the murder of former children's publisher Alison Morrison. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DOJ Trial to Block PRH/S&S Merger Begins; Evidence Dispute Looms

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Murder trial lawyer’s hit legal memoir seeks wider audience with Quercus

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Helen Bailey's murder trial enters closing stages

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Helen Bailey’s brother gives evidence at murder trial

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Alison Morrison dies

Alison Morrison, nee Brathwaite, who worked in book publishing until a move to Which? in 2007, has died. Morrison, 45, was reportedly attacked in a street in Harrow yesterday (18th December), dying later in hospital. Morrison worked as promotions co-ordinator at Penguin from 1994 to 1999, and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Sunday Telegraph book deal that compromised a murder trial

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E-book price fixing: As the trial begins, here's what you need to know

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Trial of Salman Rushdie’s attacker postponed because of author’s memoir

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‘Where does the bot end and human begin?’: what the legendary @Horse_ebooks can teach us about AI

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