As Judi told our BBC Radio 4 documentary, he wasn't being fed properly, he wasn't clothed very well. You know, he was witnessing things a child shouldn't witness. The path from the court's decision to George's death aged 51 in 2022 due to an infected needle site wasn't fated. But my heart aches for Judi, as she must wonder how differently her son's life could have turned out had she been allowed to raise him.
Former politician Linda Bellos struggled through tears to tell us how she lost custody of her children when her youngest was only two, and how she fought for three years just for access. Winning meant that one Sunday a month, a social worker came to bring my children and to stay, to supervise. But the implication that I, because I was a lesbian, would in some way abuse my children, it still makes me shake with fury.
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