Last week, three of our students; Rosie Wilkinson, Lucy Martin, and Joshua Barton, took part in the West Yorkshire Police Junior Detectives Programme. All three students study Drama and Theatre A-level or Acting BTEC, enabling to test out some of their skills!
This is a knife crime initiative that educates secondary school children across Leeds a bit the effects of knife crime, where they undertake a police investigation role and learn about the impact on families. 16 students from 4 schools across Leeds acted as the detectives.
The theme this year was based around misogynistic views and violence against women and girls. The storyline was as follows - 'Mikey' [Joshua], wanted to sate 'Joanne' [Rosie] but she wasn't interested. 'Mikey' began harassing Joanne and attended First Direct Arena where she was attending a concert; Mikey stabbed Joanne to the leg several times with the mindset of 'If I can't have her then nobody can'.
'Joanne' and her mother [Lucy] attended the University of Leeds medical suite to act as victim and mother on the Monday, where the 'detectives' took a victim statement. 'Mikey' handed himself into the police station where he was interviewed and ultimately admitted to the offence. All students then went to Leeds Crown Court on Thursday for the trial where 'Mikey' pleaded guilty and was imprisoned for 9 years. The trial was conducted by The Hon Mr Justice Fancourt who is the Head Judge of Leeds Crown Court.
All three students did extremely well in representing Notre Dame and enjoyed the week.
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