being brutally honest...

[chirpychirpy]

Bearing in mind the British media's obsession with attractive young women, would people outside of Bristol have even been aware of the current murder case had Joanna Yeates not been precisely that: an attractive young woman? Would the Merdeith Kercher case have got international exposure were it not for 'Foxy' Knoxy being a babe? I'm sure there are plenty of other examples to illustrate the point I'm making...

[MoonshinePete]

Not one single national paper carried a mention of the murder of Geraldine Brocklehurst's death.
If you google her name you will find a report in her local paper