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  1. Cover
  2. WORST CASE SCENARIO
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. WORST CASE SCENARIO
  6. THE WIFE KILLER
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  20. THE NED
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  29. THE PAEDOPHILE
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  38. Acknowledgements
  39. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I was on the step below my husband when he stopped and turned around. I placed one of my arms on the bannister and the other against the wall to prevent him from going outside, which, by this time, was what he wanted to do. Sirens added to the chaos, as well as one of the men banging on the glass while shouting: ‘She has taken your balls, man.’

Roddie had no intention of hitting me. I have attached a photograph taken by one of the agitators outside, which you can find on Twitter using #getthebitch. In this photograph you will see Roddie’s elbow is an inch away from connecting with my face, a collision which resulted in his arrest and the loss of half of one of my teeth. I can confirm that the impact occurred because I barricaded him. If you zoom in on Roddie’s face, you will see he looks angry. This is because the men are still yelling ‘cuck’ and I’m refusing to move, which is an unhealthy relationship behaviour, and which incited the men outside to bang on the door and yell, ‘Get the bitch. Get the bitch. Cuck. Cuck. Cuck!’ and which caused my husband to lunge forwards in a spontaneous manner.

I ask you to now zoom in on my face. An elbow’s about to knock my tooth out. What do you see in my expression? Do I look afraid? In instances such as this, fear is an honest measure, is it not? I have worked as a criminal-justice social worker for thirty years. Many of my clients have been guilty of hitting their wives or partners, and I have read hundreds of letters like this, which I admit I have disregarded, seeing them as evidence that the victim continues to be manipulated by their abuser. I have often wished I was a fly on the wall at the time of my service users’ offences. Well in this case I was, and you can be too if you zoom in on my face. At the moment of contact, I was not afraid of my husband. I look aggressive, do I not? I am not afraid of Roddie. He has never hit me or scared me in any way.

Yours faithfully,

MARY SHEILDS
LLB DIPSW MSW

NB: I have cc’d my husband’s lawyer, Adeela Hamdani, into this letter.

NB2: As an accredited user of the LC/SMI risk assessment tool, I can confirm that Mr Roderick Lawson has a MINIMAL level of risk and need factors in relation to offending.

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Am I mad?

Apparently, a mad woman would not ask this, but Mary didn’t rate ‘apparently’.

‘Apparently’ was Thomas McInnes telling Gregor Thom that Mary Shields sucked off Johnny Simpson three times by the loch, and anyway, Mary had firm evidence that she was – self-awareness notwithstanding – a card-carrying, attic-worthy, lunatic.