DAY -12 Why a blog?

Three reasons really:

Dealing with the lead up to the trial of someone who has murdered your mother is stressful, believe me. This blog is proving to be a good way for me to cope with the 12 days left before the trial starts.

Sharing with you some of the background and how I am dealing with preparing for sitting in that court room are pretty powerful ways of not feeling just swept along by events. And should help contextualise my posts during the trial itself.

As it's a blog it's also a way for you to be involved - I'll be covering a range of issues and I'm interested in what you think.

I will post every day from now through to the end of the trial which starts on Monday 27 March.