well, our correspondent duncan kennedy is at oxford crown court for us this afternoon.let blake thought she got away with it. it was only two years later that her former partner living in the united states called british police to say that scarlet blake had confessed to the killing, and she was arrested. the trial revealed some horrific details about this fatal attack and about the murderer — which we'll spare you. but what upset and angered some viewers were references like those we've just heard to "she" and "her". scarlett blake is a transgender woman — a fact that didn't feature in that 1pm news bulletin, or in several of the articles on the bbc�*s website during the trial. marianne mcnulty was among those who got in touch with us after watching the programme. i was really shocked at the way this story was framed, and the language that was used, given that self—id is not law, and therefore, you know, such inaccurate and misleading reporting, in my opinion, is a breach of the bbc�*s own guidelines on truth and impartiality. basic facts are not being reported in favou

well, our correspondent duncan kennedy is at oxford crown court for us this afternoon.tity politics. and to me, thatjust as a huge violation of their own mission statement, you know, and their commitment to be trustworthy, reliable and truthful. others have a different view, with someone called chloe posting this: and alice through the looking glass wrote: well, let's talk more about this with another viewer who contacted us this week, clare davis. clare, thank you for coming on newswatch. what was your concern about the reporting of this story? my concern was that since the bbc started covering this hideous crime many months ago, it's always been reported as being perpetrated by a woman and that's in the headline of articles, in the opening paragraph of online articles, and also in news bulletins. and as a viewer, itjust made it even more incomprehensible that this crime was so horrendous and it had been perpetrated by a woman, when most violent crimes are committed by men. and then, it wasn't until this week when i did read that the perpetrator was transgender. i kind