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| name = Rachel Manger Hudson

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| birth_place = [[Leicester]], England

'''Rachel Helen Hilda Manger Hudson''' (19844 August 1983 – body discovered 17 March 2004)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4466800.stm "Family starved and beat Rachel"], Catehrine Cashmore, ''[[BBC News]]'', 21 December 2005</ref> was a British murder victim, a mother of two, murdered by her in-laws. The court tried and convicted five members of the family (dubbed "the family from hell" by the [[Queen's Counsel]])<ref name=Scotsman>[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=729&id=2079372005 "Mother 'killed by her in-laws'"], by Rhiannon Edward, ''[[The Scotsman]]'', 13 October 2005</ref><ref name=Mirror13Oct>[httphttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16242417&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=murder-court-told-of--family-from-hell--name_page.html "Murder Court Told of 'Family From Hell'"], by Steve Mccomish, ''[[The Daily Mirror]]'', 13 October 2005</ref> in December 2005.

Rachel Manger was the daughter of Helen Woodier and BarryDavid MangerWoodier, who separated when she was a teenager. She had two younger sisters, Jennifer and Hannah.<ref name=Hucknall29Dec>[http://www.hucknalltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=743&ArticleID=1298667 "'Evil' people who killed lovely girl"]{{deadlink|date=September 2020}}, ''Hucknall Today'', 29 December 2005</ref> She came from [[Leicestershire]], where she was a student at [[Lutterworth]] Grammar School, worked as a [[hairdresser]], and enjoyed going to [[fun fairfunfair]]s. AtIn thelate ageOctober of 162002, she met fairground worker Craig Hudson at a fun fairfunfair in [[Nottingham]], and married him a few months later, in November 2002.<ref>{{Cite nameweb|url=Telegraph22Dec>[httphttps://wwwmalefactorsregister.telegraph.co.ukcom/newswp/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/22/nhudson22.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/22/ixhome.html "Family jailed for daughterfamily-infrom-law's murder"], by Nick Britten, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 22 December 2005</ref><ref namehell|title=Hucknall17Oct>[http://www.hucknalltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=743&ArticleID=1223569 "Court told 20-year-old was murdered by 'familyFamily from hell'"],Hell|date=28 ''HucknallDecember Today'', 17 October 20052012}}</ref> Her mother tried to stop the marriage, and refused to go to the wedding, considering the family "evil".<ref name=Telegraph22Dec/> She had a child from a previous relationship, and would havehad a son with Craig.<ref name=Mirror13Oct/><ref name=Hucknall17Oct/>

By February 2003, she was working at the Highfields Nursing Home in [[Bulwell]], and living with the Hudson family, on Overdale Road, in the Stockhill area of Nottingham.<ref name=Hucknall17Oct/> Co-worker Penny Taylor described her as changing from "outgoing, talkative" to "quiet and unforthcoming".<ref name=Hucknall17Oct/>

The house was overcrowded, and she and her husband moved several times, first in December 2003 to Goverton Square, Bulwell, then, after complaining to the [[Nottingham City Council]] that they were still being harassed by their overbearing family, to temporary accommodation in [[St AnnsAnn's, Nottingham|St Ann's]], [[Nottingham]].<ref name=Hucknall17Oct/> The family reported them missing so the police would reveal their address; Craig applied to be re-housed in [[Lincolnshire]] to escape the family's influence, but that application was rejected.<ref name=Mirror13Oct/> When no permanent place became available, the Hudsons moved back to the family home in Stockhill, where the violence towards her began.<ref name=Hucknall17Oct/>

After the attempt to escape into a home of her own with Craig, Rachel Hudson lived in the family home in Overdale Road, Stockhill as a virtual prisoner. She wasn't allowed to speak to her parents or even her husband. She was only let out of the house with 'a minder'.<ref name=Hucknall29Dec/> The Hudsons feared she would take Craig away from them.<ref name=Telegraph22Dec/> After initially siding with his wife, Craig joined the other Hudsons in participating in the abuse.<ref name=BBC21Dec>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4544940.stm "Murder victim was devoted mother"], Catherine Cashmore, [[BBC News]], 21 December 2005</ref>

On 21 November 2003, the Hudsons forced Rachel to make a videotaped "confession", in which she claimed she tried to split up the family, wanted to kill her children, had stolen money from her husband, and had enjoyed working as a [[prostitute]].<ref name=Hucknall25Nov>[http://www.hucknalltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=743&ArticleID=1267584 "Rachel 'forced into confession'"], ''Hucknall Today'', 27 October 2005</ref> This would bewas her last recorded sighting alive, and her parents last heard from her five months before her death.<ref name=BBC21Dec/> From December 2003, the Hudsons denied any knowledge of where she was, and claimed she had abandoned her family to run off with another man.<ref name=Hucknall29Dec/> In January 2004, copies of a letter from Rachel were sent to her father, police and [[Nottingham City Council]] social services, saying{{cquote|You must stop sending the police to the Hudsons' house. They have done nothing wrong. Please leave me being your lost little girl alone... If you start causing trouble for me I'll make sure the Hudsons make trouble for you.<ref name=BBC21Dec/>}}

Her battered body was found 18 March 2004, in a rolled-up carpet on the grounds of [[Newstead Abbey]], [[Nottinghamshire]].<ref name="BBC15Apr">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/3628915.stm "Family make death clues appeal"], ''[[BBC News]]'', 15 April 2004</ref> It weighed only six [[stone (weight){{Convert|stone]] (84 [[pound (mass)6|st|lb]] or 36&nbsp;[[kilogramkg|kg]])lk=on|spell=in}}, and was covered with burns and bruises. There were a total of 60 separate injuries. Her ear was scarred and swollen, had split in half, and become infected; her mouth was injured so much that her bottom lip had detached.<ref name=Telegraph22Dec/><ref name="Hucknall27Oct">[http://www.hucknalltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=743&ArticleID=1235676 "Dead mum's horrific list of injuries"], ''Hucknall Today'', 27 October 2005</ref> She had eleven broken ribs. The ultimate cause of death had been [[thrombosis]] from a blood clot in her brain, brought on by [[septicaemia]], [[dehydration]] and repeated assaults.<ref name=Hucknall29DecHucknall29Dec2>[http://www.hucknalltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=743&ArticleID=1298670 "Torturers given life"], ''Hucknall Today'', 29 December 2005</ref> The injuries were such that police at first thought they had found the body of a young boy.<ref name=Telegraph22Dec/> Police took weeks to identify her, launching an appeal on the [[BBC TV]] programme ''[[Crimewatch]]'' and consulting [[Interpol]].<ref name=Hucknall29DecHucknall29Dec2/> She was 20 years old.

On 21 December 2005, Craig Hudson, Rachel's husband, Craig Hudson; Craig's parents, Ron and Trudi Hudson,; his brother Ronald,; and Elisabeth Hogg, who lived with the family as the girlfriend of another brother, Shane, were convicted of her murder. The Hudson parents were sentenced to a minimum of 20 years, Ronald Junior to a minimum of 17 years, and Craig and Hogg to a minimum of 14 years each. Shane, Charlene, and Emile Hudson were convicted of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by covering up the repeated abuse, and later sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment, 3 three-and -a -half years' imprisonment, and 3 years' supervision, respectively.<ref name=Telegraph22Dec/><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/4671910.stm "Teenager jailed for murder lies"] ''[[BBC News]]'', 1 February 2006</ref>

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