This gallery is dedicated to some of the best fiction and nonfiction portraying one of the greatest cities in the world. It was a shocking and truthful book about what this brave lady went through in the hands of a disturbed maniac and managed to survive her awful heart wrenching ordeal. It shouldn't be used for commercial use which includes advertising, marketing, promotion, packaging, advertorials, and consumer or merchandising products. She survived the horrific rape and attempted murder but her fight for recovery and to gain compensation, brought her against some surprising areas of resistance – including the refusal of the NHS to pay for plastic surgery on her neck scars.

minutes later, naked, bleeding from throat slashes and near death, Merlyn was on the front steps of the house, trying to summon help.Merlyn Nuttall runs her sculpted nails lightly across her throat as she speaks, brushing the faint scar lines, the visible signs of a frenzied sexual assault by a stranger who left her for dead. She says: "A similar system is used in Canada and Holland and it has helped to raise the conviction rate.

Merlyn says that although she knows the system needs changing, she was disappointed at the findings of the report. Brave heart: Merlyn Nuttall, who was yesterday named the winner of the 1998 Cosmopolitan/House of Fraser Achievement Awards. It Could Have Been You is an account of Merlyn Nuttall's fight for survival at the hands of a crazed attacker, high on crack cocaine, and her incredible battle afterwards. She was told to fill in forms on her own, yet knows that acting alone she would have won only a fraction of the pounds 76,101 awarded to her after Helena Kennedy represented her, gratis, at the board hearing (where legal aid is not available). The dossier, compiled by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, shows that of the 1,741 cases analysed, including some in Greater Manchester, just 42 per cent went to court and seven out of 10 offenders who pleaded not guilty to rape were acquitted.

Now in her book, she tells her story from the day the attack took place through every stage of her fight to rebuild a normal life. Forty-five minutes later, naked, bleeding from throat slashes, Merlyn, near death, was on the front steps of the house trying to summon help.

Here she tells her story with the aim of helping other victims, men and women - navigate the complex, sometimes indifferent, system as well as to provide vital information for those who care for victims. Ferrira was later caught, with help from a Crimewatch appeal, and sentenced to 20 years behind bars. He tried to strangle her with cheese-wire, slashed her neck with a broken bottle, then set the room on fire and locked her in. Edges The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a. Her story aims to help other victims - whether women or men - navigate the complex, sometimes indifferent, system and to provide vital information for others who care for victims.Note: Our refurbished grades - Pristine, Very Good and Good - are solely based on the cosmetic condition of the phone. Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority FRN 775278. It is clear that immersion in the practical details of the investigation and trial and then the compensation helped her recovery, which explains in part, perhaps, the book's function as a handbook for the survivors of violent crime. Biography: Merlyn Nuttall worked in the fashion business before the attack and has also lived in Gibraltar where she ran a restaurant. Here she tells her story with the aim of helping other victims, men and women – navigate the complex, sometimes indifferent, system as well as to provide vital information for those who care for victims.