Operation Lighthouse: Reflections on our Family's Devastating Story of Coercive Control and Domestic Homicide

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I think critics about the writing style aren’t exactly what this book is about. As a survivor of abuse your mental state isn’t like a normal person’s. Of course a person who hasn’t lived abuse, let alone from birth on cannot get how the thought patterns race and change and in the middle of writing you’re everything the 5 year old, the 15 year old, the young adult. This book is not about writing styles or words or grammar it is to tell their story. It’s also not for enjoyment. This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Operation Lighthouse is well underway in Line Of Duty as the murder investigation team (MIT) continue with their investigation into the murder of Gail Vella. Luke and Ryan knew that their father’s behaviour was problematic, that he was deceitful, controlling, and sadistic. Yet growing up in this household conditioned them to think this was normal and how other families behaved behind closed doors. We only have to look at our wider society to understand why controlling men go unchallenged. Society has normalised the idea of men being the head of the household, instilling the belief in some men that they own and can therefore control the family. What the Hart family was really going through was invisible to the outside world. Luke and Ryan believe that because the three children were successful at school and didn’t have any behaviour problems no one recognised their father’s overprotectiveness as abuse.

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Brothers Luke and Ryan Hart spent years trying to help their mum leave their abusive father. However, just two days after they succeeded, their father killed her and their sister. They told Outlook why those murders started a campaign for change. Ryan and Luke have since written a book called Operation Lighthouse.Such a sad story to read. Also very informative and detailed with signs to look out for which even I didnt realise. It is also a book that gives pointers on what to look for in regards to control domestic abuse and how not all abuse is physical A third fan added: "Nah Kate you’re dead to me #LineOfDuty," while a fourth said: "Oooh Kate, you snide #LineOfDuty." Through a mixture of outdoor communications, television and radio messaging, and comprehensive newspaper exposure, a fictional character named Balbir Pasha was portrayed in various scenarios, serving as a behavioral model for consumers of Mumbai mass media to relate to, learn from, and empathise with. By gradually unraveling each of the Balbir Pasha scenarios in an approachable and familiar manner, the campaign succeeded in building interest, personalising HIV risk, and bringing the topic of HIV/AIDS into the public sphere.

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We also saw the return of Steph Corbett, last seen in season five as the wife of undercover officer, John Corbett. Twenty-five years of abuse from the brothers’ father led up to the double-murder. Ryan says: “The country rushed to sympathise with our father, making up ‘reasons’ for what he did in an attempt to excuse him. Immigrants and minorities in our society were even initially blamed for what was the deadliest mass shooting in the United Kingdom since the Cumbria shootings in June 2010. While writing their book, the brothers reached out to Jeremy Corbyn to see if he wanted to be involved. Considering the nature of the HIV epidemic in India, OPL focused on high-risk adult males because of their potential to infect their wives and girlfriends in the general population. Among this group, medium to high exposure to OPL activities is correlated with a decrease in non-spousal sex and increased condom use with non-spousal partners. When Steve questioned her about her betrayal, Kate admits to informing Davidson, telling him: "I'm damned if I do, I'm damned if I don't. What was I supposed to do?"This piece ended up being somewhat lengthy and I have no doubt that those who like the book will offer criticism of my review for being longer than it possibly should be. To that I would say that my thoughts are a tad more complicated than “I didn’t like the book” and my points needed to be expanded upon.

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In episode two, it transpired that on the same night that the police received a call from CHIS with information about Ross Turner (Tommy Jessop), a member of the authorities made a call from a burner phone to the OCG, warning them that the police were about to storm the property. Steve tells Hastings: “Gail Vella drew attention to links between organised crime, politicians and senior police officers, Fans are trying to work out if Kate is undercover Credit: BBC Which familiar faces returned to the show? Luke and Ryan Hart become the lighthouse in this book, courageously sending out their warning signal about the danger of coercive control and why it must always be taken seriously.' - Katie Ghose, Chief Executive Women's Aid This story deserves to be heard, but I don’t think that this book is the best way to hear it. I would suggest that anyone who wants to hear about what happened directs themselves to the below article written by the Guardian. It’s a decent length and gives the Harts the opportunity to be quoted. I would argue that the article is more powerful than this book even if I still find some of the statements contentious.Another viewer remarked: "There will need to be a good twist to make me like Kate again #LineOfDuty." This book has some very important things to say, unfortunately those important things got lost in too many words. Don’t misunderstand me, I will not for one second argue against the notion that women are predominantly victims in reported domestic violence cases. There is much more to the conversation of domestic violence than just that though because abuse is wrong no matter who it is happening to. Books like this, and Everyday Victim Blaming, are detrimental to the conversation instead of adding to it.

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During the Surrey training event, we heard an emotional testimonial from White Ribbon Ambassadors, Ryan and Luke Hart about the tragic death of their mother and sister at the hands of their father, and the subsequent biased media response. Last week, the Hart brothers watched Jeremy Corbyn hold Theresa May to account during Prime Minister’s Questions before having lunch with the Labour leader and his team.We then were able to get photos with Jeremy on the same balcony we recognised from the photos of the snowball fight earlier this year.” “To us, Operation Lighthouse is more than a book, it is our mother and sister’s voice and it has become new meaning and purpose for us both.” The best summation of this book is 61% of the way through the Kindle version. It states “the risk is that we reinforce easily digested simplifications in lieu of true representations. Domestic abuse is only understood correctly if we accept that many of our beliefs are conflicting, contradictory and unstable. We therefore risk only seeing the side of the story that is most visible”. In context, it is talking about abusers being capable of acting and hiding their “Hyde side”. How ironic that the book makes this clear observation and falls into the exact same trap. The CDC just released the most recent bulletin on drug overdose deaths in the U.S. reporting a nearly 30% increase above predicted numbers for the 12 months between December 2019 and December 2020. In three states, overdose deaths exceeded predictions by more than 50%. These devastating numbers are most likely driven by the impact of the pandemic as well as the huge influx of illegal fentanyl into the country. If you’re looking for entertainment, this isn’t your book. If you’re looking to see how survivors cope, manage and survive, if you want to know how to help others, what questions to ask then this is your book. They both speak frequently at events and deliver training on coercive control, domestic abuse and resilience. So far, they have trained over 400 police officers, police community support officers and legal professionals in the Crown Prosecution Service.