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The WSWS spoke with Liz French from Betteshanger, a former pit village in the Kent coalfield in south-east England. Liz was a founding member of the National Women Against Pit Closures during the 1984-85 Miner’s Strike. Among the 200 miners imprisoned during the 1984-85 strike, Liz’s late husband Terry received one of the longest prison sentences of five years.
An inquiry found Couzens history of alleged sexual offending dated back nearly 20 years before he kidnapped, raped and murdered marketing executive Sarah Everard.
Repeated opportunities were missed to stop Couzens leaving him able to stay a cop despite being a serial sex offender with a reputation for disturbing behaviour that led to his nickname the Rapist .
Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the start of the miners strike the testimonies of both the strikers and those branded scabs after they decided to return to work are revealed in a new exhibition.