Paperback: Young, vulnerable, naïve. Twenty two year old Michelle Nicholson had no idea how to deal with the strange and menacing stranger who seemed to be taking over her life. He had sucked friends and family into believing his fantasy that he was a good, kind man, trying to offer Michelle a better life.
But beneath the façade lurked a dangerous and deadly psychopath, hell bent on revenge for Michelle’s rejection of him.
Twenty four years later, still fighting to clear her name, Michelle tells, with raw honesty, the true and horrifying story of the murder of her beloved father and how she was framed for that murder, losing her youth, her young daughter, her freedom and almost her sanity.
"I prayed and still had hope that one day I could clear my name. I would continue to fight, that fight would go on until I took my last breath. I didn't consider that it might take that long. Perhaps the system is designed in a way that innocent people can't fight back. It's a hard thing to bear that actually, no one really cares, or at least, very few, even though you have experienced a great injustice. Until, like me, you are in it yourself, but at that point it's too late; your voice is meaningless. Your voice has been silenced. You are a criminal. You are nothing. You are without a voice," wrote Michelle.
Without A Voice: One Woman's Fight for Justice (2017) is "an incredible story of life inside a criminal justice system where the scales of justice are tipped. Michelle's story is inspiring, everyone on every side of the criminal justice system would do well to read. It shines with compassion and above all, humanity in the hands of one of life's unsung heroines." - Sital Dhillon, Barrister, Head Department of Law and Criminology
About the author: Michelle Nicholson is the founder and Director of Key Changes - Unlocking Women’s Potential. Michelle is responsible for the strategic planning and development of the organisation. Her own experience of the criminal justice system led to an understanding of social injustices for women; this has shaped the charity’s vision and its aims and objectives. She holds a BSc in Social Science with psychology and crime, order and social control (Open University).
To tackle social inequalities, Michelle gives educational presentations to a range of audiences to enable them to better understand women’s needs and issues such as resettlement into the community.
Michelle has also had a number of articles published in this area and her very own story is told without the harsh and unforgiving process by which our communities are often encouraged and shaped to become in her book, Without A Voice: One Woman's Fight for Justice.
Michelle won the High Sheriff’s Award 2015 for her leadership skills to promote change for women.
Key Changes - Unlocking Women’s potential is a multi-award winning charity.
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