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The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of the century. In November 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of five counts of sex-trafficking of minors, and now faces 55 years in prison for the role she played in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of four girls. The trial was meticulously covered by journalist and legal reporter Lucia Osborne-Crowley, one of only four reporters allowed into the courtroom every day. Witness: The Trial of the Century is her account of that trial, a gripping true crime drama and a blistering critique of a criminal justice system ill-equipped to deliver justice for abuse survivors, no matter the outcome. Centring the stories of four women and their testimonies, and supplemented by extra material to which Osborne-Crowley has exclusive access, Witness brings this incendiary trial to life, questions our age-old appetite for crime and punishment and offers a new blueprint for meaningful reparative justice.

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'I followed Lucia’s immaculate reporting throughout the Maxwell trial and now she has put the case into its human context. Powerful, vivid and affecting, it’s a thoughtful, responsible, compassionate account of the consequences of crime' David Nicholls, author of One Day 'Lucia’s work is urgent, necessary and courageous. Her personal bravery in examining her own past brings a depth of insight to her present writing that I both appreciate and admire' Elizabeth Day, author of How To Fail and Friendaholic 'We don't need another book about rich men and what, or who, they buy with their money. The book we need is this one – centering the stories of vulnerable teenage girls from families with no money, their need for something better, and how they were used up and thrown away by those rich men' Jolyon Maugham, Director of the Good Law Project and author of Bringing Down Goliath 'Lucia Osborne-Crowley’s vital work is driven by instincts that we need more than ever but that are in desperately short supply: integrity, a desire to bare witness, a dedication to the stories, experiences and truths of those who so often go unheard and unheeded' Kieran Goddard, author of I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

'Powerful, vivid and affecting. A thoughtful, responsible, compassionate account of the consequences of crime' David Nicholls, author of One Day 'Urgent, necessary and courageous.' Elizabeth Day, author of How To Fail 'The definitive voice on the Epstein horror.' Owen Jones ‘Osborne-Crowley writes from the unique position of legal expertise and lived experience of her subject. This makes her a compassionate authority. She is helping the world to understand the legacy of the trauma that comes with abuse of power.’ Vicky Spratt, author of Tenants ‘Osborne-Crowley a tenacious and empathetic chronicler of the world who provides a voice for those who have been silenced.' Rebecca Watson, author of Little Scratch 'We don't need another book about rich men. The book we need is this one: centering the stories of vulnerable teenage girls and how they were used up and thrown away by those rich men' Jolyon Maugham, Director of the Good Law Project 'Lucia Osborne-Crowley’s vital work is driven integrity, a desire to bear witness, a dedication to the stories, experiences and truths of those who so often go unheard and unheeded' Kieran Goddard, author of I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

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Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a trained lawyer, legal reporter and journalist and the author of two books, I Choose Elena (2019) and My Body Keeps Your Secrets (2021), winner of a Somerset Maugham Award. Her forensic but accessible reporting of the Maxwell trial was described as some of the best and most trauma-informed coverage of the case, and it saw her social media following grow by over 35,000 followers. She has appeared as an expert journalist on the Maxwell and Prince Andrew cases on BBC News, Sky News, LBC News and BBC Radio among others. Her analysis appeared in print in The Independent and ABC news. Elsewhere, her news reporting has appeared in the Guardian, The Sunday Times and GQ Magazine and her literary writing has been published in Granta and Meanjin.

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