Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Domestic violence victim who had relationship with GMP officer "knew her own mind" and was not vulnerable says barrister
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA barrister has claimed a domestic violence victim who began a relationship with a police officer who met her on duty was not vulnerable.
Ben Summers is representing PC Dean Birkhead, a serving GMP officer at a disciplinary hearing. Mr Summers said female A, as she is referred to at the hearing, was "a powerful woman who knew her own mind".
He added she was capable of making her own decsions and it was "patronising" and "deeply offensive" to assume that because she was a victim of her former husband's behaviour she was "incapable of recognising a predatory male." He added that since she and PC Birkhead had begun the relationship they had gone on to make a life together.
He dismissed the allegation that PC Birkhead had abused his position for sexual purposes. "Female A was a capable and consenting adult...she is a powerful woman who knows her own mind.
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