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Head and shoulder photograph of Linda Cook

BBC news [1]

Murder of Linda Cook

Yes, head and shoulders only

Yes

To illustrate an original encyclopedic article about the murder of the subject, on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. The image is used to illustrate to a reader the visage of the victim of the crime, historically significant as leading to one of the longest miscarriages of justice in UK legal history. It was also significant for being the first time that a UK court quashed a previous conviction after presentation of new DNA evidence and was also the first occasion in which the Criminal Cases Review Commission supported an appeal on the basis of newly available DNA evidence

No

The photo is of the same resolution as the web source, which is already of a reduced resolution from the original photograph, taken c. 1986. The image was released to the media and public for broad distribution by the police investigating the murder, who would not lose profit from its further distribution. It is believed to be free for distribution and reuse. It has been widely disseminated in the media, both TV and print, since its first release in 1986. No further free image is likely to be created as the subject is deceased. It lacks significant creative elements.