BBC: "Man convicted of murdering his girlfriend and their 10-month-old daughter at Winchester Crown Court"
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00:00 Bbc: &Quot;Man Convicted Of Murdering His Girlfriend And Their 10-Month-Old Daughter At Winchester C
00:25 Accepted Answer Score 10
01:01 Answer 2 Score 4
01:18 Answer 3 Score 1
01:27 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 10
Yes. The meaning is understood, but a decent editor would have dropped the place reference from the headline. It adds nothing and introduces ambiguity.
To recast the sentence for clarity, I would suggest:
Man convicted at Winchester Crown Court of murdering his girlfriend and their 10-month-old daughter
That puts the money words ("murdering" "girlfriend" "daughter") at too far a remove from the beginning of the headline, however, so it is easy to see why the editor chose to put the place reference at the end. As I say, however, this information seems to belong more in body copy than in a headline.
ANSWER 2
Score 4
Another possible headline would be "Winchester Crown Court convicts man of murdering his girlfriend and their 10-month-old daughter". I agree, though, that mentioning the court at all seems quite unnecessary.
ANSWER 3
Score 1
No, you and many other people choose to ignore the rules of implicature. and wilfully misinterpret the sentence, for comic effect.