All news on the topic: Domestic abuse

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Nearly 10,000 domestic abusers could be released early under Labour prison reforms
Nearly 10,000 domestic abusers are set to walk free within three years under Labour’s early prison release scheme.
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Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd admits assaulting new partner after prison release
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has admitted attacking a new partner following his release from prison.
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UK plans overhaul of divorce laws to give domestic abuse greater weight in financial settlements
Divorce is a difficult process, and dividing up finances is one of the trickiest and more fraught aspects. Judges tasked with deciding how to split a couple’s money and assets look at a number of things, including their earnings and how long they’ve been together.
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Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd charged with attacking new girlfriend
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has been charged by police with attacking a new girlfriend, new parole board documents reveal.
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Senior MI5 officers face possible prosecution over false evidence in neo-Nazi agent case
Senior MI5 officers could be prosecuted for lying during a court case about a neo-Nazi agent on their payroll.
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Man admits sexually abusing girlfriend for more than a decade while she was asleep or allegedly drugged
A man aged in his 40s has admitted 32 sexual offences against his girlfriend who was allegedly drugged or asleep - the offences happened from January 2014 to September last year
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Controlling husband jailed for murdering wife after years of domestic abuse
A man who raped and murdered his estranged wife and staged a scene to make her death look like a suicide has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years in his absence after he refused to enter the courtroom.
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King Charles symbolically pardons Britain’s last woman executed by hanging after 70 years
The last British woman to be hanged, executed in 1955 for murdering her partner, on Wednesday had her sentence symbolically commuted to ‌life imprisonment by King Charles, on advice from the government that she had suffered an "historical injustice".
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Garda accused of rape and child cruelty forced daughter to eat a bucket of KFC chicken until she became sick, court heard
The eldest daughter of a garda charged with rape and child cruelty has said the family home had ‘an atmosphere of violence and threats” and it felt like living in a military barracks growing up.
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New project aims to open England’s secretive family courts to greater media scrutiny
In the family courts of England and Wales, justice is rarely seen. While real progress has been made towards making the courts more transparent, only a tiny fraction of cases are actually reported on.
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Football agent who told woman "I hope you die of cancer" given suspended jail sentence
Football agent Bradley Hudson-Odoi has avoided jail after terrorising two women with vile threats.
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Stalker jailed after creating fake Tinder profile claiming woman had “rape fantasy” to lure dozens of men to her home
A jealous stalker set up a fake Tinder profile claiming she had ‘a rape fantasy’ to lure men to her home.
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Reform MP condemned over England World Cup domestic abuse comments
Sarah Pochin, the Reform MP for Runcorn and Helsby, made the claim in a video posted on social media after England beat Croatia.
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Family courts accused of “alarming” victim blaming in domestic abuse cases
Family courts are home to an “alarming prevalence” of victim blaming and bias – predominantly impacting mothers – according to researchers we spoke to following the publication of a new report.
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Truck driver accused of crushing teen girlfriend says hit-and-run lie was panic
A truck driver accused of murdering his teen girlfriend by crushing her against a lamppost has told a jury that he lied about a hit-and-run because he "panicked".
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Violent rapist Kyle MacDonald jailed for nine years after "horrific ordeal" of abuse
A violent rapist who carried out a catalogue of abuse and brutality towards women has been jailed for nine years after putting victims through “a horrific ordeal”.
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Electrician jailed for life after murdering partner and blowing up their London home
A man has been sentenced to life behind bars for the murder of his partner and causing a gas explosion at the couple’s north London home.
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Electrician who stabbed judge’s daughter 31 times before blowing up their home is found guilty of murder
An electrician who stabbed a judge’s daughter to death in a frenzied rage before blowing up their home in a gas explosion has been found guilty of murder.
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UK moves to let domestic abuse victims stay in social housing while abusers are forced out
A new law being introduced to parliament today aims to close a loophole that has forced domestic abuse victims living in social housing to either stay in harm’s way or risk homelessness.
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One in five arrested in UK summer riots later accused of domestic abuse, new figures show
More than a fifth of those arrested in the 2024 summer riots were subsequently accused of domestic abuse, new figures show.
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Met Police roll out Operation Sallus to improve enforcement of domestic violence protection orders
As officers arrive outside a Victorian terraced home in east London, they take note of the number plate of the car parked on the driveway.
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Man acquitted of manslaughter linked to wife’s suicide starts new life with another partner
A man who has been found not guilty of manslaughter after being accused of driving his first wife to suicide has started a new life with another woman.
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Asylum seekers who break rules or lie face loss of UK benefits and housing under Mahmood crackdown plans
Asylum seekers who commit crimes or lie about their status will lose their right to benefits and free accommodation under plans to be put to Parliament by Shabana Mahmood next week.
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Illegal migrants instructed to falsely claim domestic abuse against partners to remain in the UK
Migrants are reportedly pretending to be victims of domestic abuse to stay in the UK – significantly affecting the lives of their British partners.
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Abusive husband jailed for wife’s death after bridge leap in landmark case
 An abusive husband whose wife jumped to her death from a road bridge has been jailed for causing her death in a landmark case.
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