All news on the topic: Domestic violence

Shadow justice minister Ellie Reeves said a Labour government would bring in specialist rape courts, tougher sentencing for rapists and a domestic violence register

Cuckooing is when criminals take over the homes of vulnerable people to use it for storage for drugs and weapons. It formed one of the major storylines in the recent smash-hit police drama Happy Valley.

Charlie, the nine-year-old crossbreed, lived in a house of domestic abuse before he arrived at RSPCA Brent Knoll Animal Centre back in September 2021

Sheree Spencer spat at and punched her husband, grabbing his hair, slapping him, kicking and biting him and threatened to take his head off, rip his heart out and break his teeth

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Kiena Dawes, 23, was reported missing just hours before she was hit by a train and pronounced dead at the scene last July in Lancashire

Kiena Dawes, 23, was reported missing hours before she was hit by a train following the release of a man arrested on suspicion of assaulting her 11 days before she died - her family claim she was 'let down' by Lancashire Police

Former MMA fighter Dwayne Herelle Jr., 28, has been charged with murder after waiting for Irene Torres to return home from work before allegedly stabbing her outside her parents' home in Tennessee, US

Mum-of-five and TV star Katie Price spoke out about her fury after it was revealed that eight police officers are facing a gross misconduct inquiry after callous jokes about her disabled son Harvey

NHS worker Holly Knowles said that there is now nothing she can do about the intimate images as her tormentor keeps reposting them online despite multiple efforts to remove them

New analysis shows eight of the ten police forces with the highest increases in knife crime are in areas with Conservative Party Police and Crime Commissioners

Darren Coathup used his power as a police officer to take advantage of two women, a court heard - he was jailed for two years on Friday and will have to serve half before being eligible for release

Nicola Bulley, who was last seen on January 27 while walking her springer spaniel Willow in the village of St Michael's on the Wyre, was categorised as a "high-risk" missing person

Pictures of Banksy's distinctive work began to emerge online yesterday morning, before the mysterious street artist and political activist claimed it as his own

Luton has been labelled 'unsafe' by locals as the Bedfordshire town is named the ‘worst place to live in England' - but do you feel safe where you live? Let us know in our poll

Elusive street artist Banksy has claimed his latest piece of work that appeared at the beginning of the week in Margate, Kent, alluding to domestic violence

Julia McKee, from Iver Heath, Bucks, is determined to combat domestic abuse after her best friend Sarah Henshaw was attacked with a claw hammer and strangled as she slept

Neighbours had reported seeing the missing woman's two children, aged five and two, on their own at the house in Ituporanga, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, under which police later found her body

Queen Consort Camilla visited a charity supporting domestic abuse survivors in London, where she met a young girl who passed a note to her and asked for it to be given to Princess Charlotte

Jacob Lennon, aged fifteen months, suffered 'sadistic' injuries to his genitals and his eyes were so badly swollen he looked like a 'panda', a murder trial has heard

The photo was released by Gabby Petito's family's lawyers as part of a lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department accusing the officers involved of missing the chance to save their daughter

Charlie Booth, 27, was convicted of murder after it was found that he beat partner Lauren Howe, 26, so severely that her liver was almost torn in two

Some of David Carrick's victims have spoken out after the rapist police officer was jailed for 30 years as the Met Police are warned they could face possible legal action

David Carrick has been sentenced to 30 years and 239 days in prison after attacking a dozen woman over a 17-year period - but warning signs had been posted continually about the serving policeman's behaviour

The That’s So Raven star has come under fire for a clip that was filmed back in April 2021 – a year after actor Johnny Depp lost is 'wife beater' libel case with his ex-wife Amber Heard and The Sun newspaper

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: David Carrick was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders after he admitted to 24 counts of rape as well as charges of sexual assault, controlling and coercive behaviour and false imprisonment