Jessica Laverack
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Jessica Laverack was a talented hairdresser who travelled the world with her job. “She had a very privileged life. She had horses and she did lots of social activities," explains her mum Phyllis Daly, 67.
"She just had the most affectionate and fun nature. She was so bright, bubbly, but her personality changed completely.”
The mother of a woman who took her own life after suffering domestic abuse says the authorities are still not working together to support victims.
Jessica Laverack, 34, was found dead at her home in Beverley, East Yorkshire, on 2 February 2018.
At her inquest, the coroner urged the government to recognise "the link between domestic abuse and suicide".
Jessie Laverack. Kiena Dawes. Chloe Holland. Three women abused by their partners. Three women eventually driven to suicide.
“The perpetrators are to blame, but the professionals let them down,” Jessie’s mother tells ITV News.
Since her daughter’s death, Phyllis Daly has devoted her life to driving change. Today, ITV News joined Phyllis and the mothers of Kiena and Chloe as they lobbied the government directly.
In a meeting with Jess Phillips, the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence against Women they told her the professionals "failed to support" their daughters.
Each of their stories are traumatic. In each case, the authorities had been made aware of claims of abuse.