Scale of homicide and suicides by domestic abuse victims revealed
New report shows scale of domestic homicides and for the first time recorded an increase in suspected suicides by domestic abuse victims.
The report examines all deaths identified by police as domestic abuse related to improve understanding of risk indicators, victim and perpetrator demographics. The unique dataset collects detailed information on these deaths not available from any other source to help police and partners improve their response to domestic abuse, domestic homicide and victim suicide following domestic abuse.
'Evil' boyfriend, 26, whose girlfriend hanged herself after 'appalling' campaign of domestic abuse
A 'pure evil' boyfriend has been jailed after he ordered his girlfriend to self-harm and isolated her in such a shockingly cruel campaign of domestic abuse it 'absolutely destroyed her life' and she hanged herself.
Marc Masterton's 'despicable' psychological and physical assaults 'significantly contributed' to the 'demise' of Chloe Holland's mental health before she killed herself, a court heard.
Kellie Sutton: New inquest finds abuse victim unlawfully killed
The family of a woman who took her own life after domestic abuse said they had "fought for many years" for an inquest to rule she was unlawfully killed.
Kellie Sutton, 30, was found unconscious at the home she shared with partner Steven Gane in Welwyn Garden City on 23 August 2017.
A previous inquest at Hertfordshire Coroner's Court concluded she died by suicide, but this now been overturned.
Ms Sutton's family said the conclusion was "ground-breaking".
It is believed to be the first time an inquest has returned a conclusion of unlawful killing after a woman has taken her own life following domestic abuse.
Groundbreaking ruling in UK domestic abuse case
Kellie Sutton told police that she was ‘very frightened’ of her abusive partner Steven Gane, just weeks before she took her own life.
He was jailed after her death, for controlling and coercive behaviour. And now, in an unprecedented conclusion, an inquest jury has ruled that Kellie was unlawfully killed.
Our Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long reports on a case that Kellie’s family hopes will change the way such domestic abuse cases are handled.