Peterborough car stabbing: Woman, 18, guilty of murdering admirer – BBC News
‘An 18-year-old woman who murdered an admirer by stabbing him in a “fit of anger” in his car has been jailed.’
BBC News, 25th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: domestic violence
Disciplinary action for police officers over Shana Grice murder – The Guardian
‘Police officers are to face disciplinary charges over the case of a woman murdered after being stalked by her former partner, whose repeated pleas for help instead saw her fined for wasting police time.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Sally Challen at home after murder conviction quashed – BBC News
‘A woman who served nine years in jail for her husband’s murder before her conviction was quashed has been reunited with her sons.’
BBC News, 7th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook ‘strangle’ post: Woman wins libel battle against ex-husband – BBC News
‘A woman has won a libel battle against her ex-husband over comments she made on Facebook about him trying to strangle her.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Abusive wife jailed for life for husband’s murder – BBC News
‘A woman who killed her husband after “systematically” abusing him and hitting him with a rolling pin has been jailed.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Domestic abusers ‘sewing GPS trackers into teddy bears’ – BBC News
‘Technology is increasingly being used by domestic abusers to trap, control or hunt down their victims, Refuge has told the Victoria Derbyshire programme.’
BBC News, 20th March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Revenge porn threats should be made illegal, review suggests, after Alice Ruggles murder – Daily Telegraph
‘Revenge porn threats should be made illegal after the murder of Alice Ruggles, a domestic homicide review has recommended.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police guilty of gross misconduct in domestic abuse murder case – The Guardian
‘Police officers risk losing their jobs and pensions if they fail to properly investigate domestic abuse including stalking, harassment and coercive control following a landmark misconduct ruling.’
The Guardian, 9th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
One in five children under supervision orders harmed again within five years – The Guardian
‘At least one in five children in England allowed to return to potentially dangerous homes under supervision orders are back in court within five years having been subjected to further significant harm, according to research.’
The Guardian, 4th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Keeley Barnard: Killer daughter ‘posed no risk’ to mum – BBC News
‘An alcoholic who threatened her husband with a knife “posed no risk” to her mother, who she later killed in “rage and frustration”, a report has found.’
BBC News, 1st March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sally Challen appeal: judges give hope to women who killed their abusive husbands – Daily Telegraph
‘Dozens of women imprisoned for murdering their partners after violent, abusive relationships will seek to overturn their convictions, lawyers have said, after a wife jailed for bludgeoning her husband to death with a hammer won her appeal to secure a retrial.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Domestic violence before shari’a councils – Family Law
‘Dr Naheed Wali Ghauri, an Associate Research Fellow at the School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London and non-stipendiary Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute, Cambridge, discusses domestic violence before Shari’a councils and mediation under English and Islamic Forum.’
Family Law, 28th February 2019
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Access to compensation scheme for victims who lived with their attacker – Ministry of Justice
‘More victims of violent crime will be able to claim compensation, as the government today (28 February 2019) brought forward legislation to abolish the longstanding pre-1979 “same-roof” rule.’
Ministry of Justice, 28th February 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Sally Challen: Hammer killer wife in ‘landmark’ appeal – BBC News
‘A woman who bludgeoned her husband to death with a hammer is set to challenge her murder conviction in what is being described as a landmark case.’
BBC News, 27th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
My six-year wait for life-changing compensation – BBC News
‘”I met an older man and I was in a vulnerable situation. He took me under his wing and very quickly groomed me,” says Emma. This was two decades ago, when she was 16. The man went on to physically and sexually abuse her over a two-year period.’
BBC News, 26th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Redcar man given life for smothering partner had killed before – The Guardian
‘A man who has been given a life sentence for smothering his partner after a row had previously killed a girlfriend.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Ep. 67: Remediation – Mathew Barnes – Law Pod UK
‘Taken from our recent seminar, ‘Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings’, Mathew Barnes asks the question in his talk about remediation – Can you teach an old dog new tricks?’
Law Pod UK, 18th February 2019
Source: audioboom.com
‘Fear led our mother to kill our father. It wasn’t murder’ – The Guardian
‘A mother-of-two who killed her husband in a hammer attack will make legal history later this month when her conviction for murder is reviewed by the Court of Appeal.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
