‘A mother of three who fled her husband in the US has been extradited from the UK on charges of kidnapping her children, campaigners have said.’
BBC News, 4th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The conviction rate for domestic violence cases has reached its highest ever level, with cases now making up 10.7% of the Crown Prosecution Service’s workload, the director of public prosecutions will announce on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man has been given a whole-life prison sentence for murdering his girlfriend a year after his release for killing a previous partner.’
BBC News, 30th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been convicted of murdering a two-year-old girl after he kicked her, rupturing her liver.’
BBC News, 17th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A father who killed his ex-girlfriend while their young daughter slept upstairs has had his minimum jail term increased at the Court of Appeal to 23 years.’
BBC News, 12th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman attacked by her partner with a claw hammer was put at “serious risk” by South Wales Police, despite her reporting him to them, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has said.
BBC News, 11th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former beggar rescued from the streets by a Countess before running off with a schoolgirl from Cheltenham Ladies College has been convicted of attacking his latest girlfriend.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of the “pre-planned honour killing” of his wife, whose body has never been found.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former soldier who murdered his wife after discovering she was having an affair with her ex-husband has been jailed for 17 years.’
BBC News, 28th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed his model ex-partner to death has been found guilty of her murder.’
BBC News, 21st May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘David Gikawa, who murdered ex-girlfriend Linah Keza at her flat in London last year, has become the latest person convicted of a domestic violence-related killing. How common are such crimes?’
BBC News, 22nd May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor, and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law, both of Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in April.’
Family Law Week, 17th May 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A man who killed his abusive former stepfather by running him over in his car has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 16th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, has today proposed changes to the way the CPS considers domestic violence cases that would instruct prosecutors to consider the use of social media, gang culture and peer pressure when looking at cases involving teenagers.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th May 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man who attempted to strangle his wife of 10 years while she lay in bed sleeping has been jailed.’
The Independent, 26th April 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who attacked the mother of his four children with a hammer and then set her on fire has been jailed for life by a judge at the Old Bailey.’
BBC News, 14th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In busy working environments it is easy to make mistakes but some mistakes are more costly than others. An inadvertent disclosure of a domestic violence victim’s safe address to their abuser, for instance, could cost someone their life. Now signed by 87 MPs, Early Day Motion 900 so called “Eve’s Law” is calling for the greater protection of safe addresses.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th April 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
A bank worker has been jailed for life for murdering his wife in a bid to stop her revealing his homosexuality.
BBC News, 11th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Vulnerable domestic abuse victims will be helped by the scrapping of fees for domestic violence injunctions, Courts Minister Shailesh Vara has announced.’
Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
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