Category: Domestic violence

‘We couldn’t let her story end there’: Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s brother on the year since her shocking death – and why he’s still fighting in her name

She was the young girl in that infamous photograph with Prince Andrew, and the best-known survivor of Jeffrey Epstein. As Virginia’s explosive posthumous memoir continues to reverberate, her brother Sky Roberts and his wife,...

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Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon

Ellis was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her partner David BlakelyUK politics live – latest updatesRuth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in UK, has been granted a conditional pardon in light of evidence that she was a...

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Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon

Ellis was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her partner David BlakelyUK politics live – latest updatesRuth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in UK, has been granted a conditional pardon in light of evidence that she was a...

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Domestic abuse law fails to recognise danger of tech abuse, Lords committee told

Policy adviser Jen Reed says tech-facilitated abuse has become ‘increasingly prevalent’ and calls for its inclusion in Domestic Abuse ActThe Domestic Abuse Act fails to fully recognise the danger of technology-facilitated abuse,...

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Labour MPs propose specialist sexual offences courts to help trials backlog

Rebels put forward amendments to courts bill in attempt to stop government plans to cut back on jury trialsLabour MPs are hoping to hijack plans to cut back on jury trials in England and Wales by proposing specialist courts for...

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Jess Phillips reveals she is ‘victim of courts backlog’ as jury trial bill passes

Exclusive: Safeguarding minister says man accused of restraining order breach will not come to court until 2028A man accused of breaching a restraining order related to Jess Phillips will not have his case heard in the crown...

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Jess Phillips backs jury bill as she reveals she is ‘victim of courts backlog’

Exclusive: Safeguarding minister says man accused of breaching restraining order will come to court only in 2028UK politics live – latest updatesA man accused of breaching a restraining order related to Jess Phillips will not...

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Survivor of financial abuse invited to advise ministers after Guardian report

City minister Lucy Rigby acts after woman faced repossession of house burned down by controlling husbandA woman who was nearly killed by her abusive husband has been invited to advise the government on measures to support...

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Katie’s story: her abusive ex-partner said ‘kill yourself’. When she did, police dropped domestic violence inquiry

After her death, police dropped a case examining Katie Madden’s former partner, despite evidence he had repeatedly told her to kill herselfRevealed: The true toll of female suicides in UK with domestic abuse at their coreHours...

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