Rise in number of Scots women using Clare’s Law to find out if partner is violent
The numbers of women asking police if their partner has a history of domestic violence has more than doubled in…
‘Truly international’ network of drug-facilitated rape uncovered by UK crime agency
The NCA likened the crimes being perpetrated in the online networks to the Gisèle Pelicot case in France. Photograph: Guillaume…
Whisky boss convicted of punching partner in ‘abhorrent’ attack at booze festival
A whisky boss has been convicted of punching his partner during an “abhorrent” attack at a booze festival. Marcos McCurley,…
Offenders in England and Wales who kill current or ex-partners face 10 more years in prison
Poppy Devey-Waterhouse and Ellie Gould were both murdered by their former boyfriends. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock and PAView image in fullscreenPoppy Devey-Waterhouse…
POLICE COLUMN: Detective Inspector Tommy Stenhouse
I am very grateful to Chief Inspector Grieve for allowing me to take over his column this week to provide…
‘Really good flatmate’: what happens when the love is gone but it costs too much to move out?
Financial pressures can make separation for a cohabiting couple financially impossible. Illustration: Victoria HartView image in fullscreenFinancial pressures can make…
‘Her absence is felt every day’ Family of woman bludgeoned to death by boyfriend pay tribute
The family of a woman who was bludgeoned to death by her boyfriend, while he was banned from going near…
Pakistan police rescue French woman and children allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years
Pakistan police rescue French woman and children allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years Husband arrested after Sylvie Yasmina,…
‘My husband attacked me for over 47 years – but he’ll be back on streets after just 12 months’
A wife battered over four decades by her husband is preparing for her attacker to walk free this week –…
I called her Joybell, my soulmate since I was eight. Then her partner killed her and blew up their home
Catherine Milne (left) and her friend Annabel Rook at a 40th birthday party in 2022. Photograph: Courtesy of Catherine MilneView…