UK parliament to debate whether all suicides linked to domestic abuse to be investigated as homicide
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<p>Lib Dems table amendment to crime and policing bill, saying system ‘simply not doing enough to protect women’</p><p>Parliament is to debate whether all suicides in cases involving victims of domestic abuse should be investigated as homicide.</p><p>The Liberal Democrats have tabled an amendment to the crime and policing bill saying that if “there is reasonable suspicion that a death by suicide has been preceded by a history of domestic abuse committed against the
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UK parliament to debate whether all suicides linked to domestic abuse to be investigated as homicide Lib Dems table amendment to crime and policing bill, saying system ‘simply not doing enough to protect women’ Parliament is to debate whether all suicides in cases involving victims of domestic abuse should be investigated as homicide. The Liberal Democrats have tabled an amendment to the crime and policing bill saying that if “there is reasonable suspicion that a death by suicide has been preceded by a history of domestic abuse committed against the person by another person, the relevant police force must investigate that suicide as if it were a potential homicide”. Given the size of Labour’s majority, any amendment is unlikely to succeed unless it has the support of the government or MPs are allowed a free vote. Marie Goldman MP, the Liberal Democrat women and equalities spokesperson, said: “The current systems and laws are simply not doing enough to protect women, and in too many cases suicides driven by domestic abuse are going unreported. “We urgently need to update the law, so that police forces investigate every suicide as a potential homicide where there is a history of domestic abuse.” She added: “Only by making this mandatory will police be able to collect and preserve the best evidence possible to deliver justice for victims and their loved ones. “I’d call on colleagues from across the political divide to support the Liberal Democrats amendment to ensure that perpetrators of these horrendous crimes never be able to escape the full force of the law.” Domestic abuse campaigners have welcomed the amendment. Pragna Patel, from Project Resist, said: “We have been campaigning for a presumption to investigate domestic abuse related suicides as potential homicides and called for changes to police and CPS procedural policy to include such a presumption.” Her organisation launched a “Suicide is Homicide” campaign last year to challenge how the criminal justice syste...
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