The cost-of-living crisis could be a “matter of life and death” for women and children experiencing domestic abuse, campaigners have warned. Scottish Women’s Aid is calling on the Scottish Government
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Five-year-old Logan Mwangi’s voice was not heard by authorities during his short life, a review detailing the extensive injuries he suffered has found. Almost a year before his death, the
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A man who claimed he had accidentally killed his ex-girlfriend when throwing an axe has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years for her murder. Andrew
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A mentally ill man who was accused of harassing supermodel Kate Moss has been detained indefinitely for killing his divorced parents after absconding from a psychiatric unit. William Warrington, 42,
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A young mother killed by her “obsessive” partner feared social services would “take her baby away” if she kept reporting his “controlling” and violent behaviour to police, her aunt told
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The cost-of-living crisis is increasingly being used as justification for domestic abuse while some victims are unable to afford to get to court to obtain protection, a charity has warned.
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Prosecutors are “determined” to increase the confidence that victims have in the criminal justice system, Scotland’s Lord Advocate said after the launch of a pilot scheme to improve the experience
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The number of domestic abuse related charges reported to prosecutors fell slightly last year, though they were at their second highest level in six years, figures show. Crown Office and
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Migrant victims of domestic abuse are being pushed from “pillar to post”, refused beds in refuges and reported to immigration enforcement after seeking help, a committee has heard. Women fleeing
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More than half a million safeguarding concerns about the suspected abuse of adults were raised during 2021-22 – up nine per cent in a year, figures have shown. An estimated
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