The Home Office is facing a High Court challenge over the use of children as spies by police and other investigative bodies. Children’s charity Just for Kids Law says the
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A woman who killed her husband after years of coercive and controlling abuse will walk free from court, bringing to an end 10 years of “hell”. Sally Challen, 65, bludgeoned
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A woman who spent nearly a decade behind bars for killing her husband in a hammer attack will not face a retrial for murder. Georgina Challen, 65, claimed she suffered
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Domestic abuse victims in the UK are three times more likely to develop severe mental illnesses, new research suggests. The study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found a
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Victims of domestic violence must not be placed at risk because of uncertainty around the use of police bail leading to suspects being released without restrictions, a former champion has
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A war veteran throttled his mother shouting “you’re dead” years before he killed a Britain’s Got Talent finalist, a court has heard. Desmond Sylva, 41, is on trial at the
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An Iraq war veteran accused of murdering a Britain’s Got Talent finalist told police he cut her neck to “defend” himself, a court has heard. Desmond Sylva, 41, stabbed his
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A nurse who performed on Britain’s Got Talent was stabbed more than 70 times by her former soldier boyfriend in an “utterly terrifying” attack, a court has heard. Simonne Kerr,
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A former “mum-of-the-year” who killed her husband by stabbing him in the heart has been jailed for 14 years. Helena Atay, 42, known as Karine, was cleared of murdering her
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A “controlling and coercive” husband has been found guilty of battering his wife to death with a hammer and machete. Muhammad Javed, 59, killed mother-of-five Saeeda Hussain after he set
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