16 Days of Action in Devon starts 25th November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and runs to 10th December, Human Rights Day.
3 January 2024: Tia Simmonds, 32, was found dead at a home in Lewisham. Shane Simmonds, 38, has been charged with murder. He is also charged with two counts of rape in relation to a separate woman
4 January 2024: Maya Bracken, 56, was stabbed to death in her car, near her home in Berkshire. A young man of 18 was hit by a train nearby and died at the scene. Police have linked the incidents and are not looking for anyone else in connection with either death.
5 January 2024: Alison McLaughlin, 53, and her husband Neil McLaughlin, 57, were found dead at a property in Greenock, Inverclyde. Police are treating Alison’s death as murder and her husband’s as non-suspicious. They are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
1 January 2024: Keotshepile ‘Naso’ Isaacs, 33, was found dead at her home in North Berwick, East Lothian. Her Husband Mompati Dodo Isaacs, 37, is charged with her murder.
GUILTY: Sheldon Rodrigues, 30, has been convicted of murdering his housemate, Stephanie Hansen, 39. On 31st Dec 2022, he stabbed her multiple times and used blunt instruments at their home in Hayes, London. He had set up surveillance equipment to monitor and spy on her.
20 January 2024: Tara Kershaw, 33 was found dead, after being strangled at a property in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Adam Barnard, 40, who was known to her, has been charged with her murder.
10% fewer domestic abuse crimes have been recorded in new statistics today - after new counting rules instruct police to deliberately record fewer crimes.
This downplays the reality for victims and the work of police to protect them.
My statement 👇
domesticabusecommissioner.uk…
The criminal justice system is failing victims of domestic abuse. The government's criminal justice reforms must be ambitious enough to address this.
My response to the measures announced in the King's Speech today ⬇️
domesticabusecommissioner.uk…