"The move is necessary because police and prosecutors are not doing enough to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of suicide after domestic abuse. In case after case, there is systemic and structural failure, especially within the criminal justice system, to scrutinise these deaths with the seriousness that they deserve, Pragna Patel, co-director of the campaign group Project Resist said, at a landmark meeting in Westminster earlier this week."
"Sharon Holland lost her daughter Chloe Holland, 23, in March 2023. Before her death, Chloe had reported her former partner, Marc Masterton to police, giving a two-hour video interview as evidence against him. After her death, Masterton was convicted of coercive and controlling behaviour and jailed for 41 months. He was later jailed for three years and seven months after a second woman came forward to report that she had been in a violent and abusive relationship with him."
Campaigners call for every suicide involving a domestic violence victim to be investigated as a potential homicide to ensure abusers face accountability. Campaigners say police and prosecutors are failing to secure prosecutions in suicide-after-abuse cases, with systemic and structural failures in the criminal justice system. Project Resist organised a meeting in Westminster that brought together more than 47 families affected by suicide after domestic abuse. Case examples include Chloe Holland, who reported her former partner and provided a two-hour video interview; her former partner was later convicted of coercive and controlling behaviour and jailed. Families report existing laws often go unused and demand agencies do their jobs properly.
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