Calls grow for suicides linked to domestic abuse to be treated as potential homicides

A Guardian report revealed it was likely the number of suicides linked to domestic abuse were being vastly underreported. Photograph: Microgen Images/Science Photo Library RF

Politicians and experts have thrown their weight behind calls for suicides to be investigated as potential homicides in cases where a person who takes their own life has been affected by domestic abuse.

They also called for better training for police so that officers understand the full impact of domestic abuse, and move away from “a tickbox approach” to suicides.