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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

‘Hidden homicides’: campaign calls for review of cases where women fell from height

Fawziyah Javed wearing a robe and mortar-board hat with tassel, holding a rolled-up certificate tied with red ribbon
Fawziyah Javed, seen here on her graduation day, was pushed from Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh by her husband, who was found guilty of murder. Photograph: Family handout/Police Scotland/PA

Campaigners are calling for an immediate review into cases where women have fallen from a height to ensure domestic abusers cannot get away with murder.

There could be as many as 130 “hidden homicides” a year in England and Wales, the Killed Women campaign group estimates, in which women were murdered by a partner or family member but their deaths were officially recorded as accidental or suicide.

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