A man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a woman in London six years ago.
Police say it is a rare prosecution of alleged domestic abuse linked to suicide.
Gillian Morand died in Bexley, in south-east London, in March 2020.
The Metropolitan Police said that an inquest concluded that the 36-year-old had taken her own life.
Following her death, allegations that Ms Morand had previously suffered domestic abuse came to light and Scotland Yard launched a probe.
Seyhan Assaf, 45, of Berwick Crescent, Sidcup, south-east London, has now been charged with manslaughter and coercive or controlling behaviour.
It is alleged that Ms Morand was abused over a “significant period” and that it contributed to her death, the force said.
Detective Chief Inspector Dan Whitten said: “This is a complex investigation with very few charges of this nature authorised across the country.”
He asked for anyone who was in contact with Ms Morand in the decade before her death to contact the force.
Assaf will appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.
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