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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Rod Minchin

Police chief apologises after women put at risk from Clare’s Law failures

A chief constable has apologised after a police staff member’s failures to undertake Clare’s Law applications properly left women at risk of violence, including one woman who was the victim of attempted murder.

Gavin Hudson was supposed to examine Clare’s Law requests – a system designed to allow people to find out whether a partner has a history of violence or domestic abuse – but failed to do his job properly.

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