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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Hannah Al-Othman North of England Correspondent

Police ‘determined’ to target abusers who drive women to suicide but say they lack resources

Kiena Dawes.
Kiena Dawes, who was subjected to repeated assaults, bullying and belittling from her partner Ryan Wellings before she took her own life. Photograph: Lancashire Police/PA

Police are “determined to do more” to hold to account domestic abusers who drive victims to kill themselves, the National Police Chiefs’ Council has said.

Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC lead for domestic abuse, has said that “more posthumous investigations are taking place”, but that officers struggle with a lack of resources, adding that 20% of all crime relates to domestic abuse in most forces.

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