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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

UK parliament to debate whether all suicides linked to domestic abuse to be investigated as homicide

Marie Goldman speaking in parliament.
Marie Goldman, women and equalities spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats. Photograph: House of Commons

Parliament is to debate whether all suicides in cases involving victims of domestic abuse should be investigated as homicide.

The Liberal Democrats have tabled an amendment to the crime and policing bill saying that if “there is reasonable suspicion that a death by suicide has been preceded by a history of domestic abuse committed against the person by another person, the relevant police force must investigate that suicide as if it were a potential homicide”.

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