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Restriction zones will ‘unduly influence’ release of offenders, warns PCC

Ministers are seeking to introduce restriction zones that will limit where abusers can go.

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2025

Queen Camilla thinks social media is 'terrifying'

Queen Camilla hosted a reception for SafeLives, of which she is patron, and expressed her concerns about social media.

BANG Premier · Apr 2, 2025

Queen ‘expressed support for parents campaigning for murdered daughter’

Camilla hosted a reception at Clarence House on Tuesday for the SafeLives charity which aims to eradicate domestic abuse.

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

Queen vows to keep trying to end domestic violence until ‘able to do no more’

The Queen was followed over the course of a year for a new ITV1 and ITVX documentary looking at her work in this field.

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2024

Queen Camilla spotlights voices of domestic abuse survivors in powerful new documentary

Camilla is seen visiting a refuge and meeting survivors as the documentary follows her on her mission to shine a spotlight on domestic abuse

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2024

Joanna Simpson: Hammer killer who battered wife will not be automatically released, justice secretary vows

Alex Chalk has used new powers to block Robert Brown’s automatic release after serving 13 years for killing Joanna Simpson and burying her in a pre-dug grave

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

Justice secretary blocks release of man who bludgeoned estranged wife to death

Decision to release Robert Brown halfway through 26-year sentence for killing Joanna Simpson referred to Parole Board

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023

Killer pilot’s release from prison blocked by Justice Secretary

BA captain Robert Brown beat his wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

Joanna Simpson: Family fear for lives as they call for ‘narcissistic’ hammer killer to be kept behind bars

Exclusive: Mother of two was battered to death and buried in a pre-dug grave – now her family fears for their safety if her killer is released

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

Family of woman killed by husband ask justice secretary to keep him in jail

Robert Brown, who bludgeoned Joanna Simpson to death in 2010, is due to be released in November

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023