The Latest Breaking News from domestic violence

Brute who banned woman from wearing make up jailed after five-year campaign of domestic abuse

Declan Barrett told his terrified victim 'I'll murder you if you cheat on me'

Daily Record · Oct 25, 2022

Northern Territory, Australia's homicide capital, calls for needs-based model to increase share of domestic violence funding

First Nations women in the Northern Territory are murdered at up to 12 times the national average. Yet, ABC's Four Corners can reveal the territory receives just 1.8 per cent of the funding designed to prevent it.

ABC News · Oct 24, 2022

How to get tickets to see Idris Elba at Clapham’s charity event

The event will be held by Battersea-based domestic abuse and knife crime charity S.T.O.R.M

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2022

Crist's campaign manager arrested in apparent domestic incident prior to resignation

MIAMI — The manager for Charlie Crist’s gubernatorial campaign was arrested shortly before he resigned from the campaign this week, according to court records, in an apparent domestic violence case.

Miami Herald · Oct 21, 2022

Window cleaner who attacked two women is jailed under new domestic abuse laws

David Findlay, 35, of Edinburgh, sexually attacked a former partner and subjected her to physical and psychological harm, the Crown Office said.

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Shocking BBC Ambulance scenes see paramedics help Newcastle rough sleeper who 'fell through gaps' after escaping domestic violence

The latest episode of Ambulance on the BBC featured the horrifying case of a young woman who'd fled domestic violence and found herself rough sleeping.

Chronicle Live · Oct 21, 2022

People have right to know if their partner has history of domestic abuse

This how you can find out

Liverpool Echo · Oct 20, 2022

Ireland has accepted 'stark' domestic violence figures for too long, says Justice Minister Helen McEntee

Helen McEntee gave a run-through of her strategy to combat gender-based violence on Thursday

Irish Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

Domestic abuse victims ‘at increased risk as they can’t afford to flee partners in cost crisis’

‘Facing a cost of living crisis without adequate government support is nothing less than state-sanctioned economic abuse, aiding and abetting abusers to rob victims of their freedom,’ campaigner says

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

Texas struggles to get guns away from domestic violence suspects, leaving victims in danger

Although there are laws on the books preventing certain people from possessing guns, there are few places in the state where the criminal justice system has programs to hand over firearms to law enforcement — leaving survivors at a heightened risk for gun violence.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 20, 2022