Extract from Consideration of Lords amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill - Apr 15
Friday, 16 April 2021 07:48
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op) [V]:...Shana Grice was
fined for wasting police time before she was murdered by her
stalker—a man who had been reported by 13 other women for stalking.
Alice Ruggles was murdered by her ex-partner in 2016. The court
heard how a restraining order had been taken out by an
ex-girlfriend of his just three years earlier, but at the point at
which Alice was begging the police for help, Northumbria police had
no knowledge of that. Janet Scott, Pearl Black,...Request free trial
(Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op) [V]:...Shana Grice was fined for
wasting police time before she was murdered by her stalker—a man
who had been reported by 13 other women for stalking. Alice Ruggles
was murdered by her ex-partner in 2016. The court heard how a
restraining order had been taken out by an ex-girlfriend of his
just three years earlier, but at the point at which Alice was
begging the police for help, Northumbria police had no knowledge of
that. Janet Scott, Pearl Black, Linah Keza, Maria Stubbings, Kerri
McAuley, Molly McLaren, Hollie Gazzard, Justene Reece, Kirsty
Treloar, Jane Clough, Linzi Ashton—all those cases involved serial
perpetrators who had been violent and abusive to other women before
they were attacked. No one joined the dots. No one asked whether
they were at risk and acted. These women were sitting ducks. That
is the system that the Minister is defending today...
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