Landmark meeting in Westminster hears from string of relatives who say they have been failed by justice system
Every suicide in which the deceased has been a victim of domestic violence should be investigated as a potential homicide, according to calls by campaigners who want see abusers held to account for the devastating affect of their actions.
The move is necessary because police and prosecutors are not doing enough to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of suicide after domestic abuse.
“In case after case, there is systemic and structural failure, especially within the criminal justice system, to scrutinise these deaths with the seriousness that they deserve,” Pragna Patel, co-director of the campaign group Project Resist said, at a landmark meeting in Westminster earlier this week.
The meeting, organised by Project Resist, which runs a “Suicide is Homicide” campaign to fight for change in the criminal justice system, brought together families who had lost loved ones to suicide after domestic abuse.
