Longer sentences for 'rough sex' killers may not deliver justice for victims
Restrictions on media coverage and the use of sexual history in court would be more effective changes.
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Restrictions on media coverage and the use of sexual history in court would be more effective changes.
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk - writing exclusively in today's Mail - condemns 'warped' domestic abusers who claim the lives of their partners by sexual violence. Stock images.
ALEX CHALK: It's absurd to suggest any woman can consent to the very sexual violence that kills them, and this Government has already made crystal clear in law that 'rough sex gone wrong' is no defence.
Cowards who kill their partners with sexual violence will face longer behind bars as the government continues to clamp down on domestic abuse against women.
Exclusive: 'We want to get to the position where we are prosecuting more rape than at any point in time in British history. And we're well on the way to achieving that.'