Revealed: police refusing requests for background checks on violent partners
Observer analysis reveals forces in England and Wales are leaving people at risk by rejecting Clare’s law checks on suspected abusers
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Observer analysis reveals forces in England and Wales are leaving people at risk by rejecting Clare’s law checks on suspected abusers
Exclusive: Campaigners describe a ‘postcode lottery’, with one expert warning that the rejection of so many applications made under Clare’s Law is putting women’s lives in danger
George Appleton, 49, and and an unidentified woman, 47, were fatally shot in a home in the 6500 block of South Claremont Avenue Monday afternoon, police said.
Angie Smith said she had her suspicions about Damian Bendall, who killed her daughter Terri Harris and her children John and Lacey Bennett, but feared Bendall would find out if she used Clare's Law
A police force is urgently reviewing every application it received under the domestic violence disclosure scheme Clare’s Law over an eight-year period.Wiltshire Police said it was “truly sorry” as it announced that more than 3,500 applications,...