Letters: the law is failing abused women | Domestic violence
Women have been left unprotected because courts cannot attach powers of arrest to non-molestation orders Karen Ingala Smith, co-creator of the Femicide Census, which analyses the deaths of women at the hands of men. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer Karen Ingala Smith, co-creator of the Femicide Census, which analyses the deaths of women at the hands of men. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer Sun 14 Mar 2021 01.00 EST Last modified on Fri 26 Mar 2021 10.50 EDT A simple change in the law to reduce domestic killings – half happening around separation – would be to let family courts...