All news on the topic: Domestic abuse

The eldest daughter of a garda charged with rape and child cruelty has said the family home had ‘an atmosphere of violence and threats” and it felt like living in a military barracks growing up.

In the family courts of England and Wales, justice is rarely seen. While real progress has been made towards making the courts more transparent, only a tiny fraction of cases are actually reported on.

Football agent Bradley Hudson-Odoi has avoided jail after terrorising two women with vile threats.

A jealous stalker set up a fake Tinder profile claiming she had ‘a rape fantasy’ to lure men to her home.

Sarah Pochin, the Reform MP for Runcorn and Helsby, made the claim in a video posted on social media after England beat Croatia.

Family courts are home to an “alarming prevalence” of victim blaming and bias – predominantly impacting mothers – according to researchers we spoke to following the publication of a new report.

A truck driver accused of murdering his teen girlfriend by crushing her against a lamppost has told a jury that he lied about a hit-and-run because he "panicked".

A violent rapist who carried out a catalogue of abuse and brutality towards women has been jailed for nine years after putting victims through “a horrific ordeal”.

A man has been sentenced to life behind bars for the murder of his partner and causing a gas explosion at the couple’s north London home.

An electrician who stabbed a judge’s daughter to death in a frenzied rage before blowing up their home in a gas explosion has been found guilty of murder.

A new law being introduced to parliament today aims to close a loophole that has forced domestic abuse victims living in social housing to either stay in harm’s way or risk homelessness.

More than a fifth of those arrested in the 2024 summer riots were subsequently accused of domestic abuse, new figures show.

As officers arrive outside a Victorian terraced home in east London, they take note of the number plate of the car parked on the driveway.

A man who has been found not guilty of manslaughter after being accused of driving his first wife to suicide has started a new life with another woman.

Asylum seekers who commit crimes or lie about their status will lose their right to benefits and free accommodation under plans to be put to Parliament by Shabana Mahmood next week.

Migrants are reportedly pretending to be victims of domestic abuse to stay in the UK – significantly affecting the lives of their British partners.

 An abusive husband whose wife jumped to her death from a road bridge has been jailed for causing her death in a landmark case.

A man has been jailed for killing his wife in a first-of-its-kind case after she jumped to her death from a road bridge following a campaign of domestic abuse.

Allegations of sexual assault against officers and staff of London’s Metropolitan Police have tripled in the five years since Sarah Everard was raped and murdered, new figures show.

Four officers from Northamptonshire Police should face misconduct charges following their handling of an alleged abuse reported by a woman only days before she was discovered dead in the trunk of a car, according to a watchdog.

Havering Council has agreed to pay more than £7,000 to a homeless mother after her family was left to live in unsafe housing.

Popular New Orleans meteorologist Devon Lucie was arrested early Sunday morning on domestic abuse and child endangerment charges.

The review has been criticised by some, including the domestic abuse commissioner for England and Wales. "The government will be sending a clear message to domestic abusers that they can now offend with little consequence," Nicole Jacobs said.