Lawyers for the intelligence agency apologised for the handling of the case.

EXCLUSIVE: Only 8% of officers accused of abuse wives or girlfriends have have disciplined and half of those kept their jobs, as the police themselves come under scrutiny following the murder of...

Timothy Brehmer, who worked for Dorset Police, strangled Claire Parry but says it was an accident.

Almost 150 Metropolitan Police officers have been accused of domestic violence against their spouses or partners in the last two years, an Evening Standard investigation has revealed.

Only 1.5% of rapes recorded by police in England and Wales were prosecuted in 2019

Men who father children by rape should have their automatic parental rights removed, a Labour MP has said.

The Centre for Women’s Justice is a legal charity that holds the state to account for failures around protecting women and girls.

A British teenager has been found guilty of lying about being gang-raped while on holiday in the Cypriot resort of Ayia Napa, in a case that has raised questions about the island's treatment of...

 ‘Daisy’s Law’: one woman’s tireless campaigning supported by Centre for Women’s Justice results in landmark legal change

Millionaire John Broadhurst tried to claim her injuries were caused by consensual 'rough sex' in a case that changed the law

Anthony Williams was today handed a five-year sentence by a judge at Swansea Crown Court for the manslaughter of his wife, Ruth, of 46 years. He had told detectives he just snapped when she told him...

A joint statement for Centre for Women’s Justice and Justice for Women on the verdict and sentencing of Penelope Jackson

The police watchdog is looking into 31 complaints against officers across the country. One abuse survivor who waived her right to anonymity told Sky News that victims were 'still frightened to come...

Cases may not go ahead if police in England and Wales do not get access to messages and photographs.

Watchdog calls for ‘radical’ change in the way authorities prevent and respond to crimes including domestic violence and sex abuse

It did not contain images of Ms Everard or any material obtained from or related to investigation, force says

A failure to account for previous violence has led to at least 20 unsafe murder convictions, campaigners claim

‘She married her killer and 20 years later he took her life,’ say relatives of woman killed by husband

On 19 January the High Court will hear a landmark legal challenge of the Home Office and Police policy which requires the retention of all criminal convictions until the person reaches 100 years of...

Francois Verove, 59, is said to have confessed to a series of murders and rapes in a suicide note before DNA from his body linked him to several crime scenes.

CWJ is calling for a free-standing offence of non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation. We believe that this form of offending is currently significantly under-charged across the UK.

On 19 June 2015, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 19th June of each year the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, in order to raise awareness of the...

Cliff Mitchell joined the force in 2021 having been accused of child rape in 2017

A 'toxic' culture existed at the central London station dating back to 2006, said the former constable, who asked to be referred to by her first name, Liz.

The women say they were "battered and bruised" by the legal process that led to a serial rapist being jailed.

Blessing Olusegun was 21-years-old when her body was discovered on a beach in East Sussex in September last year.

New approach has led to collapse in number of defendants charged, say activists

A woman supported by Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) finally has justice after years of police failings and delays.

Over a million females in the UK suffer some form of domestic abuse each year, with seven women murdered every month by a partner

Report highlights scale of problem and need for multi-agency approach to safeguard victims

Drop all charges against the alleged rape victim in Cyprus.

Dame Vera Baird says survey of rape complainants found only one in seven felt reporting could result in justice being secured

Raneem Oudeh made repeated calls to police in the months leading up to her and her mother's deaths.

The number of domestic homicide reviews in cases where a victim has killed themselves following abuse by an intimate partner or ex is rising steeply, the Home Office has confirmed. Domestic homicide...

The ex-wife of a police officer has described in chilling detail how his force protected him from prosecution after suffering years of physical and sexual abuse at his hands.

Speaking exclusively to FEMAIL, Harriet Wistrich, UK Solicitor and Director Centre for Women's Justice said that failings of the police and CPS mean many 'serial perpetrators are often free'.

Exclusive: ‘There has to be change, there absolutely has to be,’ says former minister amid outpouring of anger

Nicola Stocker said her ex-husband had tried to strangle her in a Facebook post to his new partner.

Christopher Killick filmed Emily Hunt while she was naked and unconscious in a hotel room.

Campaigners, citing the cases of 19 women, say perpetrators can be protected from facing justice.

Daniela Espirito Santo died after her boyfriend assaulted her hours after he was released on bail for attacking her earlier in the day.

Shared messages reveal evidence of violent misogyny, racism and bullying within the ranks, as Met reels from Sarah Everard case

New HMCPSI report on CPS ‘performance’ on rape cases - part of the Government’s Rape Review – shockingly finds no issue with CPS decision making, despite overwhelming evidence of plummeting rape...

Her evidence helped put abusers behind bars, yet ‘Amber’ was vilified by the authorities and says her torment will never end

Grice was issued with a fixed penalty notice after she complained about being harassed by ex-partner Michael Lane.

Findings from survey of UK practitioners may explain why many more women than men suffer from a range of conditions

Exclusive: ‘He confessed what he had done. In my view rape has become decriminalised. If a confession isn’t enough to even get to court there’s no hope for anyone else’

Two thousand police have been accused of sexual misconduct, including rape, over the past four years.In nearly two thirds of cases officers accused of sexual vi

Leading international research has shown that domestic abuse is the primary cause of brain injury in women around the globe. The intersection between the two is one that must be understood so that...

Other failures listed in damning official report include blaming children for ‘making poor choices’

‘It was him who hurt us, but it was they who didn’t stop him in the first place,’ survivor says

She heard a group of boys saying 'you could just grab her, she can't see you anyway.'

The Centre for Women’s Justice is a legal charity that holds the state to account for failures around protecting women and girls.

The six-month limit on reporting assaults too often allows the perpetrators to escape justice, says Labour MP Yvette Cooper