S26 · E08

Murdered at Home

Between two and three women are murdered by a partner or ex-partner every week, while nearly one and a half million women are victims of domestic abuse each year. The government says it is working tirelessly to tackle violence against women, but campaigners say sentences are too lenient for men who murder women at home. With a public consultation on domestic homicide sentencing due to end on the March 4, Julie Etchingham asks whose side is the law on?