Men Who Drive Wives to Suicide Face Prosecution ; Law Aims to Crack Down On Scourge of Violent Partners

Daily Post (November 17, 2009)

Author: Jack Doyle

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VIOLENT men who drive their wives to suicide could be charged with killing them under proposed changes to the law.

The new offence of "liability for suicide" would be used where women have taken their own lives after a prolonged campaign of domestic abuse by their husbands or partners.

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Men Who Drive Wives to Suicide Face Prosecution ; Law Aims to Crack Down On Scourge of Violent Partners

Senior police officers want the change in part to tackle so- called "honour violence" against women t...

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