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A shadow of a man with a clenched fist as a woman covers in the corner (picture posed by a model), March 9, 2015
THE number of domestic abuse victims taking their own lives has risen for the third year in a row, police figures revealed today.
Domestic abuse-related deaths classed as suspected suicide were more common than killings by a current or ex-partner in the year to the end of March 2023.
The report, part of a project led by the National Police Chiefs’ Council, recorded 242 domestic abuse-related deaths in England and Wales that year, including 93 cases where victims were thought to have taken their own life.
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