GMP 'failing' domestic abuse victims
A report into how domestic violence cases are handled reveals serious concerns about Greater Manchester Police.
Police 'failing domestic violence victims'
Thousands of victims of domestic violence are being failed by police due to 'alarming and unacceptable weaknesses' in investigations, inspectors found. In Greater Manchester, a 13-year-old daughter of a victim was asked to be an interpreter for officers investigating allegations against her father.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary said Greater Manchester was of particularly serious concern and Lancashire Police had the best response to domestic abuse. There were 269,700 domestic abuse crimes from 2012 to 2013 in England and Wales.77 women were killed by their partners or ex partners.
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