Daily Mirror

Court screen for victims of home abuse

- BY ANDREW GREGORY Political Editor

VICTIMS of domestic violence may be spared having to face their alleged abusers in court.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd wants new rules allowing evidence to be given by video link or from behind a screen.

She said: “We are proposing to give domestic abuse victims the same status in court as those who have suffered modern slavery or sex offences.”

Latest figures suggest fewer than one in 10 domestic violence incidents reported by women end in a jail sentence.

An estimated 1.9 million people aged 16 to 59 suffered domestic abuse in the 12 months to March 2017, according to Office for National Statistics’ most recent figures.

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