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Move ‘will save lives’ says victim attacked by partner
BEES made more honey in the long hot summer, producing nearly 31lb per hive compared with almost 24lb in 2017. Cooper STALKERS and domestic abusers should be placed on a new national register and monitored under the same arrangements as rapists and paedophiles, MPs will say today.
The Commons Home Affairs Committee backed calls, supported by the Mirror, for a beefed-up regime to give victims who live in fear greater protection.
It recommended a national register “as a matter of urgency”.
Committee chair, Labour MP Yvette Cooper, said: “Domestic abuse is one of the most dangerous and the most common crimes there is.
“The Government is rightly proposing new legislation and a new strategy, but our inquiry found much stronger action is needed across the board.”
Under the committee’s proposals, individuals on the register would be managed through multi-agency public protection arrangements.
The system is used by police, probation and prison services to manage risks from violent and sexual offenders.
Last year, Zoe Dronfield, 42, helped deliver a 133,000-name petition to No10 calling for a register. Zoe suffered serious injuries after she was attacked by partner Jason Smith, 31, who had a previous conviction for harassment.
She was joined by John Clough, 57, whose daughter Jane, 26, was stalked and stabbed to death by Jonathan Vass in 2010.
Zoe said last year: “Once this is implemented, I believe it will save lives.
“I wouldn’t have continued in a relationship with Jason Smith if this had been in place – we probably wouldn’t even have met.” YVETTE COOPER MP AND COMMITTEE CHAIR
Domestic abuse is one of the most dangerous and common crimes