Non-fatal strangulation or suffocation is to be a stand-alone offence within the Domestic Abuse Bill, following a campaign by CWJ alongside other organisations and the Victims and Domestic Abuse Commissioners

Anthony Williams was today handed a five-year sentence by a judge at Swansea Crown Court for the manslaughter of his wife, Ruth, of 46 years. He had told detectives he just snapped when she told him to “get over it.”

Today the Divisional Court handed down judgment in a case brought by three women who were all pimped into prostitution as teenagers and have multiple convictions for soliciting and loitering

A coalition of women’s organisations will face the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the Court of Appeal in a two day judicial review hearing on 26 and 27 January 2021, as three of the country’s most senior judges will consider whether the CPS unlawfully changed its policy and practice on decision-making in rape cases.

On 19 January the High Court will hear a landmark legal challenge of the Home Office and Police policy which requires the retention of all criminal convictions until the person reaches 100 years of age.

CWJ welcomes the introduction of the changes to pre-charge bail in the Protection of the Police and Public, Courts and Sentencing Bill, announced today.

Centre for Women’s Justice welcomes the Lord Chancellor’s announcement of a new stand alone offence of non fatal strangulation, originally formulated by CWJ as a proposed amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) came under strong criticism today for ‘a profound imbalance in the evidence’ timetabled for the 10-day hearing on institutional responses to child sexual exploitation by organised networks.

The Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) is a core participant at the forthcoming virtual hearing of the Child Sexual Exploitation by Organised Networks investigation in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).

Christopher Killick pleaded guilty today to an offence of voyeurism, as Thames Magistrates' Court heard how he preyed on Emily Hunt while she was ‘vulnerable’ by taking a video of her naked in a hotel room while she slept.

A report published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office today found that police forces are routinely processing ‘potentially excessive’ sensitive personal data belonging to members of the public from mobile phones in the course of criminal investigations.