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Perpetrators of domestic abuse are being “protected” from facing justice, leaving their victims “doubly powerless,” campaigners claimed yesterday

POLICE perpetrators of domestic abuse are being protected from facing justice, leaving their victims “doubly powerless,” campaigners claimed today.

The Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) filed a super-complaint against 15 forces, highlighting “systematic failures” that women face when reporting abusive partners employed by the police. 

The complaint compiles evidence gathered by the CWJ and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, including the cases of 19 women who have been victims of abuse, stalking and rape. 

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