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21/05/2019
The government has announced it will review how family courts work and a three month project will look at how the courts protect children and parents in cases of domestic abuse.
Just days after our special investigation into family courts revealed that four children have been killed in five years after unsupervised contact between a known abusive parent and their child, the government has announced it will review how family courts work. Ministers say a three month project will look at how the courts protect children and parents in cases of domestic abuse and other serious offences.
And in her first broadcast interview, the university student raped by cricketer Alex Hepburn tells us he has no idea of the rippling effect his rape has had.