@mrjoewaters: For years, if you murdered your partner at home using a weapon that just happened to be there, you'd likely get a lighter sentence than someone who killed a total stranger with a weapon they brought with them. That's been the actual law in England and Wales. This week, the Justice Secretary announced plans to fix that. Domestic murders will now carry a minimum starting point of 25 years, up from 15. These aren't spontaneous acts. They're often the final chapter of years of abuse and control. And the courts have been treating that as less serious than violence between strangers. It took seven years of campaigning by mothers who lost their daughters to get the government to act. Do you think the courts have ever taken domestic murder seriously enough? #domesticabuse #justice #uknews #crime #law

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Friday 03 July 2026 19:00:47 GMT