Queensland police: woman who was raped and abused killed herself after being wrongly identified as offender, report finds
by Ben Smee from World news | The Guardian on (#659N0)
Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Board's 2022 annual report found Maeve* took her own life after protection order issued
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A Queensland woman who was raped, physically assaulted and subject to financial abuse by her partner, killed herself after being wrongly identified as a perpetrator of domestic violence by police, a coronial study has found.
The 2022 report of the Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Board raised concern that police and support services are missing - or not adequately responding to - key indicators of lethal risk.
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