UK to pilot electronic tagging for domestic abusers leaving prison

Scheme launching in east and West Midlands is expected to be rolled out across England and Wales next year

Domestic abusers leaving prison will have to wear electronic monitoring tags in a move that the government says will offer better protection to victims.

Under a pilot scheme launching in the east and West Midlands, and expected to be rolled out across England and Wales next year, any offender who poses a threat to a former partner or their children will be banned from going within a certain distance of a victim's home and/or subject to a curfew.