Article 71TQF Lessons not learned after Georgia Barter driven to suicide by abuse, says her mother

Lessons not learned after Georgia Barter driven to suicide by abuse, says her mother

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Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
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Family saddened' by minister's response to London coroner's concerns over police database access

The family of a woman judged to have been unlawfully killed by her partner after she took her own life following years of domestic abuse has said lessons have still not been learnt" after the government indicated it would not make changes to how officers use the police national database.

An inquest earlier this year found that Georgia Barter, 32, experienced years of abuse at the hands of Thomas Bignell.

In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

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