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This is not an isolated tragedy. Recent figures show that suspected domestic abuse suicides now outnumber homicides. It is estimated that each week three women die by suicide following abuse. Between April 2020 and March 2024, 354 such cases were recorded, which is almost certainly an underestimate. Yet since 2017, only one conviction has recognised a victim’s suicide as the result of abuse. Police have said that they want to see more abusers charged with manslaughter when their victims take their own lives, but proving causation after years of abuse is extremely difficult in practice.