To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specific offence of manslaughter caused by coercive and controlling behaviour.
The government has no plans to create a specific offence of manslaughter caused by coercive or controlling behaviour.The common law offence of manslaughter can already cover circumstances where death results from controlling or coercive behaviour or other...
Domestic Abuse: Homicide