Let's Send Out A Clear Message That Domestic Abuse Is Unacceptable

For far too long, domestic abuse has been hidden behind closed doors and side-lined as a private matter. Last week, the Sentencing Council announced their new guidelines for sentencing domestic abuse offences and took a major step forward to redress this issue. The new guidelines have recognised for the first time that domestic abuse offences must be treated as ‘particularly serious’ within our criminal justice system.Together with survivors, we have long been calling for sentencing