“Clare’s Law” – Women win right to know violent past of their partner
The scheme Clare’s Law is to be piloted in 4 areas.
The scheme will allow a person to ascertain from the Police whether their partner has a history of domestic violence.
The proposed legislation follows the campaign launched by the father of Clare Wood who was murdered in February 2009 by George Appleton whom she met through Facebook. Unknown to her he had a record of domestic violence against previous partners.
However domestic violence group Refuge has criticised the scheme saying it will do little to protect victims as the majority of abusers are not known to the police and that the Home Office should start by improving how the police respond to calls for help.
Ms Horley from Relate has stated that it is highly unlikely Clare Brown died because police did not inform her about her ex partner’s previous convictions and more likely that she died because the police did not respond to her emergency 999 call for help.
The scheme is based on the child sex offender disclosure scheme which is in place across all police forces in England & Wales and was the result of a long running campaign by Sara Payne whose daughter Sarah was murdered by a known paedophile.
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