Kiena Dawes ‘has paved way for future abusers to be held liable’ after harrowing suicide

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1. 6 and a half years for torturing a mother to death. Seems right for this country.

2. Easy to be swept up in sympathy for this young woman but really this is a very tricky case and we have to be very careful here.

   The jury in this case heard all the evidence and came to the view that whilst the man was guilty of the abuse for which he had been jailed, he was not guilty of manslaughter.

   Put another way, a young man kills himself after being rejected by a girl in a particularly harsh way: does this mean the girl is liable for his suicide?

   Just as a judge will not accept a self defense motivation if the defendant had the opportunity to run away, there are plenty of choices available to the woman rather than killing herself and so criminalising the behaviour of someone for her own decision seems high stakes for the legal system.

3. Did not have people defending domestic abusers on my Reddit bingo card today. Wow.

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