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Between two and three women are murdered each week by their partners or ex-partners in England and Wales (PA Archive)Women who are domestic abuse victims are three times more likely to try to kill themselves, a new study has found. Researchers also found women who have been subjected to sexual abuse by a partner are seven times more likely to kill themselves. It also discovered that women in poverty were more likely to be subjected to domestic abuse. Sara, a domestic abuse victim, told researchers: “My partner was hitting and abusing me. Hull and East Riding area coroner Lorraine Harris, who investigated Ms Laverack’s death, said she had a history of domestic abuse and self-harm, and called for the connection between domestic abuse and suicide to be adequately acknowledged.
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