MURDERER Adam Swellings has been released from prison, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed. For a crime which shocked the town and further afield, Swellings was handed a life sentence with a minimum ...

A government strategy to stop violence against women set up in the wake of the killings of Sarah Everard and Sabine Nessa has failed, a watchdog has ruled. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...

Baroness Newlove warns ‘rush to empty prison cells’ could deny affected individuals and families chance to recover from ...

Baroness Helen Newlove said groups helping those affected by serious crime to navigate the court system face regional ­closures and redundancies. Baroness Newlove said it would have been 'common ...

Baroness Newlove, the victims’ commissioner said: “The misuse of NDAs can act as a significant barrier to justice for victims. “These agreements have the effect of silencing victims ...

Adam Swellings, then 19, has been released on licence after a parole board said he had made "poor decisions" when he killed dad-of-three Garry Newlove back in 2007 ...

Baroness Newlove said up to 250 witnesses a year do not get the help they need from trained intermediaries to give evidence to police and courts. She said the "worrying" shortage needs "addressing ...

Mr Newlove's wife Baroness Helen Newlove, who served as victims' commissioner from 2012 until 2019, said she discovered the details of Cunliffe's breach when she was contacted by a journalist.

Baroness Newlove, the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales, said the figure represented a “failure of our justice system” which “cannot go on”, adding: “Change must come”.