Domestic Violence (assault) aquittals in magistrates` courts

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Dear Ministry of Justice,

Please inform me of the numbers of those charged with assault under the domestic violence protocols at magistrates courts in England and Wales and acquitted at trial for last five years for which figures are available. Please also supply numbers of acquittals as above as percentage of those charged. If possible also supply the reasons for acquittals eg cracked or ineffective trials, vacated trials

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

Barbuti, Giovanni, Ministry of Justice

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Dear [Name Removed],

 

In answer to your Freedom of Information request of 26 February 2015 to
the Ministry of Justice, please find the attached reply.

 

Regards

 

Giovanni Barbuti
Criminal Justice System Statistics
Justice Statistics Analytical Services
Ministry of Justice
[email address]

 

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Dear Barbuti, Giovanni,
Considering that every judge and magistrate in England and Wales has specialist training in domestic violence and particular protocols must be followed for every case and results reported I find your answer that such statistics are not centrally collated quite astonishing. Only a few months ago government spokesperson discussed the likelihood of new offence of assault within a domestic context. How can such legislation even be mooted when conviction rates under current legislation are unavailable as per your reply to my FOI request?

Yours sincerely,

M

CLPU, Correspondence, Ministry of Justice

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Good Afternoon

Please find attached a response to your email of 17 March 2015.

Criminal & Civil Law Policy Unit

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Dear CLPU, Correspondence,

Thank you for your explanation. It proves that the intention is to legislate without statistical evidence to justify that legislation; the point I made in my original request.

Yours sincerely,

M

Ministry of Justice

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Reference : T6211/15

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