Coroner finds police and social workers mishandled case of pregnant woman bludgeoned to death on Gold Coast by former boyfriend

⚠️ Content Warning: Domestic Violence & Homicide ⚠️

A recent coronial inquest has again identified the critical importance of education and training for the criminal justice system.

First responders – right through to judicial officers – need to understand, identify and respond to escalating patterns of coercive and controlling behaviour.

🗣️ “It appears that police responded to each report of DFV [domestic family violence] in isolation, rather than as an escalating pattern of behaviour” – Deputy Coroner Jane Bentley

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