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An organisation and network for bereaved families whose daughters, mothers, sisters or other relatives have been killed by men in the UK. We work to protect women's lives and ensure justice. We want change. www.killedwomen.org

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · Dec 10

We remember. 💖💔
A woman is killed by a man every three days in the UK.
They are our daughters, sisters, mothers and loved ones.
But we are not after sympathy - what we want is change.

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 17h

Kenyan prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the suspect accused of killing Agnes near the British Army Training Unit in Kenya in 2012.
On Tuesday, her niece Esther will sit with the Defence Secretary and discuss on British soil the case of her aunt's murder.
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Agnes Wanjiru: Niece of Kenyan woman 'murdered by British soldier' comes to UK to seek justice

Kenyan prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the suspect accused of killing Agnes near the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK).

news.sky.com

Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 21h

'The family of Yorkshire grandmother Nora Tait, who was bludgeoned to death in her own home in Doncaster on 12 October 2005, are appealing for information, 20 years on from her murder.'
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...

20 years on, the mystery of the gran bludgeoned to death in her own home

'She was just a normal lady going about her business and then her life was cut short'

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 21h

'A London coroner found Georgia Barter’s death was caused by years of violence and coercive control by Thomas Bignell. Her family want justice, but the CPS won’t charge him and the police can’t find him.'
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

Georgia’s story: how a domestic abuse victim’s suicide was ruled an unlawful killing by her partner

A London coroner found Georgia Barter’s death was caused by years of violence and coercive control by Thomas Bignell. Her family want justice, but the CPS won’t charge him and the police can’t find hi...

www.theguardian.com

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 1d

Police officers called to a property in Grantham on Friday discovered a fatally injured woman who has now been named as Tracie Guy. The man arrested on suspicion of her murder was bailed and has been re-called to prison 'following a breach in his licence conditions'.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Grantham murder suspect bailed as alleged victim named

Police say Tracie Guy, 54, was found fatally injured at a property in Beck Gardens, Grantham.

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 2d

A 56-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering Emma Costello McCrory by setting fire to her home in Clontarf almost three years ago.
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Man jailed for life for murder of Dublin woman in 2022

A 56-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a woman by setting fire to her home almost three years ago.

www.rte.ie

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 2d

A man has been charged with murder after Chereiss Bailey was found dead in a canal in West Bromwich on Tuesday.
Her family said: "Words could never truly describe the anger, pain and heartbreak that we are feeling as a family. She will forever remain in our hearts."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Woman found in West Bromwich canal was 'beautiful soul' - family

Family pay tribute to 36-year-old Chereiss Bailey and say she was "loved and adored by us all".

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 3d

A man has today been charged with murder almost 19 months after Vivienne Baraka was found dead at an address in Ealing.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Man charged with murder of woman in Ealing nearly 19 months on

A post-mortem found Vivienne Baraka, 35, died from compression to the neck

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 3d

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a property in Southampton on Sunday.
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Man arrested for murder after body of woman found in Southampton

Hampshire Police said they were called to an address on Redwood Way in Southampton on Sunday.

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 3d

Alana Odysseos died outside her flat in the early hours of 22 July 2024. Her partner, Shaine March, was charged with her murder and is on trial at the Old Bailey in London.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Woman stabbed 19 times by partner, Old Bailey hears

Shaine March is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murdering 32-year-old Alana Odysseos.

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 6d

A man in his 50s has pleaded guilty to the murder of Emma McCrory, a Dublin woman who was found after a fire at her home almost three years ago.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Man pleads guilty to murder of Dublin woman in 2022

A man in his 50s has pleaded guilty to the murder of Emma McCrory, a Dublin woman who was found after a fire at her home almost three years ago.

www.rte.ie

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respectuk.bsky.social @respectuk.bsky.social · 9d

The finale of the eve was the #VAWG Rally. MC’d by @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social, speakers included Home Sec. Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & founders of @killedwomennw.bsky.social Julie Devey & Carole Gould, who talked about the loss of their daughters & their vital work. (6/7)

A photo of the Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson speaking at the rally against violence towards women and girls. She is behind a podium in a room with purple lighting.

A photo of a stage with purple lighting. A projector screen says 'The Rally Against Violence Towards Women and Girls'. Below are contact details for Total Politics, LBG Plc and the party conference website.

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 9d

Ellen Cook was discovered with "multiple" stab wounds in Littlethorpe, Leicestershire, on 11 May. Her son, Daniel Cook, was charged with murder, but he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility at Leicester Crown Court on Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man admits killing his mum in 'horrific' Littlethorpe stabbing

Daniel Cook admits manslaughter over the death of Ellen Cook, who suffered

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 9d

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in her home in Cambridge on Thursday. The police have described it as 'an isolated incident'.
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 10d

Anne Green, the woman at the centre of a murder investigation after she was found dead in Bromyard on Saturday, was "one of a kind", her family have said, and they are mourning "a wonderful mum, stepmum, wife, sister, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bromyard woman found dead was 'one of a kind', family says

The family of Ann Green, who was found dead in Bromyard, describe her as

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 11d

"Some of the country’s leading domestic abuse campaigners are calling for a change in the law to make sure perpetrators who drive their victim to suicide face justice in the courts."
www.channel4.com/news/calls-f...

Calls for law change to punish abusers whose victims take own lives

Rape, and brutal physical violence can, sadly, be easily understood. But coercive control remains difficult to comprehend – even for the victims themselves.

www.channel4.com

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 12d

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in Wolverhampton on Monday. West Midlands Police said it was not looking for anyone else as part of the investigation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Murder arrest after woman found dead in Wolverhampton

The woman, in her 30s, is confirmed dead at the scene, according to police.

www.bbc.co.uk

Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 15d

Seventy years ago, the discovery of Alice Barton's mutilated body in a wartime pillbox shocked the people of Merseyside and sparked a huge manhunt.
Merseyside Police has appealed for anyone with any information about what happened to the 49-year-old to contact them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Appeal over Alice Barton's unsolved murder in Wirral 70 years on

Alice Barton's mutilated body was found in Birkenhead in 1955 and her killer has never been found.

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 15d

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 61-year-old woman was found dead at an address in Bromyard on Saturday. Herefordshire police said they "would like to offer reassurance that this was an isolated incident and there is no wider risk to the public".
www.itv.com/news/central...

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 16d

Detectives have begun a forensic review into the death of Sandra Phillips in Swansea 40 years ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Swansea: Forensic review into 40 year-old sex shop murder

Police are carrying out a reinvestigation into the unsolved killing of Sandra Phillips in 1985.

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 16d

This is the man who murdered Leanne Williams in her own home in Swansea in February. He has been sentenced to 'life' imprisonment, with a minimum term of 20 years 10 months - less than if he had killed someone in the street outside.
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...

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Refuge @refugecharity.bsky.social · 17d

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 17d

One of the men accused of killing Bryonie Gawith and her three children in a house fire in Bradford last year has died in custody. He was due to stand trial in November for their murders.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bradford house fire murder accused Mohammed Shabir dies in prison

Mohammed Shabir one of three defendants due to stand trial for murders of mother and three children.

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 17d

A coroner's report on the murder of Lucy-Anne Rushton in 2019 has called for a new national information-sharing system between police, schools and children's services, saying the "lack of a national interface" between authorities was a serious concern.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Andover woman's murder prompts coroner's data sharing call

A coroner urges a new national safeguarding system following the murder of Lucy-Anne Rushton.

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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 17d

Indian police have launched a murder investigation into the death of Pauline Crowther Ann, an 85-year-old British woman who was initially suspected to have died from a fall in her Delhi home two months ago.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/d...

Indian police open murder case after mysterious death of British pensioner

Pauline Crowther Ann was initially suspected to have died from a fall

www.independent.co.uk

Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 17d

The family of Vicky Glass, who was murdered 25 years ago, have renewed their appeal to the public to help get justice. They have appealed to the public to help end their search for answers, especially after Vicky's mother died, still in the dark.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Family of Vicky Glass renews appeal on 25th anniversary of murder

Vicky Glass's family believe there are people who know what happened to her.

www.bbc.com

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