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Demi Hannaway: New investigation ordered into abuse victim's death

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Demi Hannaway , from Airdrie , died in May 2021 after being abused by her partner.

Her family said they were too quick to conclude she had killed herself.

Andrew Brown , 33 , was jailed for three years and seven months last May .

Her mother Helen Simpson said: "It has been a long fight but, finally, our daughter's voice has been heard" Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has ordered a fresh investigation into her death.