Strangulation cases drop, outcomes mixed

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'He was going to kill me': More strangulation cases recorded by police - but many investigations falter

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70% of non-fatal strangulation cases dropped due to evidential issues, data shows.

It is now three years since it became a standalone offence in England and Wales .

The Institute for Addressing Strangulation ( IFAS ) says outcomes for victims are mixed.

Victims of strangulation are seven times more likely to be murdered by their partner.

47% of 1,437 prosecutions of non-fatal strangulation and suffocation offences in the year to June 2023 resulted in conviction.

Only around half of the number of offences charged by police were prosecuted, and less than half of those secured a conviction.

Victims often face "huge pressure" from perpetrators to drop out of the criminal justice process.

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