'Memory of my murdered niece and sister to live on in new domestic abuse law'

Reneem's Law, successful representation of Raneem Oudeh and her parent Khaola Saleem, who were murdered aft constabulary failed to enactment contempt repeated warnings, volition springiness amended extortion to victims

Police person been ordered to amended the mode they woody with home maltreatment pursuing the execution of a pistillate and her mum aft warnings were ignored.

Labour has announced it volition instrumentality Raneem’s Law successful representation of Raneem Oudeh and her parent Khaola Saleem, who were killed aft a drawstring of shocking failures. They were killed by Raneem's convulsive ex-husband contempt constabulary antecedently receiving 13 reports of concerns for her safety.

The 22-year-old had reported threats to kill, unit and stalking by her estranged husband, Janbaz Tarin, but constabulary failed to analyse successful the weeks earlier the murders. On the nighttime she was killed successful Solihull successful 2018, Raneem rang 999 4 times fearing for her life. An inquest recovered failures by West Midlands Police "materially contributed" to the fatal stabbings.

Under caller regulations home maltreatment specialists volition beryllium embedded successful each 999 power room. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has besides said caller Domestic Abuse Protection Orders volition springiness authorities and charities greater powers to unit vile perpetrators to enactment away.

Those who disobey could look up to 5 years down bars. Nour Norris, Raneem's aunt and Khaola's sister, welcomed the long-awaited caller measures. She said: "Six years ago, erstwhile I mislaid my niece Raneem and sister Khaola, my world fell apart. Their suffering and the mode the strategy failed them is thing I volition ne'er forget."

Nour has campaigned relentlessly to alteration the law, and she said it volition assistance prevention lives by making definite informing signs aren't ignored. She praised the Government for acting and added: “Knowing that Raneem’s sanction volition present beryllium a root of anticipation and extortion for others fills maine with a consciousness of pridefulness I cannot enactment into words. Raneem’s representation lives connected successful this law, and it means the satellite to maine to cognize that her communicative volition assistance prevention lives”.

Last twelvemonth constabulary forces received astir 100 reports of home maltreatment each azygous hr connected average. Specialists with expertise successful home maltreatment volition springiness officers connected the crushed enactment to marque definite victims get a faster response. New technology specified arsenic Rapid Video Response volition besides beryllium utilized to amended the mode constabulary respond.

On apical of that, caller orders volition necessitate abusers to pass perpetrators of crimes including violence, stalking and controlling behaviour, to enactment distant from victims indefinitely. They volition besides person to pass constabulary if they alteration address, and they volition besides look having to deterioration an physics tag and acquisition assessments.

At the infinitesimal orders tin lone beryllium successful spot for 28 days. It comes aft Labour vowed to halve unit against women and girls wrong a decade.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “Failure to recognize the seriousness of home maltreatment costs lives and acold excessively galore person already been lost. That’s wherefore introducing ‘Raneem’s Law’ successful representation of Raneem and her parent Khaola is truthful captious – and has been a idiosyncratic precedence for me."

She said victims request to cognize their ordeal volition beryllium "treated with the seriousness and urgency it deserves". A caller Safer Streets Mission Board volition enactment crossed Government departments to tackle gender-based violence.

Jess Phillips, Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women & Girls, said: “For excessively long, we cognize victims haven’t had the extortion they deserve." She said the caller measures are "huge steps towards the champion effect for victims possible".

The caller laws volition beryllium piloted successful aboriginal 2025. Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacobs said: "It is estimated that the constabulary person a telephone astir home maltreatment each 30 seconds. Emergency telephone handlers indispensable beryllium equipped to respond with the knowing and urgency that is needed to support victims safe."