Marital abuse victim who killed husband will not face murder retrial

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LONDON - A British woman who killed her husband with a hammer after suffering years of domestic abuse will not face a retrial, prosecutors said on Friday, a decision women's rights groups hailed as a

LONDON - A British woman who killed her husband with a hammer after suffering years of domestic abuse will not face a retrial, prosecutors said on Friday, a decision women's rights groups hailed as a "landmark moment".

"As a family we are overjoyed at today's verdict and that it has brought an end to the suffering we have endured together for the past 9 years," said her son David in a tweet. It was intended to close a loophole in the law that had previously allowed abusive partners to exert control with behavior that stopped short of violence.

 

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