Convictions up 31% for violence in the home
CONVICTIONS for domestic violence rose by 31 per cent in Devon and Cornwall last year, according to new figures from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). In all, 1,358 people were successfully prosecuted in 2013-14, compared to 1,036 the previous year. The success rate rose by 3.3 per cent to 78.5 per cent. Guilty verdicts for violent offenders targeting women and girls rose from 1,254 to 1,565 during the same period. Successful rape prosecutions fell from 74 to 62 while convictions for other sexual offences rose from 144 to 145. The findings of the 2013-14 CPS Violence Against Women and Girls Crime Report showed that nationally, a record three in four prosecutions for domestic violence resulted in a conviction last year.
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