Law Commission consultation on homicide offences

Closes 30 Sep 2026

Chapter 14: Victims of domestic abuse and homicide

Consultation Question 20

We seek consultees’ views on the need and justifications for a bespoke offence to criminalise controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship where that abusive conduct contributes to the death by suicide of the victim.

Consultation Question 21

We seek consultees’ views on the need and justifications for an aggravating factor at sentencing for criminal offences commonly charged in domestic abuse cases, where that abuse contributes to the death by suicide of the victim.