MORE than a third of domestic violence cases in Essex are discontinued because the victim does not support a prosecution, new figures reveal.

Prosecutors were unable to bring charges in 6,100 domestic abuse cases last year, despite knowing the identity of the alleged perpetrator, because victims withdrew their cooperation.

A further 3,168 cases were dropped because of other “evidential difficulties”.

Reported by The Essex Gazette. You can read the full story here. 

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