Police must give replacement phones to complainants in domestic violence cases

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Police must give replacement phones to complainants in domestic violence cases

Mother was killed while her mobile was taken for analysis.

Katrina O'Hara (right) and daughter Morgan O'Hara

Date - 11th January 2018
By - Sophie Garrod - Police Oracle

Police will provide temporary mobile phones to people at risk of domestic violence whose own phones have been taken for investigative reasons. The decision comes following the murder of Katrina O'Hara by her ex-partner Stuart Thomas in...

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