More than 75,000 people have signed a petition supporting a Manchester Evening News campaign calling for a change in the law to protect victims of domestic abuse. The campaign was launched after Caroline Gore, 44, was murdered by her abusive partner, David Liptrot, who had previously breached a restraining order. The M.E.N. is calling for mandatory minimum prison sentences for those who breach protective orders and proper monitoring of these orders. The campaign has been raised in Parliament and supported by several MPs, the Greater Manchester mayor, domestic abuse charities, and Wigan council.
More than 75,000 have backed a Manchester Evening News campaign in memory of Caroline Gore calling for a change in the law.
David Liptrot, who is now serving 20 years behind bars, stabbed Caroline to death at Douglas House in October 2023, weeks after he was spared jail for breaching a restraining order again. Liptrot received a suspended sentence after breaching the order which prohibited him from contacting 'vulnerable' Caroline for a second time but walked free and killed her less than four weeks later.
It comes two months after the campaign was raised in Parliament. Leigh and Atherton MP Jo Platt, who has backed the M.E.N. campaign, raised Caroline's story in the House of Commons and called for a debate on strengthening the law on protective orders. Support our campaign here Later that month, safeguarding minister Jess Phillips told the M.E.N. that our campaign could lead to change. She was speaking ahead of the new Domestic Abuse Protection Orders being trialled in Greater Manchester with the first orders issued in Bury in December.
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