Jessie Laverack. Kiena Dawes. Chloe Holland. Three women abused by their partners. Three women eventually driven to suicide.
“The perpetrators are to blame, but the professionals let them down,” Jessie’s mother tells ITV News.
Since her daughter’s death, Phyllis Daly has devoted her life to driving change. Today, ITV News joined Phyllis and the mothers of Kiena and Chloe as they lobbied the government directly.
In a meeting with Jess Phillips, the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence against Women they told her the professionals "failed to support" their daughters.
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