Domestic violence up 50% in last two years, says Attorney General
Complaints of domestic violence have increased in Portugal by 50% over the last two years, Attorney General Joana Marques Vidal has told a DCIAP seminar in Porto. The largest number
Alleged murderer-on-run may have hit-list of Portuguese ‘targets’
A Barreiro community is living in fear after the brutal murder on Monday of a 57-year-old cleaning woman. Isabel Ribeiro is already the third victim of domestic violence to have
New details over cash support for battered women as acid-attacker goes on trial for attempted murder
Following our report last week on the new law designed to protect battered women (click here), Diário de Notícias has revealed that financial support too is going to be increased.
New law sees government crack down on Portugal’s spiralling domestic violence
After three years in which domestic violence has become “Portugal’s most worrying type of crime” leading to thousands of complaints and claiming as many as 100 lives, the government has
Four women die in one horrific week of domestic violence in Portugal
In a truly horrendous week for domestic violence, Portugal’s toll of women killed by violent partners reached four. The latest victim, just like one of the others (see: https://www.portugalresident.com/terrified-woman-left-by-police-to-be-stabbed-to-death-in-set%C3%BAbal), had
Death-plunge “accident”: another tragic case of domestic violence
The “simulated” car accident that was made to look as if a young mother died after driving her car into a ravine has been revealed to be no more than
Another horrific case of domestic violence as a 52-year-old woman is shot dead
In another horrific case of domestic violence a 52-year-old woman was shot dead by her ex as she left her home in Leiria on Monday. Conceição Coelho had already appealed
Husband run over by son, after killing wife. Domestic violence increases
Homicide || A family drama of horrific proportions played out in Soure this week, leaving a woman dead and her estranged husband fighting for his life in hospital. The horror
Sleeping with the enemy
Domestic violence killed 37 women in 2013 Despite recent official data revealing that crime generally is “showing a downward tendency”, domestic violence is most certainly not – it is now
Domestic violence
Three men in different parts of Portugal shot and killed their partners last week, reports Correio da Manhã newspaper. The three women were mother of two Ana Raquel (28) from