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Femicide
The eight stages that mark a relationship’s transformation to murder.
At least two women are murdered every week in the UK in a domestic abuse situation. Newspapers often call it a crime of passion. ‘He lost control’. But what if that’s not true? What if there was a blueprint that, if recognised, could save a woman’s life?
The Homicide Timeline contains eight stages that track the escalation of a controlling relationship from before a couple even meet right up to homicide. Families often say “I wish I’d known”. This programme will tell them the signs to look out for so that they do know, and can stop it.
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Wed 12 Mar 202511:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Tue 11 Mar 202520:00BBC Radio 4
- Wed 12 Mar 202511:00BBC Radio 4
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