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Our 2024 conference

Our annual hybrid conference was held (in Leicester and on-line) over two days this year, in response to participants’ feedback. This year’s theme was Best Practice

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A need for tougher sentences in murder cases following domestic abuse and stalking

The Alice Ruggles Trust strongly supports the proposal that sentencing decisions in murder cases should take into account the mental or physical suffering inflicted on the victim before death, but urges that statutory measures are strong enough to ensure appropriate tougher sentencing in domestic abuse cases and that the recognised aggravating factors should include stalking.

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Alice Ruggles Trust school assembly resources

School assembly package launched

As part of our efforts to raise awareness of the dangers of staking our new school assembly pack focuses on stalking with walkthrough notes to complement the existing Relationship Safety Resource.

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