Domestic abuse: ‘The police didn’t believe me…’ Black Women disproportionately Affected.
In March 2014, Valerie Forde and her one-year-old daughter Jahzara were murdered by her ex-partner. He attacked Ms Forde with a machete and a hammer and slit Jahzara’s throat. Six weeks earlier, he had threatened to burn down their house in Hackney, east London, with everybody inside. This was recorded as a threat to property…