For Adrienne, a victim betrayed: Woman who suffered domestic abuse dies after litany of failure by prosecutors and police

For Adrienne, a victim betrayed: Woman who suffered domestic abuse dies after litany of failure by prosecutors and police

In October last year, exactly 59 weeks ago, Adrienne McCartney spoke to The Sunday Post to reveal how she had suffered domestic abuse and how police and prosecutors had failed her time and time again. Today, she is dead.

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